Category: Travel
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Well I’ve basically completed my clothing checklist for the cold environment in Antarctica and Iceland. Let’s see; – expensive wet weather jacket – thermal underwear – water proof pants Plus I purchased ear plugs, hiking pants and a travel wallet. Almost done now. Just need to work out if I need a new digital camera.…
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With only two weeks remaining until my trip commences I’m now focusing on what activities I’ll be doing during the free times between my organised tours. Today I booked seven interesting activities; Sentosa Island Images of Singapore Morning Trip with optional Underwater World Singapore Zoo Night Safari Tour with optional Buffet Dinner Singapore Jurong Bird Park Tour…
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I’m now less than 26 days until I’m off on the road for my 139 day adventure. Hiking boots have now been broken in. Most hotels have been booked and paid. I still need to purchase some cold weather gear and binoculars and there are a lot of activities I haven’t purchased just yet. I’ve…
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Well the last flight has been booked and I’m a little over 2 months to go for the start of a 139 days 18 country (plus Antarctica) adventure. I extended the trip by 9 days to guarantee the Central America trip and added a 7 day trip to Cuba. I’ll be taking 24 Flights in all…
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My trip is now booked, 17 countries over 130 days with 3 tours; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Antarctica, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. Watching and dealing with a colleague with a terminal illness who is about my age as made me even more determine to get out…
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Duration: 129 days (28/9/12 to 4/2/13) Confirmed Countries: Malaysia,Singapore,Thailand,England,Argentina,Chile, Antarctica,Belize,Costa Rica,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,USA Possible Countries:Kenya,Tanzania,Greece,Iceland,Norway,Croatia,Denmark,Hungary (probably 2 maximum from this list) All details will be confirmed February 2012 but leave is approved and flights so far look good. There will be at least five major stages to this trip; Asia (Malaysia,Singapore,Thailand) Europe (1 or 2 of Greece,…
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My work has approved leave for my 2012-2013 world holiday adventure so it’s time to get down to the fun planning stage. The central theme of this trip will be a visit to Antarctica, a place I seriously considered visiting with Andrew during our 2009-2010 world trip but costs ruled it out. The reason for…
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Monday 13 June 2011 Highlights: Spare empty economy seat next to me It turned out that the flight home to Melbourne would not be delayed.
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Sunday 12 June 2011 Highlights: Walking around Anchorage, In-flight Internet access Last day of the trip with any non travel activities. Woke up with the news that flights into Melbourne have stopped and face major disruptions due to South American volcano from last week, I’ll see if That causes any problems tomorrow. First up it…
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Saturday 11 June 2011 Highlights: Boat Plane Flight, Black Bear close up The last major event of the trip, a flight to Redoubt Bay to check out the local wildlife. This started with my first ever ‘float’ or boat flight. Redoubt Bay can only be rested by air or boat, or in this case both!…
