and there's more...
August Flight Manila -Singapore
Train or bus Singapore-Malaysia and Thailand
Thailand -Malaysia-Singapore
October Flight Singapore -Japan return
November Flight Singapore -Perth
Flight Perth -Melbourne
Train/bus Melbourne -Adelaide
Possible trip to Darwin
Train/bus Adelaide-Sydney
December Flight Sydney-Auckland
Flight Auckland-Wellington(Christmas)
March Flights Wellington-Auckland -San Francisco
Flight SF-New Mexico
Flight New Mexico-Seattle
Ferries/buses Seattle-Vancouver
April Flight Vancouver-Chicago
Flight Chicago-Halifax
Flight Halifax-Boston
End of April Boston-London
Trains to relatives in the far south!
May Flight London-Inverness

This itinerary is a rough guide and at present it's difficult to be more specific.

NB In each country I will buy a mobile phone sim card for contacting folk within that country only as charges can be quite hefty for both calls/texts sent to and received from UK. 
However I do hope to check emails/blog comments regularly and may even try to skype folk!

Countdown to take off!

Itinerary : 30 April  Flights-Inverness-Beijing via Shanghai
3 April Train Beijing-Ulaan Bataar
10 day 4wheel drive "treck
23 May  Flight Ulaan Bataar-Bishkek
2 July Flight Bishkek-Urumqi
Train Urumqi-Beijing
Train Beijing-Shanghai
July Ferry Shaghai-Japan
Flight Japan-Singapore
August Flight Singapore-Manilla