Category: Travel
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Thursday 30 March 2006 Highlights: Emotional visit Soweto township After taking the guard dogs for a walk with the host of the Jo-Burg Inn (I was the only guest last night) I headed off on a tour of Soweto. Soweto is the home of the initial uprisings in South Africa and some of the…
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Wednesday 29 March 2006 Highlights: The trip beginning and no hassles with flights or transfers. After a farewell dinner I have a restless night thinking about everything that is ahead of me. Will I be okay by myself, will I get sick during this very lengthy trip, what great experiences will I have?
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Well it’s getting closer and closer to I leave Australia on this very big trip. I’ve finally uploaded photos from the USA leg of my last world trip. I’ve added the extra trip to London (including Eurostar train trip back to Paris), hostels and hotels I’m staying at in Europe and that I’m going…
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Well it’s been a very busy time getting ready for the upcoming trip. I’m now had my last vaccination and picked up some South African Rand. I now know some semi famous people. Two friends have made it on to TV. First Natalie made an appearance working at the SuperBike Grand…
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Well it’s just over one month to go and I’ve had a couple of exciting last minute changes to my trip. I’ve also decided to take 2 weeks off right now to relax before the big trip (and organise the little things I’m sure I’m forgetting about). I was lucky enough to get a…
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Well tonight I got my first set of vaccinations for the upcoming 2006 World Trip making it seem like I‘ll be leaving the country very soon. Going overseas starts you thinking about health issues, especially with all the hiking activities planned, I might have to push someone in front of me when the lion…
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Photos I’m slowly going to post some trip reports from previous holidays so I have a record of events (and while I can still remember). First up is my Darwin work/holiday trip. Back in October 2003 I was lucky enough to get an offer from work to fly to Darwin and undertake some work presentations…
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Back in late 1999 I set out on my first independent world trip with my best friend Jon Danaher. The trip was broken down into three parts 1) New Zealand: 11 November 1999 to 26 November 1999 2) USA: 26 November 1999 to 27 January 2000 and 3) The United Kingdom and the Republic of…
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Sunday 5 March and Monday 6 March 2000 Highlights: Family hugs at the airport, Auckland Air New Zealand Lounge I guess plane trips like this make you miss home even more. Three flights, 30 hours in the air with two 3 hour stopovers in between. I did learn something while at the Auckland Airport, my…
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Saturday 4 March 2000 Highlights: The journey home via Los Angeles and Auckland begins. So finally on the 116th day I’m at my final day in the United Kingdom and the long journey to get home the long way via Los Angeles and Auckland on Air New Zealand. Both Jon and myself woke earlier than…
