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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 10 – Rio De Janeiro to Ilha Grande, Brazil

    Sunday 6 December 2009 Highlights: Caipirinha (strong alcoholic drink), enjoying local football match viewing party, drinking beers under the stars Getting up late, around 9.30 am, we packed up and left Rio with our new friends.   We caught a private mini bus to a crossing point to Ilha Grande Island.   The bus ride…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 9 – Miami to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

    Saturday 5 December 2009 Highlights: Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana beach, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, meeting the tour group members Our overnight flight from Miami got in at 11 am without any significant problems.   I had allocated us exit row seats which helped Andrew with his knees not bumping into the front seat but hurt…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 8 – New York to Miami, USA

    Friday 4 December 2009 Highlights: Last minute Brazilian Visa Success! We got up late (8.50 am) and headed down for breakfast which was packed with people.   After breakfast I went for a short walk to get my steps up while Andrew caught up with his e-mail.

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 7 – New York City, USA

    Thursday 3 December 2009 Highlights: Brooklyn Bridge, St Paul’s Chapel, National Museum of the American Indian, New York Cinema experience We caught a train to Brooklyn in order to walk back to Manhattan over the famous Brooklyn Bridge.   We actually got the idea from Sex and the City Movie (embarrassing I know) but the…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 6 – New York City, USA

    Wednesday 2 December 2009 Highlights: Exploring Central Park, ‘Avenue Q’ Show Today was fairly relaxed, well it was after we found the answer to the question how many Aussies does it take to turn on  a shower, well we still don’t know the answer other than one American hotel staff member.