» Route
This is the route we have decided to take around the World by bike train and boat. It is a long way from seeing the whole world, we won’t even enter 3 of the continents! That is unless we change the route of course. Anyway, this is a detailed, but provisional, route of our trip.
Total Distance 37,000 miles
By sea (red line) 15,000 miles
By train (black line) 10,000 miles
By bicycle (white line) 12,000 miles
By aeroplane (no line) 0 miles
We have split the route into 12 legs depending on our mode of transport, details of these legs are given below.
Leg 1 - Bicycle 300 miles, 2 weeks, start date: April 23rd
Prestwood (UK) - Cambridge - Newton - Caistor - Wetwang - Yarm - Newcastle - SouthShields - Newcastle - NorthShields.
Leg 2: Ferry 500 miles, 2 days, start date: June 8th
NorthShields, Newcastle (UK) - Bergen (Norway).
Leg 3: Bicycle 2000 miles, 7 weeks, start date: June 10th
Bergen (Norway) - Kvanndal - Ustadalen - Dokka - Lillihammer - Messelt - Idra (Sweden) - Linsell - Ostersund - Stromsund - Storuman - Arvidsjaur - Jokkmokk - Boden - Tornio (Finland) - Kuopio - Joensuu - St. Petersburg (Russia).
*John then went from Jokkmokk - Gallivare - Enonteki (Finland) - Alta (Norway) - Olderfjord - Honningsv - Nordkapp - Honningsvog - ferry to Harstad - Narvik - rkliden - train to Gallivare (Sweden) - Jokkmokk.
Leg 4: Train 8000 miles, 5 weeks, start date: mid July
St. Petersburg (Russia) - Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhni Novgorod - Kazan - Perm - Yekaterinburg - Tyumen - Omsk - Novosibursk - Krasnoyarsk - Irkutsk - Ulan Ude - Ulaanbaator (Mongolia) - Beijing (China) - Shanghai
Leg 5: Ferry 1000 miles, 4 days, start date: early October
Shanghai (China)- Osaka (Japan)
Leg 6 : Bicycle 350 miles, 2 weeks, start date: early October
Osaka (Japan) - Yokohama - Tokyo
Leg 7: Cargo Ship 7000 miles, 5 weeks, start date: mid November
Yokohama (Japan) - Long Beach (USA)
Leg 8: Train 1500 miles, 3 days, start date: December
Long Beach (USA) - Oakland - Eugene Springfield - Bellingham
Leg 9: Ferry 1200 miles, 2 weeks, start date: mid June (2008)
Bellingham (USA) - Prince Rupert (Canada) - Juneau - Palmer (USA)
Leg 10: Bicycle 5000 miles, 5 months, start date: mid November
Palmer (USA) - Anchorage - Tok - Whitehorse (Canada)* - Fort Nelson - Fort St. John - Prince George - Vancouver - Seattle (USA) - Astoria - Eureka - San Fransisco - Yosemite - Bishop - Ridgecrest - Yucca Valley - San Diego - Tijuana (Mexico) - La Paz
*Due to Tom’s injured Achilles, we then made a detour:
Whitehorse - Skagway (bike/bus) - Bellingham (ferry) - Seattle (bike/bus) - Louisville (train/car) - Seattle (train) - Bellingham (bike/car) - Skagway (ferry) - Whitehorse (bike)
Leg 11: Ferry 300 miles, 1 day, start date: mid April (2009)
La Paz (Mexico) - Mazatl¡n
Leg 12: Bicycle 5000 miles, 5 months, start date: mid April
Mazatl¡n - Durango - San Louis Potosa - Veracruz - Tobasco - Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) - Guatemala - La Esperanza (Honduras) - Tipitapa (Nicaragua) - San Jose (Costa Rica) - David (Panama) - Panama - Apartada (Columbia) - Cacuta - San Cristobal (Venezuela) - Caracas - Puerto la Cruz - Carapano
Leg 13: Yacht 5000 miles, 6 weeks, start date: mid September
Carapano - Port of Spain (Trinidad) - anywhere (Europe)
Home October 2009 if all goes well