{"id":223,"date":"2012-05-22T15:29:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2012-05-22T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:34:27","slug":"itinererary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/itinererary\/","title":{"rendered":"Itinerererary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>If you put our dream destinations into a very large spreadsheet then cross reference: the ideal seasons in the various parts of the world; interesting festivals; major air routes; the (surprisingly strict) constraints of a OneWorld Explorer air ticket; the availability of group tours on three separate continents; and the price of\u00a0sushi you come up with the following.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_125\" style=\"width: 1003px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Oneworld2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125\" title=\"Oneworld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Oneworld2.jpg\" alt=\"RTW flight\" width=\"993\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Oneworld2.jpg 993w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Oneworld2-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Oneworld2-465x300.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our main round the world ticket covering about half of our flights. Blank planners can be found at http:\/\/oneworldrtw.innosked.com\/ for those interested...<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>_wpaudio.enc['wpaudio-69f3e6e002ba9'] = '\\u0068\\u0074\\u0074\\u0070\\u003a\\u002f\\u002f\\u0077\\u0077\\u0077\\u002e\\u0076\\u0069\\u0067\\u0067\\u0065\\u0072\\u0073\\u002e\\u0063\\u006f\\u006d\\u002f\\u0072\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0068\\u0065\\u0077\\u006f\\u0072\\u006c\\u0064\\u002f\\u0073\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0072\\u0061\\u0063\\u006b\\u002f\\u0061\\u0072\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0068\\u0065\\u0077\\u006f\\u0072\\u006c\\u0064\\u002e\\u006d\\u0070\\u0033';<\/script><a id='wpaudio-69f3e6e002ba9' class='wpaudio wpaudio-nodl wpaudio-enc' href='#'>Soundtrack: well, we had to include this at some point! Live version, remixed with Better Harder Faster Stronger, amazing.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>End of\u00a0May to 23 June\u00a0&#8211; road trip\u00a0across the USA from NYC to LA via the deep South<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>24 June\u00a0to 1 July &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"sailing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sangay.com\/galapagos_islands_boat_NEMO_II.html\" target=\"_blank\">sailing<\/a>\u00a0round\u00a0the Galapagos<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>2 July to 21 July &#8211; Peru &amp; Bolivia (including the\u00a0<a title=\"inca trail\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/274\" target=\"_blank\">Inca trail<\/a>\u00a0and the Bolivian salt flats)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>22 July\u00a0to 28 July &#8211; Easter Island for the\u00a0<a title=\"stone heads\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philipcoppens.com\/easterisle.html\" target=\"_blank\">stone heads<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>28 July\u00a0to 2 August &#8211; Sydney and Cairns, great barrier reef in passing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>2 August\u00a0to 21 August &#8211; Papua new Guinea for the\u00a0<a title=\"Mount Hagen show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=mount+hagen+show\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Hagen show<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>22 August\u00a0to 6 Sep &#8211; Vanuatu, a quintessential Pacific island, complete with hopefully not too active volcanoes and a hopefully not\u00a0too active culture of cannibalism<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Fly\u00a0<a title=\"Sydney to Hong Kong\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qantas.com.au\/travel\/airlines\/a380\/global\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney-Hong Kong<\/a>, then on to Beijing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>8 Sep\u00a0to 14 Sep &#8211; tour of North Korea\u00a0including the\u00a0<a title=\"Arirang mass games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koryogroup.com\/travel_massGames.php\" target=\"_blank\">Arirang mass games<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>16 Sep\u00a0to 11 Oct &#8211; East down the Silk Road, including\u00a0<a title=\"Turkmenistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationideas.me\/asia\/the-door-to-hell-burning-gas-crater-darvaza-turkmenistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>12 Oct\u00a0to 22 Oct &#8211; western China (en route from Kyrgyzstan to Tibet),\u00a0<a title=\"train\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qinghai%E2%80%93Tibet_Railway\" target=\"_blank\">train<\/a>\u00a0to Lhasa<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>23 Oct\u00a0to 6 Nov &#8211;\u00a0trekking\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Tibet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visittibet.com\/travel\/13-days-oracle-lake-lhamo-latso-trek\" target=\"_blank\">Tibet<\/a>, then driving over the Himalaya to Kathmandu<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Back to civilisation for a lost weekend in Hong Kong<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>10 Nov\u00a0to 21 Nov &#8211; Japan for the\u00a0<a title=\"maple leaf season\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smartertravel.com\/photo-galleries\/editorial\/worlds-best-fall-foliage.html?id=43&amp;photo=12568\" target=\"_blank\">maple leaf\u00a0season<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>21 Nov \u2013 23 Dec Thailand, Cambodia (<a title=\"Angkor Wat\" href=\"http:\/\/myitchyfingers.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/28\/tomb-raiding-the-tree-strangled-temple-%E2%80%93-angkor-wat-siem-reap-cambodia-trip-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angkor Wat<\/a>) and Burma (Pagan, Mandalay etc.)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Home for Christmas and some serious comfort food<\/li>\n<li>3 Jan &#8211; fly to Buenos Aires en route to\u00a0<a title=\"Antarctica\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adventure-life.com\/cruises\/antarctica-cruises\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antartica<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February\u00a0&#8211; back to the UK to start the rest of our lives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_122\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spreadsheet1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122\" title=\"The Main Event\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spreadsheet1.jpg\" alt=\"travel flights v4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spreadsheet1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spreadsheet1-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spreadsheet1-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The master schedule. I have deliberately reduced the font size and resolution to replicate the full eye-bleeding impact of the original.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We would be delighted if anyone were to be passing through any of these areas when we were there and wanted to meet up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you put our dream destinations into a very large spreadsheet then cross reference: the ideal seasons in the various parts of the world; interesting festivals; major air routes; the (surprisingly strict) constraints of a OneWorld Explorer air ticket; the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/itinererary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}