WORLD TOUR 2017 Programme - updated - and now also with European hours in parenthesis

WORLD TOUR 2017

Overview of the programme September-November
( hours are local time – European hours are in parenthesis )

Friday, 29.9.:                14.00: Dept. Brussels to Vancouver  ( Icelandair – FI 555 )
                                       3 hours 15 min flight.  Distance:  3.389 km.
                                       15.15: Arr. Keflavik, Iceland             ( 17.15 )                               
                                       16.45: Dept. Keflavik    ( Icelandair -  FI 693 )  ( 18.45 )
                                       6 hours flight.  Distance:  4.896 km.
                                       17.25: Arr. Edmonton, Canada  ( 02.45 )
                                       19.00: Dept. Edmonton   ( WestJet – WS 107 )   ( 04.00 )
                                       1 hour 36 min flight.  Distance:  1.160 km
                                       19.36: Arr. Vancouver airport    ( 04.36 )

                                       Taxi to hotel.
                                       Hotel Pinnacle Vancouver Harbour front,
                                       1133 West Hastings Street, V6E 3T3 Vancouver
                                       Tel.:  001 604 689 9211
                                       http://www.pinnacleharbourfronthotel.com/

                 29.9.-4.10.:   Vancouver and neighbourhood
                                       Tour of the city ; excursion into Rocky Mountains, etc.

                 4.10.: 06.30:  Amtrak train to Seattle, USA  ( business class )    ( 15.30 )
                                        Distance:  229 km

                           10.55:   Arr. Seattle main station                             ( 19.55 )

                 4.-6.10.:          Seattle
                                         Hotel The Mediterranean Inn,
                                         425 Queen Anne Avenue North, Queen Anne,
                                         WA 98109 Seattle.
                                         Tel.:  001 2064 284 700
                                         http://www.mediterranean-inn.com/ 

                                        Tour of Seattle ( city; Amazon; Microsoft; Boeing, etc. )

                4.10.: 14.00:    Visit to Amazon   ( ? )     ( 23.00 )

Friday, 6.10.:   16.00:    Dept.  Seattle with ”Explorer of the Seas” ( Royal Caribbean )
                                         ( 5.10. – 01.00 )
                                        Superior Ocean View Strm. with balcony ( Stateroom 9230 )
                                                                                   

See more about the Pacific Ocean here:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean

Distance Seattle to Honolulu:  4.309 km

Thursday,  12.10.: 08.00:    Arr. Honolulu on Hawaii.  Excursion.     ( 20.00 )
                                23.59:    Dept. Honolulu                                           ( 13.10. – 11.55 )

Friday,  13.10.:      08.00:    Arr. Maui on Hawaii   ( excursion to volcanos )  ( 20.00 )
                                18.00:    Dept.  Maui                                                 ( 14.10. – 06.00 )

Distance Hawaii – Fiji:   5.008 km

Thursday, 19.10.:                Passage of the international Date Line

Saturday,  21. 10.: 08.00:    Lautoka on Fiji.     ( 22.00 )
                                19.00:    Dept. Lautoka     ( 22.10. – 05.00 )

Sunday,  22.10.:     07.00:    Suva on Fiji    (  17.00 )
                                19.00:    Dept. Suva    ( 23.10. – 05.00 )

Distance Suva to Vanuatu:  1.260 km.

Tuesday, 24.10.:    08.00:    Mystery Island, Vanuatu      ( 17.00 )
                               17.00:     Dept. Mystery Island, Vanuatu   ( 25.10. – 02.00 )

Distance Vanuatu to Loyalty Islands:  630 km

Wedn. 25.10.:       08.00 :    Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia   ( Nouvelle-Calédonie ) 
                                              ( 15.00 )            
                                              ( French Département d’Outre-Mer )  
                                17.00 :  Dept.  Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia   ( 00.00 )

Thursday,  26.10.: 07.00:   Maré Island, Nouvelle-Calédonie         ( 14.00 )
                                16.00:   Dept. Maré Island       ( 23.00 )

Distance from Maré Island to Sydney :  2.020 km.

Sunday,  29.10. :    06.00:  Arr. Sydney, Australien       ( 15.00 )
                                             Taxi to hotel    

        29.10.-1.11. :                Sydney
                                             Hotel Cremorne Point Manor,
                                             6, Cremorne Road, Cremorne Point, 2090 Australia
                                             tel. 0061 2995 378 99
                                             e-mail:  stay@cremornepointmanor.com.au
                                             web:      http://cremornepointmanor.com.au/   
                                    
Wedn., 1.11. :       11.30:     Hertz car from 65, William’s Street, Sydney   ( 20.30 )

Distance from Sydney to Canberra:  285 km

        1.-4.11.:                        Canberra   ( federal capital of Australia )
                                              Hotel Hotel,
                                              25, Edinburgh Avenue, Canberra, 2601 Australia
                                              tel. 0061 2628 762 87
                                              web:  http://www.hotel-hotel.com.au/

Saturday,  4.11.:                  By car southwards through the mountains:

        4.-6.11.:                        Hotel Brigham House,
                                              19, Possum Point Road, Tooma, 2642, Australia
                                              tel.  0061 2694 841 73
                                              e-mail:  brighamhouse@antmail.com.au
                                              web:  https://www.brighamhouse.com.au/

        6.-7.11.:                        Gisborne Peak Winery Cottages,
                                              69, Short Road, 3437 Gisborne, Australia
                                              tel. 0061 3 5428 2228
                                              e-mail:  info@gisbornepeakwines.com.au
                                              https://www.gisbornepeakwines.com.au/cottages

        7.-10.11.:                      Melbourne and surroundings
                                              Cumberland Lorne Resort,   ( Great Ocean Road )
                                              150 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne, 3232 Australia
                                              tel. 0061 3528 944 44
                                              e-mail:  reservations@cumberland.com.au
                                              web:  http://www.cumberland.com.au/
                                             
Friday, 10.11.:        17.40:   Dept. Melbourne   ( Quantas – QF 481 ) )  ( 4 h 15 min ).
                                              ( 08.40 )
                                 18.50:   Arr. Perth    ( 11.50 )

       10.-22.11.:                     Ardross, Perth and surroundings
                                              with Cecilie, Nikos, Anna Maria and Zoe  J
                                           
Weekend 17.-19.11.:           Excursion together with Cecilie, Nikos,
                                              Anna Maria og Zoe  :-)  :   - a gift from Liselotte !
                                              Dunsborough Beach Cottages,
                                              95, Gifford Road, Dunsborough, 6281 Australia
                                              tel.  0061 8975 68885
                                              www.dunsborough-beach.com.au

Wedn.,  22.11.:        16.30:  Dept. Perth  ( Thai Airways – TG 482 )   ( 09.30 )

Distance:  from Perth to Bangkok:  5.336 km.     Flight:  6 hours 55 min )

                                  22.25:  Arr. Bangkok airport

 Thursday, 23.11.:   00.30:  Dept. Bangkok airport  ( Thai Airways – TG 934 ) 
                                  ( 22.11.:  18.30 )

 Distance from Bangkok to Brussels:   9.255 km.   Flight time:  12 hours 30 min.

                                  07.00:  Arr. Brussels airport.

LL & NJ  21 09 2017          

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