Whats the Plan, elephant man!?

We have now booked two tickets out of three and at a surprisingly low price. Paris -> Damascus was 320 (€) and Damascus -> Bangkok was 240 (€). We will however have to stay in the United Arab Emerites city of Abu Dhabi for several hours but we'll just stroll downtown to send a postcard or three, eat and head back. The only ticket left is S. East Asia -> Europe. There might be some inland flying in Asia, Viet-Nam into Laos for example because of few different entry points via land but that will be resolved on the spot. We have confirmed two nights at a fancy-pants hotel in Damascus, the first two on this trip at Hotel Damascus International. I presume it will be the only time we pay 50 $ for a night but we cant predict everything. After HDI we have reserved a small apartment in downtown Damascus for 10$ a night, for an entire week. We are still uncertain about where we are off to after Damascus but we have in mind to drop down to Amman for some time, mostly in order to book a ticket down to Petra. We also want to pop by the Syrian mediterranean coastline, beaches and sun and finally we want to see Aleppo, Syria's largest city in the North.
The route we will work in Asia is less certain but today the idea is to fly to Bangkok and stay there for a week give or take. Then leave Thailand and directly go to Cambodia via train, to Phnom Penh. From Phnom Penh we work our way to two other cities in Cambodia, return to Phnom Penh to take a train to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Viet-Nam. Then the Vietnamese coastline will be travelled south -> north, with Nha Trang, Da Nang, the wonders of Hué and Hanoi as the main destinations. From Viet-Nam we move west into Laos and spend some time in Vientianne. After Laos rural Thailand and the coast and possibly a brief look at the wonders of Myanmar's Yangon is last on the list before returning to Bangkok to catch a flight home in mid January.
This plan might change and probably will to some extent when we arrive and have to compromise because of potential problems but I am quite fond of this predestined route and it is impossible to describe how excited I am! The food, the temples, baths, people, rural Asia, the Mekong River!

I must return to work, the asphalt production has begun once again and money must be made in order to enjoy the next four months!

If anyone wishes to receive postcards we need to know where you live, most of you have left for University somewhere and so I wouldn't mind gathering the addresses and phone numbers!

Au Revoir!

Rútur