{"id":147,"date":"2008-09-14T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=147"},"modified":"2008-09-14T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T06:00:34","slug":"off-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Off again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well it is finally official  I didnt wanna say anything till I had gotten approval from work as I was expecting to go back and forth with them a lot to work out all this leave, but it was suprisingly easy!  <\/p>\n<p>I am going back to the USA.  Well more correctly North America this time as I will be visiting Canada.  I intend on going back to visit a few places I went to last time and see them a little more and also to a few new places that I have wanted to go for a while.  A little bit more time seeing friends etc which will be good.<\/p>\n<p>here is the rough plan so far<\/p>\n<p>September 9th 2009 &#8211; Final Day at work<br \/>\nSeptember 10th 2009 &#8211; Pack, last minute stuff etc<br \/>\nSeptember 11th 2009 &#8211; Fly to USA, arrive same day, thank you date line \ud83d\ude00  Arrive LA &#8211; Overnight LA Airport Hotel (yet to decide which one).<br \/>\nSeptember 12th 2009 &#8211; LAX Airport Spotting &#8211; Late Afternoon\/ Red eye to DC<br \/>\nSeptember 13th &#038; 14th 2009 &#8211; Washington DC<br \/>\nSeptember 15th &#8211; Morning Amtrak Acela (9am ithink the train is) to New York City &#8211; Rest of day exploring NYC<br \/>\nSeptember 16th &#038; 17th New York City<br \/>\nSeptember 18th to October 12th &#8211; Contiki Grand Northern Tour &#8211; New York City to Anaheim &#8211; http:\/\/contiki.com.au\/tours\/11-grand-northern<br \/>\nOctober 13th &#038; 14th &#8211; Spend time with Friends in Anaheim.  Unsure of what doing at this point&#8230; will update when spoken to friends<br \/>\nOctober 15th &#8211; Fly to Seattle<br \/>\nOctober 16th-18th  &#8211; Seattle (lots of aircraft related stuff)<br \/>\nOctober 19th &#8211; Seattle to Edmenton<br \/>\nOctober 20th to 25th &#8211; Edmenton<br \/>\nOctober 26th &#8211; Edmenton to Vancouver<br \/>\nOctober 27th &#038; 28th &#8211; Vancouver<br \/>\nOctober 29th &#8211; Vancouver to Hawaii<br \/>\nOctober 30th &#038; 31st &#8211; Hawaii<br \/>\nNovember 1st &#8211; Hawaii &#8211; Home<br \/>\nNovember 3rd &#8211; Arrive home ( ithink this will be a rough date home)<br \/>\nNovember 4th &#8211; Hello Jetlag<br \/>\nNovember 5th &#8211; Back to work :(heh<\/p>\n<p>All of it is based around the Contiki tour which will be a good experience to finish off the USA.  I wont have much left to do but when and if I want to I can finish off the missing pieces.  I have had such a good time in the USA in the past I can&#8217;t wait to go back.. it will be awesome.<\/p>\n<p>anyway i have a house to finish cleaning&#8230; will post later in the week with more stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it is finally official I didnt wanna say anything till I had gotten approval from work as I was expecting to go back and forth with them a lot to work out all this leave, but it was suprisingly easy! I am going back to the USA. 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