Hey....$6000....$7000.....$8000.....$9000.....pretty soon we'll be talking about REAL money....as Dirkson used to say. My Bride wants to do this trip so badly that it almost dosent matter any more. When we do it, it's gunna be one hellacious trip. We are now thinking of going the OTHER way.....ie through Hong Kong, Agra, Dubai....as they say out here in the Old West....may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb!

Curiously....the air fare dosen't change that much regardless. Sky high any way you cut it! Am working with Cathay and British Air to see if they will let us "layover" at each stop to avoid the 25 hour flight days. I stop functioning at about the 17th hour. Of course, the bigger downside to the stopovers is that it opens up a "window of opportunity' for her to...SHOP!