Well the trip is less than a month away (3 weeks & 2 days to be exact) and today i picked up all my documents and sorted them all out. I had to print off what felt like a tree with back up copies of all my hotel confirmations and tour bookings etc.<\/p>\n
As you can see here<\/a> there is a hell of a lot of paperwork I need to take with me. Flight itineraries, hotel vouchers, tour vouchers, train itineraries, car hire bookings, hotel bookings, vouchers for accommodation, vouchers for tours, insurance, travelsim stuff, financial stuff, it is just never ending.<\/p>\n But the good news is with this trip now pretty much all but paid for, foreign currency converted (that is the topic of another blog post for another day) and all the documents picked up. This trip is now just about ready to go. The only thing i can’t plan 100% right now is the trains in Japan. I have my JR Pass but the only thing is the timetables only come out one month in advance pretty much, so most of that will be done on the fly, although as you can see below there is a rough outline of what trains I need to catch. So here it is, the full and final listing for this trip.<\/p>\n 5th July 2011 \u2013 Last Day at Work So there it is guys, plenty of things to read about, the trip is a big one, some changes here and there but shes all good \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well the trip is less than a month away (3 weeks & 2 days to be exact) and today i picked up all my documents and sorted them all out. I had to print off what felt like a tree with back up copies of all my hotel confirmations and tour bookings etc. As you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1,16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-life-in-general","category-rtw-in-66-days","category-travelling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p49RU0-aB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n6th July 2011 \u2013 Prep, pack, get ready to leave
\n7th July 2011 \u2013 Goodbye Australia.
\nBrisbane to Auckland to Los Angeles to Vancouver (yes thats all in one day. Leaving at 12pm arriving into vancouver same day at 9pm\u2026 hello JETLAG!)
\nBrisbane to Auckland \u2013 Air New Zealand \u2013 NZ136 \u2013 1225\/1725 \u2013 Boeing 777-200ER \u2013 Business Premier
\nAuckland to Los Angeles \u2013 Air New Zealand \u2013 NZ2 2130\/1445 \u2013 Boeing 777-300ER \u2013 Business Premier (New Aircraft for airline, new type for me)
\nLos Angeles to Vancouver \u2013 Air Canada \u2013 AC557 1855\/2136 \u2013 Embraer 190 \u2013 Executive Class (New Type, New Airline, New Airport)
\n8th July 2011 \u2013 Vancouver \u2013 Meet Up with Brad – Vancouver Hotel – Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre<\/a>
\n9th July 2011 \u2013 Tour Begins \u2013 Contiki Canada & The Rockies with Calgary Stampede \u2013 Link to tour here<\/a>
\n21st July 2011 \u2013 Tour Finishes \u2013 Vancouver – Vancouver Hotel – Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre<\/a>
\n22nd July 2011 \u2013 Vancouver \u2013 Plane Spotting with @Pacificairphoto (from Twitter) a fellow #avgeek
\n23rd July 2011 \u2013 Amtrak Cascades \u2013 Vancouver to Seattle \u2013 0640\/1105 – Seattle Hotel – Holiday Inn Express Seattle City Centre<\/a>
\n24th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle
\n25th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle
\n26th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle
\n27th July 2011 \u2013 Pick Up Car start driving south \u2013 Overnight Portland Oregon – Portland Hotel – La Quinta Inn & Suites Portland NW<\/a>
\n28th July 2011 \u2013 Portland to Roseburg – Roseburg Hotel – Holiday Inn Express Roseburg<\/a>
\n29th July 2011 \u2013 Roseburg to San Francisco – San Francisco Hotel – Holiday Inn Golden Gateway<\/a>
\n30th July 2011 \u2013 San Francisco
\n31st July 2011 \u2013 San Francisco
\n1st August 2011 \u2013 San Francisco
\n2nd August 2011 \u2013 San Fransisco \u2013 Morning Visit to Alcatraz\/Plane Spotting Day – SFO Airport Hotel – Millwood Inn & Suites<\/a>
\n3rd August 2011 \u2013 San Fransisco to New York City – Farewell to Brad this morning
\nSan Fransisco to Chicago O\u2019Hare \u2013 United Airlines \u2013 UA972 1010\/1625 -Boeing 767-300 \u2013 Business Class \u2013 (International Configuration Aircraft, 2 New Airports)
\nChicago O\u2019Hare to New York City La Guardia \u2013 UA692 1730\/2046 \u2013 Airbus A319 \u2013 First Class \u2013 (New Airports)
\nNew York City Hotel – Element New York Time Square West<\/a>
\n4th August 2011 \u2013 New York City \u2013 UN Guided Tour Booked
\n5th August 2011 \u2013 Morning New York City \u2013 Birthday \u2013 Evening Flight \u2013 New York City to Zurich
\nNew York City John F Kennedy \u2013 Zurich \u2013 Swiss Airlines \u2013 LX17 1800\/0805+1 \u2013 Airbus A330-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Airport)
\n6th August 2011 \u2013 Zurich to Paris
\nZurich \u2013 Paris Charles De Gaulle \u2013 Swiss Airlines \u2013 LX634 0905\/1020 \u2013 Airbus A320 \u2013 Business Class (New Airports)
