Originally Posted by
Hartmann
...In the very near future I hope to take my girlfriend to a few far off destinations and maybe hop around a bit. I am just keeping this in the back of my mind as I write posts and try to figure out how to make that trip comfortable (hopefully in F or J) and as enjoyable as possible.
For that particular scenario my suggestions would be: keep your expectations low; go for J, not F; choose either SA or SWP as your 4th continent and buy a DONE4, not a DONE5 or 6; start in Europe and get to/from there on an award; concentrate more on the destinations, less on the air travel (heresy around here, but that's what I think); give it at least 6 weeks or, better still, break it into two trips, with a mid-trip return to base (on another award).