2009 Travels
China – apprx. 1.5 months from middle of May to early July (my route map here is very poorly photoshopped but it should give you a pretty good idea)
1. It’ll start with an over night train from Shanghai to Xi’an on 18th May (tentatively).
2.2 weeks on the Silk road by bus / train, on camels!!! 
and on foot, of course:
Lanzhou (兰州) –> Zhangye （张掖）(red rock landscape) –> Jiayuguan (嘉峪关) (beginning of the Ancient Greatwall) –> Dunhuang (敦煌) ( the famous Buddha caves, deserts and lake) –> Tulufan (吐鲁番) ( canyon and vineyards where Xinjiang’s grapes are mostly from) –> hopefully can do a 2 day trekking on Cheshi Ancient Trail in Tianshan mountains from Tulufan into Wulumuqi –> Wulumuqi (乌鲁木齐)
3. Fly to Chengdu. Visit Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟) (one the most beautiful lake areas in china) and Leshan (乐山) ( a 1000+ year old Buddha on the Yangzi River, carved out from a mountain)
4. 10 days through the west Sichuan Tibetan area (Ganzi 甘孜) into Yunnan by local buses / rental car: Chengdu –> Kangding (康定) –> Litang (理塘) (the highest town in China, 4014m altitude) –> Daocheng (稻城) (hot springs, Xiannairi Snow Mt. – one of the 3 Tibetan Buddhist holy mountains) –> Shangri-La (香格里拉)
5. From Shangri-La going go down south by local buses through Lijiang, Kunming (maybe going to Myanmar from Kunming), then train into Xingyi (兴义) Guizhou, rafting on the Maling River (马岭河) to see the jungles and hundreds of 300m high water falls. (probably my favorite part 
( http://www.hgscn.com/Article/yryj/20061016104945_754.html )
6. Cross country train from Xingyi to Guangzhou
South East Asia – pretty much a typical route, apprx. 5 months from middle of July till end of Dec. (please do let me know if you have any advice and suggestions here
1. Thailand – Bangkok to the north by train, Ayutthaya, Chiangmai, Chiangrai, for about 10 days
2. 2 days boat from Chiangkhong into N.W. laos – Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Vientiane then Don Det (end July – Mid Aug)
3. Cambodia – Kratie, Kompong Chom, Siem Reap, Battambong, Phnom Penh (Mid Aug – Early Sept)
4. Back to Bangkok, train going south into Malaysia, Perhentian, Taman Negara Rainforest, K.L., Borneo, Sipadan (super diving!!) ( Sept )
5. Indonesia – Sulawesi (skeletons!!), Bali, Lombok, Flores (komodo dragons, volcanic lakes) (Oct)
6. Philippines – Apo Reefs, Bohol Island (Chocolate hills), Camote Island , Legaspi (whale sharks!), Bunaue (Infugao Rice Terrace and villages) etc, (Oct – late Nov)
7. Last month TBC
