Category: World Trip 1999-2000
A 118-day world trip visiting six countries – New Zealand, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Wales between 11 November 1999 and 6 March 2000.
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My first world trip book by myself (well with my friend Jon but no family) was back in 1999. I traveled between 11 November 1999 and 6 March 2000 (118 days) visiting six countries – New Zealand, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Wales. To do this I flew on eight flights (across…
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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)…
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Back in late 1999 I set out on my first independent world trip with my best friend Jon Danaher. 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 and 3) The United Kingdom and the Republic of…
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Sunday 5 March and Monday 6 March 2000 Highlights: Family hugs at the airport, Auckland Air New Zealand Lounge I guess plane trips like this make you miss home even more. Three flights, 30 hours in the air with two 3 hour stopovers in between. I did learn something while at the Auckland Airport, my…
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Saturday 4 March 2000 Highlights: The journey home via Los Angeles and Auckland begins. So finally on the 116th day I’m at my final day in the United Kingdom and the long journey to get home the long way via Los Angeles and Auckland on Air New Zealand. Both Jon and myself woke earlier than…
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Friday 3 March 2000 Highlights: Harrods, Hyde Park We again stayed in Notting Hill but in a different hotel with a higher price and worst quality but hey the trip is almost over and I’ve seen more than enough hostels. As today was somewhat of a rest day I tried to complete my shopping list.…
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Thursday 2 March 2000 Highlights: Christ Church Cathedral & College, Windsor Castle In many ways this is the last day of the trip as tomorrow is a rest day in London with only shopping planned before flying out in two days. Most of the famous Colleges in Oxford are closed to the public. We were…
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Wednesday 1 March 2000 Highlights: Everything Shakespeare! Today we visited the William Shakespeare Properties. The most interesting was Shakespeare’s Birthplace. The cottage that he grow up in has been returned to how it looked in his day. A museum detailing his life and events in is era bring visitors up to date. At one stage the house was converted…
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Tuesday 29 February 2000 Highlights: Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Macbeth We set out to explore Chester in a good mood but it was quickly dispelled when we couldn’t find anywhere to put our backpacks which resulted in us taking them with us everywhere which was far from ideal. As a result we just ended…
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Monday 28 February 2000 Highlights: Bath Abbey, Roman Baths, Walking tours of Bath Starting early we headed off to Bath to spend the day before arriving late in the day at Chester which we will explore tomorrow. Bath was originally a Roman outpost from 1 AD to 4th century. The Romans established the very first…
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