Category: Travel
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Tuesday 1 December 2009 Highlights: Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, ‘Chicago‘ Broadway Show Having made the decision to stay in NYC and wait for our Brazil visas I stayed up last night making the necessary changes. At around 1 pm I woke suddenly, check out was noon and we were late. Well it kicked…
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Monday 30 November 2009 Highlights: Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Museum of Modern Art, The Sex Museum, NHL ice hockey match Today was very big, busy and important. We started with a visit to the Brazilian Embassy hoping to get our visas immediately or by tomorrow so our later tour can go ahead. In the end…
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Sunday 29 November 2009 Highlights: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York Hotdog, Madame Tussaud’s, NBA Game at Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks Vs Orlando Magic ) A crazy busy day as we really got into the swing of travelling saw us head out to the former World Trade Centre site which was mostly…
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Saturday 28 November 2009 Highlights: Cruise around Manhattan, Empire State Building, Attending Hair – The Musical Our first full day in New York City after 7 years of planning! First on the agenda was a cruise around Manhattan using our 3 day NYC Tourist Pass). We walked to the docks early in the…
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Friday 27 November 2009 Highlights: Free upgrades to Premium Economy, QANTAS First Class Lounge Well after some issues over the Brazilian Visa which I think can be settled in New York City the trip 7 years in the planning has commenced. On getting to the airport we quickly learned that Andrew and I had…
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For 3 great days I got to go on a mini holiday to catch up with my Belgium friend Inge in Sydney. After the dust storms a month earlier I was wondering what type of weather wed get and this time it was mostly overcast and raining. Still we had a great time packed…
