You could follow Alan's 'breakneck speed' 16 day journey, or do the whole thing on more of an 8 month basis as I (now) intend. It was only going to take me 3 months, but you know how these things pan out... "2 days; 2 weeks; 2 months" as a Frenchman not unhappily related to me last night.
I love flying, but in my humble opinion, by surface is nearly always best,
Jack Of All Tongues, Master Of None
p.s. Hi Alan, long time no speak thanks to Robin not checking other email accounts!