High End Hobo's Crazy 6 continent World tour. HELP NEEDED

[high end hobo]

Total Miles Flown 55,449 mi
17,052 In Business class
38,397 In Economy class
about 4000 in an Amtrak train
Total cost (of flights and transcontinental train only) 190,334 points + $1721

Please give your tips on what to do in each place and where to stay (I prefer Hyatt, SPG, and IHG categories one and two)
I chase passport stamps, that is why for Europe I designed my flights so that I go in and out of the Schengen area, after this trip I will have been to basically every single European country.

I chose to go to Beirut because I don't know any other orthodox Jews, and Certainly not DDFers, who have been there. Gotta be the first for something.
I plan to go through customs and immigration for every stopover that is over 2 hours


All my plans are subject to change in case of political instability, or schedule changes. 

NYC-TLV Free flight, courtesy of birthright

New York (JFK) to Tel Aviv (TLV) — Mon, Jul 11 Overnight flight El Al 4
Dep: 12:00 pm Arr: 5:25 am 10h 25m Boeing 747

10 days in Israel

Tel Aviv (TLV) to Johannesburg (JNB) — Fri, Jul 22 El Al 53
Dep: 5:50 am Arr: 2:05 pm 9h 15m Boeing 767 35k QF points plus $154 YQ

Shabbos in Johannesburg by a friend

Johannesburg (JNB) to Richards Bay (RCB) — Sun, Jul 24 South African Airways 1213 Dep: 4:55 pm Arr: 6:10 pm 1h 15m De Havilland-Bombardier Dash-8 $100

Sunday-Tuesday by Family

Tuesday to Friday - 3 day Bush hiking tour

Durban (DUR) to Cape Town (CPT)
Fri, Jul 29 British Airways 6310
Dep: 10:45 am Arr: 12:55 pm 2h 10m Boeing 737 $72

Shabbos In Cape Town

Cape Town (CPT) to Harare (HRE) — Sun, Jul 31 - $271.70

Cape Town (CPT) to Gaborone (GBE) — Sun, Jul 31 Air Botswana 332
Dep: 1:30 pm Arr: 3:30 pm 2h 0m Embraer ERJ-145

Layover in GBE 23h 0m Hotel Needed

Gaborone (GBE) to Harare (HRE) — Mon, Aug 1 Air Botswana 264
Dep: 2:30 pm Arr: 4:40 pm 2h 10m ATR 72

1 night at the holiday Inn Harare, 10k IHG points

Harare (HRE) to Casablanca (CMN) — Tue, Aug 2 17.5K Ua + $51

Harare (HRE) to Addis Ababa (ADD) — Tue, Aug 2 Ethiopian Airlines 863
Dep: 3:29 pm Arr: 8:19 pm 3h 50m Boeing 787
Layover in ADD 2h 26m

Addis Ababa (ADD) to Beirut (BEY) — Tue, Aug 2 Ethiopian Airlines 416
Dep: 10:45 pm Arr: 3:25 am 4h 40m Boeing 737
Layover in BEY 8h 35m

Beirut (BEY) to Cairo (CAI) — Wed, Aug 3 EgyptAir 710
Dep: 12:00 pm Arr: 1:30 pm 1h 30m Boeing 737
Layover in CAI 20h 55m Hotel Cat 1-2 SPG, costing 3-4k Points, Recommendations?

Cairo (CAI) to Casablanca (CMN) — Thu, Aug 4 EgyptAir 847
Dep: 10:25 am Arr: 1:45 pm 5h 20m Airbus A321

Take the train to Marrakech
Sleep at the Le Meridien N'fis hotel 2-3k SPG a night
Shabbos in Marrakech

Saturday night, overnight sleeper train to Tangier

Tangier (TNG) to London (LHR) — $170
Sun, Aug 7 Tangier (TNG) to Madrid (MAD) —
Sun, Aug 7 Iberia 8375 Dep: 12:25 pm Arr: 2:50 pm 1h 25m Canadair RJ 1000 Layover in MAD 1h 5m
Madrid (MAD) to London (LHR) — Sun, Aug 7 Iberia 3166
Dep: 3:55 pm Arr: 5:20 pm 2h 25m Airbus A321

London (LHR) to Prague (PRG) — 4.5k Avios +$25
Sun, Aug 7 British Airways 858
Dep: 7:45 pm Arr: 10:40 pm 1h 55m Airbus A320
Hotel Needed, Recommendations?

