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World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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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.

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 74 – Los Angeles, USA

    Saturday 22 January 2000 Highlights: Six Flags Magic Mountain. After confusion at the hostel over our booking to Magic Mountain we paid an additional $11 (total $71) for transport and entrance. Magic Mountain is purely a roller coaster attraction with a DC Super Hero theme.  The best ride was the Riddler’s Revenge.  You stand up,…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 73 – Los Angeles, USA

    Friday 21 January 2000 Highlights:  Universal Studios, live taping of ‘Suddenly Susan’ Like the backpackers we are we caught the public bus to Universal Studios saving about $8, every bit counts. The highlight at the park was the Terminator 2 3D show.  The show includes live actors plus footage of all the movie stars including…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 72 – Los Angeles, USA

    Thursday 20 January 2000 Highlights:  Mann’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Walk of Fame We caught the Metro Train system into Los Angeles with a mission to find out how to get to Universal Studios and Magic Mountain. We visited Mann’s Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Walk of Fame checking out all the famous movie stars’ handprints.…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 71 – Las Vegas to Los Angeles, USA

    Wednesday 19 January 2000 Highlights:  Winning a deck of cards 🙂 Before the afternoon express bus to Los Angeles we had time for one last gambling experience.  While I didn’t win any money on a free slot machine I won a pack of games, lucky me 🙂 All up we gambled at the Stratosphere, Las…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 70 – Las Vegas, USA

    Tuesday 18 January 2000 Highlights: Paris Casino, ‘Viv Las Vegas’ show, The Star Trek Experience We slept in today after our 3 am night of gambling and exploring Las Vegas.  Today was about visiting more casinos, starting with MGM Grand and moving onto the Stratosphere Casino which was about 6 kms away.  At the Stratosphere…