Route Change

So I'm on a 5 day weekend *bounce* using up the last of my annual leave days from work, and I'm sitting with my granny (Hi Nanny!) looking at the route that I had plotted out on Google Maps based on the OzBus itinerary page when I spot that the itinerary has changed from what it was..and that if you book the trip now, it's more expensive than what I paid. Weird?!

We seem to be losing 8 days from the Turkey & Iran portion to the Pakistan/India/Nepal section..reckon that must be to get around Myanmar without entering it. The alternative route that plotted out the 'Stans we'd be using if there are problems on the India/Pakistan border seems to have disappeared off the site too and I didn't take note of it properly..it really is gonna be an adventure if we get diverted off the rough course OzBus list on the site. We've gained 4 days in Thailand/Malaysia at the expense of Indonesia too..not a bad thing as I'm probably looking at leaving the bus around there to get to Singapore for a beer, so it might make a logical break for me. All of these changes do of course throw my spreadsheet out of whack..the colour-coding isn't right anymore ;)

Loonie's visa applications are nearly sorted which means I'm regaining a level of calmness and not freaking out about her getting refused entry at borders so much anymore.

Not long now til we hit the road!