Prague (PRG) to Bucharest (OTP) — $117.10
Mon, Aug 8 Czech Airlines 802
Dep: 11:40 am Arr: 2:35 pm 1h 55m Airbus A319
Hotel Needed, Recommendations?

Bucharest (OTP) to Lisbon (LIS) — $179.36 Including bag fee
Tue, Aug 9 Hahn Air Systems 888
Dep: 7:15 am Arr: 9:55 am 4h 40m Boeing 737
Hotel Needed, Recommendations?

Lisbon (LIS) to Vancouver (YVR) — 30k Ua + $110
Wed, Aug 10 Lisbon (LIS) to London (LHR) — Wed, Aug 10
TAP 356 Dep: 3:05 pm Arr: 5:45 pm 2h 40m Airbus A319
Layover in LHR 1h 25m
London (LHR) to Dublin (DUB) — Wed, Aug 10
Aer Lingus 177 Dep: 7:10 pm Arr: 8:25 pm 1h 15m Airbus A320
Hotel Needed, Recommendations?

Dublin (DUB) to London (LHR) — Thu, Aug 11 Aer Lingus 182
Dep: 7:00 pm Arr: 8:20 pm 1h 20m Airbus A320
Layover in LHR 13h 45m - Staying at a friend

London (LHR) to Vancouver (YVR) — Fri, Aug 12 Air Canada 855
Dep: 10:05 am Arr: 11:35 am 9h 30m Boeing 777
Hotel Needed, Cat 2 SPGs, Recommendations?

Vancouver (YVR) to Cuzco (CUZ) — 30K AA + $87.54 in Business class
Mon, Aug 15  Vancouver (YVR) to New York (JFK)
Cathay Pacific 888 Dep: 10:50 pm Arr: 7:00 am 5h 10m Boeing 777 Business
 Layover in JFK Tue, Aug 16 16h 45m

New York (JFK) to Lima (LIM) — Tue, Aug 16
LAN Airlines 531 Dep: 11:45 pm Arr: 6:25 am 7h 40m Boeing 787 Business Layover in LIM Wed,  1h 35m
Lima (LIM) to Cuzco (CUZ) — Wed, Aug 17 LAN Airlines 2023
Dep: 8:00 am Arr: 9:30 am 1h 30m Airbus A320

Two nights at a Hotel in Cusco, either Hilton or SPG luxury collection, thoughts?
Train to Machu Pichu and back

Cuzco (CUZ) to Lima (LIM) — Fri, Aug 19 LAN Airlines 2028 4.5K avios + $4.75
 Dep: 8:35 am Arr: 10:00 am 1h 25m Airbus A319
Shabbos in Lima

Lima (LIM) to Cairns (CNS) — Sun, Aug 21 Business Class 65k AA points + $100.44

Lima (LIM) to Santiago (SCL) — Sun, Aug 21 LAN Airlines 531
Dep: 8:35 am Arr: 2:05 pm 3h 30m Boeing 787 Business (D)
Layover in SCL 10h 50m Things to do in SCL?

Santiago (SCL) to Auckland (AKL) — Mon, Aug 22 LAN Airlines 801
Dep: 12:55 am Arr: 5:05 am 13h 10m Boeing 787 Business
Layover in AKL Tue, Aug 23 14h 25m Things to do?

Auckland (AKL) to Melbourne (MEL) — Tue, Aug 23 Qantas 156
Dep: 7:30 pm Arr: 9:40 pm 4h 10m Boeing 737 Business
Layover in MEL 11h 30m Hotel needed, recommendations?

