Open jaws are fine and dont eat a segment. Benoit, I have been told that the Cusco to LaPaz route is very good. I didn't get to do it, but that is from travelers I have met in Cusco who were coming from that direction. I have also been told that an overland between north and south NZ is fantastic. Friend spent two months there going from Christchurch to Auckland. Finally, one that I would like to do, is take a cruise from Egypt to Greece, hitting some of the Turkish coast.