Category: Travel
-
Saturday 1 December 2012 Highlights: Relaxing at the airport Today was a chance to do basically nothing. I slept in until around 8.45 am and only really got up to go to buffet breakfast. As I had no plans to actually buy lunch I took my time and had a very full breakfast. As a…
-
The USA leg of my world trip was a quick 9 day visit with a lot of plane trips to get to the three locations; Washington, New York and Orlando. This trip was planned to meet up with my mother so you could visit the East Coast of the US which she wanted to do…
-
Friday 30 November 2012 Highlights: Business Class flights, Mexico City Immigration (not). A 7.15 am shuttle meant an early start especially to pack for the upcoming international flight to Mexico today. We were the only ones in the shuttle today and the friendly driver wanted to know our travel plans. Normally this is where mum…
-
Thursday 29 November 2012 Highlights: Walt Disney World Parks “The Magic Kingdom” and “Hollywood Studios” Another early morning to catch the shuttle to Walt Disney World at 7.15 am. The included breakfast at the Hampton Inn was filling which is good because I wanted to avoid the Theme Park food prices. The shuttle got us…
-
Wednesday 28 November 2012 Highlights: Universal Studios especially Cinematic Spectacular and Rockit roller coaster. The wake up at 4.15 am made me question if I’m on holidays or not. The flight was scheduled for 6.59 am and took 3 hours to complete. The lounge access before and the exit row seat during made the morning…
-
Tuesday 27 November 2012 Highlights: Shopping at the Manhattan Mall The last full day in New York City and it decides to rain. Actually this showed just how lucky we have been to this point as the days outside have all been fine. As a result of the bad weather is we decided not to…
-
Monday 26 November 2012 Highlights: Disney and M&M Shopping, Phantom of the Opera After the long and memorable day seeing the sights of New York (Part 1) the late afternoon was spent shopping in Times Square and waiting for our Broadway Show “The Phantom of the Opera”. Mum wasn’t really up to walking back to…
-
Monday 26 November 2012 Highlights: Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Centre, New York Stock Exchange, World Trade Centre Today we scheduled a tour of New York City. Starting with a excellent breakfast at the hotel (I’m going to miss this luxury when I get to Central America) we walked from 28th Street to 51st…
-
Sunday 25 November 2012 Highlights: Bus ride to New York City, Times Square Another good breakfast a the grand Capital Hilton and mum and myself took off to walk the 2.8 km to the Washington Deluxe Bus departure location at DuPont Circle. After a short distance we worked out it was better for me to…
-
Saturday 24 November 2012 Highlights: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum One of the great aspects about Washington DC is the Smithsonian Museums which total over 15 and are free to the public. So of the great artworks and discoveries open for everyone to see these treasures. This is an open society at its best celebrating…
