Category: Travel
-
Established: 9th Century Population: 5.3 million (as at 2013) Religion: Church of Scotland Language: English, Scottish Gaelic Capital: Edinburgh Order of Visit: Fourth First Visit: 9 February 2000 Last Visit: 14 February 2000 Duration: 6 Days Must Do: Walk to Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews, Walk the Golden Mile Cities: Edinburgh, Glasgow,…
-
Established: 5th-6th Century (Anglo-Saxon settlement) Population: 53 million (as at 2011) Religion: Anglican Capital: London Order of Visit: Third First Visit: 11 November 1999 Last Visit: 21 January 2010 Duration: 31 Days Must Do: Experience a Shakespeare play in his home country, Stonehenge, Parliament at Westminister, Old Royal College (Greenwich), Cambridge Universities and a West End show. Cities: Brighton, Cambridge, Carlisle,…
-
So it’s time to start thinking more about my next trip as its now less than 12 months out. I’m going to combine a bucket list item (no. 28 see Test Cricket in six countries) with a trip to Sri Lanka and then a tour covering more of South East Asia. I still don’t know…
-
So I’ve purchased plane ickets to the historic first day / night Test Match Australia Vs New Zealand. The match is being played in Adelaide between 27 November and 1 December. I’m going to fly into Adelaide on the first day of the match on a Friday, attend the first 2 days and fly back…
-
Highlights: Andrew’s first overseas trip, Alcatraz, Disneyland, San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld, Knott’s Berry Farm and Vegas. Photos Late 1998, almost exactly 12 years after my first world trip as a 12-year-old in 1986, I set off on my second overseas trip, this time with my mother (Helen), sister (Kara), and nephew (Andrew). We flew to…
-
Highlights: Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Tijuana, Circus Circus, Vegas, Beaches in Hawaii, Pearl Harbour Remembrance. As a twelve-year-old, I went on my first overseas trip between 27 November and 9 December 1986 for a 13-day adventure. This was a great adventure that got me out of primary school and made my friends very jealous 😀…
-
Back in late 1999 I set out on my first independent world trip with my best friend Jon who I met in High School. 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 (this post); and 3)…
-
The 2016 World Trip to Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is starting to take sharp. I’ve decided that for this trip I will try an experience First Class travel on long haul using my QANTAS points. After investigating the options it looks like catching a Emirates first class flight on their A380 is the…
-
My blog now allows me to post videos so I can now share some of the videos I took during my Antarctica trip. I visited Antarctica with G Adventures on their Antarctica Classic in Depth tour from 8 November to 19 November 2012. My trip summary is located here. More videos loaded on YouTube –…
-
we must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong So one of the first things you do at the end of an overseas trip, and especially on a nine hour flight home, is start thinking about the next trip. Now that I don’t take 2-3 month trips every 2-3 years it means…
