revised & updated: Jan. 31, 2003
Departure | Destination | Mode of Travel | Notes | |
Jan. 01/03 | Toronto-Vancouver | Air Canada | ||
Vancouver-Maui, Honolulu | Miraculously, don't ask. | |||
Maui; Kona & Hilo, Big Island | Local flights | |||
Jan. 14/03 | Honolulu -Auckland, NZ | Note- cross international date line and arrive Jan. 16. We skip Jan. 15! | ||
Auckland-Christchurch | Car touring | Glow Worm caves, hot mud springs, Rotorua; South Island: Fox Glacier, Queenstown, Milford Sound | ||
Jan. 30/03 | Christchurch-Melbourne | Air New Zealand | ||
Melbourne-Hobarts | ||||
Jan. 31-Feb. 4 | Tasmania | Car touring | ||
Hobart-Melbourne-Alice Springs | ||||
Alice Springs, Uluru | ||||
Alice Springs- Sydney | ||||
Sydney-Brisbane Brisbane-Noosa Heads Noosa-Hervey Bay> Lady Elliot Island Noosaville-return to Brisbane |
Qantas Car Touring Smallest plane in the world- see album! |
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Brisbane-Bangkok-Beijing | ||||
Beijing | ||||
Xian Kaifeng (overnight train)to Nanjing to Shanghai |
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Mar. 19 | Hong Kong-Bangkok | |||
Chiang Rai Burma and the Golden Triangle |
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Chiang Mai | ||||
Mar. 31 | Bangkok-Athens | |||
Athens overnight ferry to Hania, Crete; Heraklion then to Santorini | ||||
Apr. 11 | Athens-Tel Aviv | in time for Pesach! | ||
Jerusalem | and tour of Israel | |||
Italy tour | ||||
June 15/03 | Rome-Toronto | Home! | ||