South Pacific Fall 2009
"Island Hopping"
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Departing from Japan, I expect to fly to Singapore, fly to Brunei, Indonesia , Bali, East Timor, Papua-New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and some of the Pacific Islands. |
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| Tiny and very oil-rich Brunei on the island of Borneo. If you follow the Brunei link, you'll find that all jungled-up Temburong appears extremely interesting. |
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New Guinea: There is an independent part, seen here, and also an Indonesian Papua, New Guinea |
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One way could be from Travis AFB - Japan - Singapore - Brunei - Indonesia: Java & Bali -East Timor - PNG - Rabaul - Bougainville - - Solomons - PNG - AU - New Caledonia - Vanuatu - Fiji - Tonga - Niue - Cook - Tahiti - New Zealand - Samoa - Wallis - Tokelau - Tuvalu - Samoa (USAF) - Hawaii (USAF) - Travis AFB, CA (A Marianas, Micronesia & P.I. trip via Guam in future) |
| Country | Days |
Main Goals |
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Ingress-egress Asia via Yokota AFB - Tokyo | |
| Singapore | 2 |
Paya Lebar AB and Transit hub to Brunei & beyond |
| Brunei | 4 |
A little picturesque principality on Borneo and a brief jungle river trip - Temburong |
| East Timor | 2 |
I will try for a stop-over from Bali, just to have a look at Dili |
| Indonesia | 8 |
Jakarta - Borobudur - Yogyakarta - Bali |
| New Guinea | 7 |
And possibly neighboring islands |
| Islands | 25 |
Various South Pacific Islands, e.g. Fiji, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Samoa, The Solomons, Tonga, etc. |
| Australia | 10 |
TBD |
| New Zealand | 8 |
TBD |
| Travel Details & Dates | 75 |
Visa for Indonesia, as well as all of the other places can be had upon arrival. Get a Tokyo: Toei one-day travel pass. Right now I show 75 days, but travel in the Pacific Islands will be slow and mostly by sea. Also, that does not include getting into the area from Singapore and back, via Hawaii. I think 3 months would be a good estimate.
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The flags that might be added to my flags page for this trip.
Below, possible islands to be visited:
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Mouse-over flags to see the names of the countries.
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