\nMeet up with Yena – Explore Paris – Paris Hotel – Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees<\/a>
\n7th August 2011 \u2013 Paris to Bayeux \u2013 Train \u2013 Intercit\u00e9s – 0910\/1115 \u2013 2nd Class
\nExplore Bayeux – Bayeux Hotel – Ch\u00e2teau H\u00f4tel de Bellefontaine<\/a>
\n8th August to 10th August 2011 \u2013 Explore Normandy Region \u2013 WW2 Invasion Tours – Overlord Tours<\/a> – Neptune Tour (2 Days), 101st Airborne Tour (1 Day)
\n11th August 2011 \u2013 Bayeux to Paris \u2013 Train \u2013 Intercit\u00e9s \u2013 0841\/1046 \u2013 1st Class
\nExplore Paris – Paris Hotel – Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees<\/a>
\n12th August 2011 – Explore Paris
\n13th August 2011 \u2013 Farewell to Yena – Paris to Berlin
\nParis Charles De Gaulle to Berlin Tegel \u2013 Lufthansa \u2013 LH3241 0930\/1105 \u2013 Boeing 737-500 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Aircraft, New Airport)
\nBerlin Hotel – Hotel Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof<\/a>
\nMeet up with Melissa
\n14th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin
\n15th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin
\n16th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin to London
\nBerlin Tegel \u2013 London Heathrow \u2013 BMI \u2013 BD842 1100\/1200 \u2013 Airbus A319 \u2013 Business\u2013 (New Airline, New Airports)
\nHeathrow Express \u2013 London Heathrow to London Paddington Station
\nLondon Hotel – Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London<\/a>
\nCeremony of the Keys at Tower of London
\n17th August 2011 \u2013 London
\n18th August 2011 \u2013 London
\n19th August 2011 \u2013 London
\n20th August 2011 \u2013 Explore London Morning \u2013 Evening Flight \u2013 London to Tokyo
\nLondon Heathrow \u2013 Tokyo Narita \u2013 ANA \u2013 NH202 1935\/1520+1 \u2013 Boeing 777-300ER \u2013 Business Class (New Product, New Airline)
\n21st August 2011 – Arrive Tokyo – Narita Express to Shinjiku – Tokyo Hotel – Hyatt Regency Tokyo<\/a>
\n22nd August 2011 – Tokyo
\n23rd August 2011 – Tokyo
\n24th August 2011 – Tokyo
\n25th August 2011 – Tokyo to Yokohama to Kyoto
\nMorning Shinkansen to Yokohama, explore city, Late Afternoon Shinkansen to Kyoto
\nTokyo Station to Shin Yokohama \u2013 Hikari 505 \u2013 0833\/0852
\nShin Yokohama to Kyoto \u2013 Hakari 519 \u2013 1552\/1815
\nKyoto Hotel – Citadines Kyoto Karasuma Gojo<\/a>
\n26th August 2011 – Kyoto
\n27th August 2011 – Kyoto to Osaka – Morning Shinkansen from Kyoto to Osaka
\nKyoto to Shin Osaka \u2013 Hikari 503 \u2013 1016\/1030
\nOsaka Hotel – Ritz Carlton Osaka<\/a>
\n28th August 2011 – Osaka
\n29th August 2011 – Osaka to Hiroshima – Morning Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima \u2013Hikari 495 \u2013 0835\/1019
\nHiroshima Hotel – ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima<\/a>
\n30th August 2011 – Hiroshima
\n31st August 2011 – Hiroshima to Narita – Morning Shinkansen from Hiroshima back to Tokyo then NEX from Tokyo to Narita.
\nHiroshima to Shin Osaka \u2013 Hikari 543 \u2013 0715\/0854
\nShin Osaka to Tokyo Station \u2013 Hikari 510 \u2013 0913\/1210
\nTokyo Station to Narita \u2013 Narita Express
\nExplore Narita, Plane Spotting, Exploring the Temple – Narita Hotel – Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport hotel<\/a>
\n1st September 2011 \u2013 Tokyo to Hong Kong
\nTokyo Narita to Seoul Incheon \u2013 Asiana Airlines \u2013 OZ103 1530\/1810 \u2013 Boeing 767-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Airport)
\nSeoul Incheon to Hong Kong Chep Lap Kok \u2013 Asiana Airlines \u2013 OZ723 1945\/2230 \u2013 Boeing 747-400 \u2013 Business Class (New Airport)
\nHong Kong Hotel – Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road<\/a>
\n2nd September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong
\n3rd September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong
\n4th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong
\n5th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong
\n6th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong to Singapore
\nHong Kong Chep Lap Kok to Singapore Changi \u2013 Singapore Airlines \u2013 SQ861 1540\/1920 \u2013 Airbus A380-800 \u2013 Business Class (New Airport, New Airline, New Aircraft, Bucket List)
\nMeet Up with Cat – Singapore Hotel – Royal Plaza on Scots Singapore Hotel<\/a>
\n7th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore
\n8th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore
\n9th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore
\n10th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore to Brisbane (Home) – Fly Home with Cat
\nSingapore Changi to Brisbane \u2013 Singapore Airlines \u2013 SQ245 0955\/1930 \u2013 Airbus A330-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Product)
\n11th September 2011 \u2013 Rest
\n12th September 2011 \u2013 Back to Work<\/p>\n