This is a summary of my travel destinations so far on this 2011 trip. As I am making up a lot of my itinerary on the go, I can't list where I intend to go, only where I have been.
Don't forget the time differences: Usually Australia is one day ahead of the USA, Canada, and the UK eg Monday morning in Australia is Sunday evening over there. This linked website has a very good time conversion gadget.
MAY
18: Leave Townsville
18: Arrive Los Angeles via Brisbane
18 and 19: Two nights at Stay Hotel, Downtown LA
20: Four nights driving motorhome from LA to San Francisco; first stop, Oxnard
21: Second stop, Harmony
22: Third stop, Medina
23: Fourth stop, Pleasanton
24 and 25: Visit with Servas hosts in San Francisco
26: Overnight Greyhound bus to Vancouver
27 and 28: Visit with Servas host in Vancouver
29: Depart Vancouver at 4.30pm for Alaskan cruise aboard Celebrity Century (2,124 nautical mile to go!)
30: At sea, formal dinner
31: Icy Strait Point stopover (3pm - 10pm) Distance travelled from Vancouver: 787 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.15 land miles)
JUNE
1: Cruising to Hubbard Glacier (most northern point for the journey, head south again after this), Gala brunch from 10.30am, Distance travelled from Icy Strait Point: 219 nautical miles
2: Juneau stopover (7.30am - 8pm) Distance travelled from Hubbard Glacier: 287 nautical miles
3: Ketchikan stopover (2pm - 8pm), formal dinner - lobster, Distance travelled from Juneau: 295 nautical miles
4: Cruising Inside passage
5: Depart cruise at Vancouver at 8.45am, Distance travelled from Ketchikan: 536 nautical miles. Stay three nights at HI, Vancouver (Burnaby St)
6: Vancouver
7: Vancouver
8 and 9: Greyhound bus to Kamloops, British Columbia (north of Vancouver) Visit with Servas host
10 and 11: Greyhound bus to hostel in Banff
12 and 13: Greyhound bus to Servas host in Calgary
14 and 15: Looooooooooooong bus ride to Toronto
16: Arrive Toronto at 6pm and stay at a hostel
17 and 18: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Rochester (New York State)
19 and 20: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Boston (Massachusetts)
21: Ferry to ripoff hotel in Salem (Massachusetts)
22: Train back to Boston and a hostel
23 and 24: Greyhound bus to hostel in White River Junction (Vermont)
25 and 26: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Manchester (New Hampshire)
27 and 28: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Springfield (Massachusetts)
29 and 30: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Newport (Rhode Island)
JULY
1 and 2: Greyhound bus to Servas hosts in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
3, 4, and 5: Greyhound bus to hotel in New York (budget!) - yay, last bus trip!
6 until 12: Fly out from New York to the UK and stay at Imperial College in London
13 and 14: Pick up rental car and head to a hostel in Salisbury
15: B&B near Salisbury
16 and 17: Servas host in Ashburton, near Exeter
18 and 19: Servas hosts in Holsworthy (stayed there in 1995 as well!)
20 - 23: Acquaintance in Cornwall
24: Commercial Pub in St Just, Cornwall
25 and 26: Penzance Youth Hostel, Cornwall
27 and 28: Servas hosts in Huish Champflower, near Wiveliscombe
29 and 30: Servas hosts in Portishead, near Bristol
31 July and 1 August: Cardiff Youth Hostel, Wales
AUGUST
2 and 3: Servas hosts in Abergavenny, Wales
4 and 5: Servas host in Abergynolwyn, Wales
6 and 7: Servas host in Benllech, Anglesey, Wales
8 and 9: Bryn Gwynant Youth Hostel, Nantgwynant, Gwynedd, Wales
10 and 11: Servas host near Wrexham, England
12 and 13: Servas host in Birmingham, England (host not effected by riots)
14 and 15: Servas host in Ironbridge, England
16: Slaidburn Youth Hostel, Lancashire, England
17 and 18: Servas host in Dalton-in-Furness, England
19: Ambleside YHA, Lakes District, England
20 and 21: York YHA, England
22: Servas host in Leeds
23: B&B in York, UK (with wifi, hence the major updates)
24 to 31: Cottage in Cambridge
31: Exit stage left from Heathrow, UK
SEPTEMBER
2: Back in Townsville ... sigh ...
