Intinerary with Links

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July 29th - Aug 12th - Antigua, Guatemala. Will serve with The God's Child Project while staying with a host family and also take Spanish lessons.
Aug 12th - Aug 21st - El Paredon, Guatemala. Heading to the coast, staying at the Surf House for surfing lessons, quiet community and will serve with La Choza Chula.
Aug 21 - Aug 26th - San Pedros, Guatemala. A small community around Lake Atitlan where we are renting a house via Airbnb.
Aug 27th - Sept 4th - Quito, Ecuador. Renting an apartment on Airbnb. No definitive plans here at this point. Have some feelers out with the YoungLife community but plan to catch up on school work and explore this historic city.
Sept 4th - Sept 11th - Galapagos Islands. Exploring this unique refuge of wildlife aboard a small boat. Staying at a small hotel for a night here for another night before departing.
Sept 12th - Guayaguil, Ecuador. Just one night in a hostel here before our next destination due to flight schedules. Will have a day to explore the city.
Sept 12th - Sept 20th - Iquitos, Peru. This is the largest city in the world that you cannot drive to, up in Northern Peru in the Amazon. Here will we will work with the Sunshine Kids Club and People of Peru Project.
Sept 20th  - Oct 2nd - Cuzco, Peru. Staying the first week with a local family found through Airbnb and then being joined by our close friend. The second week, we will be hiking the Inca Trail up to Machu Picchu, camping with guides along the way.
Oct 2nd - Oct 5th -  Los Angeles, USA - Quick stop over and planning to connect with grandpa & grandma, hopefully near the beach.
Oct 7th - Oct 13th - Auckland, New Zealand. Renting another Airbnb house near the beach.
Oct 13th - Oct 30th - RV! We are renting a campervan that sleeps 6 and plan to really push our luck in close quarters. After not having driven in two months, we will be working the left side of the road, during which time we will check out the north island and then take the ferry across to the south island, ultimately dropping the van in Christchurch.
Oct 30th - Christchurch, New Zealand. Spending just one night a hostel that is a renovated jailhouse.
Oct 31st - Taking the TranzAlpine from Christchurch to Greymouth (this is supposedly one of the most scenic train rides in the world.

Oct 31st - Nov 15th - More exploring or south island and Queenstown. 
 Nov 15th - Nov 23rd - New Zealand  - WOOFing on a farm where we are staying with a family and exchanging help with chores for room and board and food. Helpx.com has as posting board for such experiences.
Nov 23rd - Dec 3rd - Sydney, Australia - connect with Nana & Papa for a few days
Dec 3rd - Dec 14th - Cairns, Australia -Great Barrier Reef - details pending
Dec 14th - Gold Coast, Australia - Just one night at some people home (Airbnb) before flying to Bangkok
Dec 15th - Dec 20th - Bangkok, Thailand - Renting a apartment through Airbnb.
Dec 20th - Jan 6th - Siem Reap, Cambodia -  Here we are connecting with some missionaries from our church and hope to serve along side of them while blessing them over Christmas. We booked a hotel for our time here.
Jan 6th - Jan 16th - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - Plan is to do a unique tour up north involving boats, scooters and staying with locals. Then explore the city for a week or so.
Jan 16th - Jan 26th - Koh Samui, Thailand -Rented an Airbnb home and will relax and explore beachs while maybe taking kickboxing lessons.
Jan 26th - Feb 6th - Chiang Mai, Thailand -  Spending two nights in a treehouse north of city in rural area and then renting Airbnb and exploring the city. May serve with organization yet to be determined
Feb 6th - Feb 12th - Lampang, Thailand - We will connect with missionaries from home church who work in Lampang.
Feb 12th - Mar 4th - South Africa & Swaziland - Will explore South Africa and also spend time in Swaziland working with River Valley (our home church which has campus there) and also Children's Cup.
Mar 4th  - Mar 7th - Luxor, Egypt - Exploring the Nile river area and the Valley of the Kings before riding train to Cairo.
Mar 7th - Mar 13th - Cairo, Egypt  - Pyramids and other sites
Mar 13th - Mar 25th Amman, Jordan and surrounding areas- Connecting with friends who live in Amman
Mar 25th - April 9th  - Jerusalem, Israel and surrounding areas -  Will visit friends living in Jordan, tour Jerusalem and surrounding areas and then hope to serve at Syrian refugee camp.
April 9th - 15th - El Jadida, Morocco - Excited to connect with our missionary friends from the Congo who will meet us here.
April 15th - 20th - Marakech, Morocco - Spending 5 days in an Airbnb aparment to explore this cultural city
April 20th - April 23rd - Farmstay, rural Morocco - Staying outside the city in a farmhouse in rural Morocco to enjoy nature and relax
April 23rd - Night train - catching night train from Marakech to Tangier to board a ferry to Spain
April 24th - April 26th - Ronda, Spain
April 26th - April 29th - Granada, Spain
April 29th - May 2nd - Valencia, Spain - Will attend another River Valley Church campus.
May 2nd - May 18th - Barcelona, Spain - Hanging out in one of our favorite cities. Hope to catch a soccer game. Boys have to take standardized test (required by our state) and we will be joined by Ray to celebrate dads 40th bday and then Grandpa & Grandma at the back end.
May 18th -  May 24th - Paris, France  - Using Airbnb to soak in this amazing city and will be joined by Nana & Papa
May 24th - May 30th - Normandy Region, France - Will learn history and enjoy the country side
May 30th - June 7th - Loire Valley Region, France - Will stay in remote countryside house while touring castles
June 7th - June 10th - Venice, Italy - Fairly short stop to start our Italian tour
June 10th - June 17th - Florence, Italy - Rented Airbnb
June 17th - June 25th - Sorrento, Italy - Headed back to one of our favorite places!
June 25th  - July 2nd - Rome, Italy - Rented Airbnb and will explore history and culture here
July 2nd - July 16th - Umbria Region, Italy - Rented a isolated villa in the hills of Umbria. Plan is serious R&R to process all we have done.
July 16th - End  - London and Western, England  - Will take in a show for Mom's birthday and explore the Somerset countryside before returning home.