Nathan's Insights
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.
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Thursday 17 February 2000 Highlights: Giant’s Causeway, personal tour of Belfast. We did a Youth Hostel Organised tour to the Giants Causeway. Leaving from a different Belfast Hostel down the other end of town at 9.30 am so we had to get up early. Along the way up we visited a coastal castle, abandoned long…
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Wednesday 16 February 2000 Highlights: Walking tour of Belfast, City Hall, Guinness. Today we went on the Lonely Planet’s first walking tour of Belfast. While this tour had frequent rain luckily for the most part it was while we were undercover. The highlights of the tour included the leaning clock tower in honour of Queen…
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Tuesday 15 February 2000 Highlights: Ferry crossing to Northern Ireland. After very little sleep we started our second last long travel day. The American in our room was sick and coughing and an Asian kept talking in his sleep so I only got 2 hours sleep. We caught the 9.30 am train to Glasgow and…
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Monday 14 February 2000 Highlights: Stirling Castle After a small breakfast we headed for Stirling Castle. Today we had fairly constant drizzle and at times amazingly thick fog.
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Sunday 13 February 2000 Highlights: Royal Mile, Palace of Holyroodhouse, St Giles Cathedral We sent today walking the Royal Mile. A road connecting Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Most of the attractions were shut until 2 pm as it was Sunday or we were not interested in the ones that were. However we…
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