Category: Travel
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With it now only being 34 days out for my first trip and holiday since August 2019 travelling to remote Australia across Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia I’m starting to get very excited. Even better I’ll be taking this trip with my amazing sister Kara.
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In exciting developments, I’ve now managed to book my flight home from Singapore to Melbourne (via Kuala Lumpur) using Qantas points. And I’ll be flying on Malaysia Airlines in business class 🙂
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After many changes and delays due to COVID restrictions and isolations since 2020 (see 2020 and 2021 travel planning posts) I’ve now made a significant step for my next big international trip to Central Asia and Turkey. I just booked my first flights to get from Melbourne, Australia to Istanbul, Turkey via Singapore to start…
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A major success on the weight loss side marked the fourth stage of my Wealth, Weight and Wellbeing Plan as the end of the 26 fortnight ambitious and hopefully long term life changing challenge comes into view.You can find the first check in here (15 April 2021), the second here (25 June 2021) and the…
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Back in November I outlined my next likely international trip which would see me exploring Central Asia (Silk Road) and Turkey around May 2022. I put down tour deposits and even managed to get my employer to approve leave for this trip. Unfortunately COVID, and in particular the slow pace of vaccinations in Australia, has…
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Official Name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Established: 4 February 1948 (Independence from the United Kingdom), 22 May 1972 (Republic) Population: 21,803,000 (2019 estimate) Religion: 70.2% Buddhism, 12.6% Hinduism, 9.7% Islam, 7.4% Christianity Language(s): Sinhala, Tamil, English Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative), Colombo (executive and judicial) Order of Visit: Fifty Sixth First Visit: 26…
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Official Name: Japan Established: 710 (National Imperial Court), 29 November 1890 (First Constitution) Population: 127,094,745 (2015 census) Religion: 69% Shintoism, 66.7% Buddhism, 1.5% Christian, 6.2% other (Note: Most Japanese follow both Shintoism and Buddhism) Language(s): Japanese Capital: Tokyo Order of Visit: Fifty Second First Visit: 03 May 2015 Last Visit: 16 May 2015 Duration: 14 Days Visit…
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Official Name: Republic of Indonesia Established: 17 August 1945 (Independence from the Netherlands) Population: 267,670,543 (2018 estimate) Religion: 86.7% Islam, 10.7% Christian, 1.7% Hinduism Language(s): Indonesian Capital: Jakarta Order of Visit: Fifty-Seventh First Visit: 08 June 2017 Last Visit: 14 June 2017 Duration: 7 Days Visit Highlights: Waterbom Park, Street shopping, Asoka Full Body…
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Official Name: Republic of Panama Established: 3 November 1903 (Independence from Republic of Colombia) Population: 4,176,869 (2018 estimate) Religion: 63.2% Catholic, 25% Protestant, 3.3% Other Christian, 7.6% No religion Language(s): Spanish (English is also commonly spoken) Capital: Panama City Order of Visit: Fiftieth First Visit: 01 February 2013 Last Visit: 10 February 2013 Duration: 10…
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Official Name: Republic of Costa Rica Established: – 15 September 1821 (Independence from Spain) – 01 July 1823 (Independence from Mexico) – 14 November 1838 (Independence from Federal Republic of Central America) Population: 4,999,441 (2018 estimate) Religion: 52% Catholic, 25% Protestant, 17% No religion Language(s): Spanish (English is also commonly spoken) Capital: San José Order…
