Anyone backpacked through Europe AND Asia?? Is it viable?
My friends and I are thinking about travelling through Europe when we're done school so this trip won't happen for at least 2-3 years. Countries that we want to visit include England, France, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, and Italy and possibly Czech republic, Portugal, Sweden. I think transportation wise it shouldn't be too bad with a Eurail pass that goes to almost all of those countries.
Since most of us are from Asia (or our families) we also want to travel through there. However, transportation is a lot more complex and very expensive (I'm assuming). Countries that we'd want to visit include Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipines, Hong Kong, China, S. Korea and end in Japan. Is the asian part of the trip realistic in terms of transportation costs and what not? I know in some of the countries, food and accomodations would be hella cheap and some of us have family we could stay with but the transportation costs really worry me. What alternatives are there to flying? Does Cathay Pacific have something similar to their All Asia Pass where we could fly out of a country in Europe instead of the US/Canada?
If anyone has backpacked through both Eur/Asia or just Asia, any advice would be great! I'd like to get an idea of how much this trip would cost or if it's even realistic given time and budget. I would say that this would be a 2-2.5 month long trip with a 8-10k budget.
Since most of us are from Asia (or our families) we also want to travel through there. However, transportation is a lot more complex and very expensive (I'm assuming). Countries that we'd want to visit include Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipines, Hong Kong, China, S. Korea and end in Japan. Is the asian part of the trip realistic in terms of transportation costs and what not? I know in some of the countries, food and accomodations would be hella cheap and some of us have family we could stay with but the transportation costs really worry me. What alternatives are there to flying? Does Cathay Pacific have something similar to their All Asia Pass where we could fly out of a country in Europe instead of the US/Canada?
If anyone has backpacked through both Eur/Asia or just Asia, any advice would be great! I'd like to get an idea of how much this trip would cost or if it's even realistic given time and budget. I would say that this would be a 2-2.5 month long trip with a 8-10k budget.