Melbourne (MEL) to Cairns (CNS) — Wed, Aug 24 Qantas 702
Dep: 9:10 am Arr: 12:35 pm 3h 25m Boeing 737 Business

Wednesday and Thursday in Cairns, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef and local rain-forest

Cairns (CNS) to Sydney (SYD) — Fri, Aug 26 V Australia 1408 $117.90
 Dep: 6:15 am Arr: 9:10 am 2h 55m Embraer RJ-190

Shabbos in Sydney at a friends

Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Sun, Aug 28  V Australia 1 $148.56
Dep: 9:50 am Arr: 6:30 am 13h 40m Boeing 777
1 Day and night in LA

Aug 29  Los Angeles LAX 6:05 AM San Francisco SFO 7:25 AM Southwest Flight 1986 3834SW points + $5.6

9:10am - 2:50pm (Aug 31) 51 hr, 40 min 6 California Zephyr TRANSFER - CHI (6 hr, 40 min) 9:30pm - 6:23pm (Sep 1) 19 hr, 53 min 48 Lake Shore Limited - $186

[Hershelsdeals]

I know some orthodox Jews that were in Beirut BTW.

[high end hobo]

I know some orthodox Jews that were in Beirut BTW.

I have a tanya that was printed in beirut
Assuming you mean that they flew in as civillans post 1982, I'm glad that there is precedent, people on DDF were getting worried the Hebrew lettering on my teffilin, and that my teffilin would be an issue

[Hershelsdeals]

There's even a small Jewish community.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/05/18/lebanons-last-synagogue

[Something Fishy]

You should be tarred and feathered for posting an itin like this without a GC map attached.

[yochiek93]

So cool

[high end hobo]

You should be tarred and feathered for posting an itin like this without a GC map attached.

The GC map of the world would be hard to read because you need to see close ups of Europe and Africa.

[ual902]

Cool, do your parents and siblings know your BEY bound?! LOL

[Welder]

Wow. This is going to be one heck of a trip!

[Yehoshua]

You should be tarred and feathered for posting an itin like this without a GC map attached.

+100

The GC map of the world would be hard to read because you need to see close ups of Europe and Africa.

So then post additional maps of just Africa and Europe 

Wow, wow, wow!! What and incredible trip! Going solo?

[pactio]

If you are not worried about the danger you are putting yourself in I fear there is only one thing left for me to do. In the words of the wise poet Catullus "PEDICABO EGO VOS ET IRUMABO!!!!!!!!!"

[high end hobo]

+100
So then post additional maps of just Africa and Europe 

Wow, wow, wow!! What and incredible trip! Going solo?

Will work on the maps.
Israel, I will be with a bunch of friends, South Africa going with a friend.
Botswana-Vancouver, I'm solo for now, but taking applications for a travel buddy.
South America-Australia, A DDFer is Iyh joining me (he'll remain anonymous for now)

[high end hobo]

If you are not worried about the danger you are putting yourself in I fear there is only one thing left for me to do. In the words of the wise poet Catullus "PEDICABO EGO VOS ET IRUMABO!!!!!!!!!"

ALOL for a long time

[zow]

Can't wait to watch it unfold. Sadly, can't help with hotel reccs.   

[David Smith]

If you are not worried about the danger you are putting yourself in I fear there is only one thing left for me to do. In the words of the wise poet Catullus "PEDICABO EGO VOS ET IRUMABO!!!!!!!!!"

Sounds like you've got yourself an aspiring travel companion.
Pretty intense first post, bro.

[high end hobo]

Sounds like you've got yourself an aspiring travel companion.
Pretty intense first post, bro.

Lol, I think I'll pass on him

[David Smith]

Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Sun, Aug 28  V Australia 1 $148.56
Dep: 9:50 am Arr: 6:30 am 13h 40m Boeing 777

This seems to be missing something.

[Emkay]

This seems to be missing something.

Why? There was a price mistake a month ago.

[David Smith]

Why? There was a price mistake a month ago.

$148 O/W? Link?

[Emkay]

$148 O/W? Link?

You can just as easily Google it but I'll do you the favor.
http://www.mightytravels.com/2016/02/amazing-sydney-brisbane-to-los-angeles-149-one-way-254-rt-on-virgin-australia/