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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 79 – Los Angeles to London, England

    Thursday 27 January 2000 Highlights: Leaving USA Straight to the airport for an uneventful flight from Los Angels to London (Heathrow) followed by a train trip to gets us to Notting Hill our location for the next few days in a small hotel.  It is good to say goodbye to the backpacker hostel for a…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 78 – Los Angeles, USA

    Wednesday 26 January 2000 Highlights: Venice Beach. We arrived at 4 am and luckily the hostel let us check straight in and crash. The bus trip was mostly fine and I even got some sleep but thank god that is the last overnight bus trip.  They save time and money but really knock down your energy…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 77 – San Francisco to Los Angeles, USA

    Tuesday 25 January 2000 Highlights: Golden Gate Bridge, Girhardelli House Ice cream. For our last day in San Francisco we decided to walk to the Golden Gate Bridge, so called because of the entrance to the bay.   We totally misjudged the distance and ended up walking for over 2 hours.  I know I felt the…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 76 – San Francisco, USA

    Monday 24 January 2000 Highlights:  Girhardilli House, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cable Cars We woke to very heavy rain but that is no excuse no to explore.  We walked down to Fisherman’s Wharf and split up.  Jon visited Alcartz which I skipped having been there only 14 months ago.  Instead I explored the local area in particular…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 75 – Los Angeles to San Francisco, USA

    Sunday 23 January 2000 Highlights:  Nothing today. Leaving Los Angeles on the 3 am bus, I’m not sure what we were thinking here, we didn’t get into San Francisco until after 11 am and it was raining heavily. Possibly the worst trip on a Greyhound Bus so far and that is saying something! After arriving…