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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Tuesday 28 December 1999 Highlights: Greenwich Village I now officially have a cold, how bad? I guess the next few days will tell. I slept in to about 10.15 am and woke with a headache, not a great start to a day. Dragging myself out into the elements we did a walking tour of Greenwich…
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Monday 27 December 1999 Highlights: UN Security Council, ‘Chicago’ (the musical). We got up early to get the ‘rush’ theatre tickets which ended up costing us $20 each offering a partial/limited view of ‘Chicago’. New York City was once again very cold today, I’d be amazed if I don’t get sick. We spent most of…
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Sunday 26 December 1999 Highlights: A night of Improv Comedy Went out to try and find cheap Broadway tickets but prices had actually doubled for the holiday period / millennium. We are going to try and get ‘rush’ tickets tomorrow, basically returned tickets for a same day viewing in the worst seats but hey I’m…
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Saturday 25 December 1999 Highlights: Traditional American Christmas Dinner Christmas Day 1999 and my first ever away from my family, I wonder how many times I’ll be away from family and friends for future Christmas Days (well I had Jon here this Christmas). It felt very un-Christmas like with no presents, no hot sunny day…
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Friday 24 December 1999 Highlights: Rest Day, New York City Library Christmas Eve was a necessary rest and cleaning clothes day hanging out at the YHA New York City Hostel. Watching television it became very clear that people are becoming increasingly worried about terrorist acts in Times Square for New Year’s Eve. Talk that some…
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Thursday 23 December 1999 Highlights: State of Liberty, Ice-Skating at Rockefeller Centre Today I got to climb the Statue of Liberty. We had to get up very early to ensure access but given we were in a room with 12 others sleeping in wasn’t really an option anyway 🙂 While the view from the top…
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Wednesday 22 December 1999 Highlights: Walking around downtown Manhattan An incredibly cold USA winter day of around 2 degrees. First good news was our stay at the YHA Hostel has now been extended to 29 December, so New Year’s Eve in New York City is starting to look possible. Visited Downtown Manhattan for the first…
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Tuesday 21 December 1999 Highlights: The White House, Arriving in New York City We visited the White House today, lining up for about 2 hours standing next to this neo-Nazi Canadian (I know hard to imagine). I did caused my own security scare when I accidentally bought a bottle of sauce into the White House.…
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Monday 20 December 1999 Highlights: Visiting FBI, USA Capitol Building, USA Holocaust Museum Today was a welcome to the very cold north of USA. We left the hostel early around 8.40 am to visit the FBI building. The tour was fantastic and covered the history of the FBI, how they gather evidence, training requirements and…
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Sunday 19 December 1999 Highlights: 19 hour bus trip concludes, Attending a Professional Wrestling Pay for View Event (WCW Starcade) We arrived in Washington at 7 am after a 19 hour bus trip on Greyhound. How we are going to survive the 24 hour bus ride next month I don’t know!
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