Sanity Check

[Van Isle]

Hi all. First post here. Just informed the boss that I will be submitting my resignation effective in ~ 6 months. My goal is to start out in a RTW in about 10 months. I'll be selling the house, the car, the truck, etc and outfitting the '03 f650GS.

I would appreciate some confirmation that my planning is not all haywire, that there are no huge holes. Thanks in advance, more to follow ;-)

Depart Victoria, BC, Canada ~11 Sep 07. Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec for Ushuaia down the west side of S.A.
Jan '08 to Buenos Aires for shipping and flight to South Africa.
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr to head towards Tangier, route to be determined (and flexible)
May, June, July, Aug, Sep 08 Europe, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Vladivostok
Sep/Oct 08 Japan to California, and north to home, or where ever.

The key is to be in Ushuaia for New Year's, and back home for ~12-14 months later (because of $$ budget restraints).

I understand that you can always spend more time in a given place, and that this planned itinerary may be a little tight for some, but is it a relatively comfortable plan that avoids the worst of the weather where possible?
I wish to spend time in the hard to get to places, whereas I won't spend sight seeing time in easy to get to places, like Europe, USA, Japan. My offroad experience and skill level on my bike is pretty good, and I have lots of miles and long days (time and mileage) in the saddle.

Thanks all.

Mitch