Category: World Trip 2009-2010

A 66-day adventure visting seven countries USA, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and New Zealand between 27 November 2009 and 31 January 2010.

  • Friday 4 December 2009 Highlights: Last minute Brazilian Visa Success! We got up late (8.50 am) and headed down for breakfast which was packed with people.   After breakfast I went for a short walk to get my steps up while Andrew caught up with his e-mail.

  • Thursday 3 December 2009 Highlights: Brooklyn Bridge, St Paul’s Chapel, National Museum of the American Indian, New York Cinema experience We caught a train to Brooklyn in order to walk back to Manhattan over the famous Brooklyn Bridge.   We actually got the idea from Sex and the City Movie (embarrassing I know) but the…

  • Wednesday 2 December 2009 Highlights: Exploring Central Park, ‘Avenue Q’ Show Today was fairly relaxed, well it was after we found the answer to the question how many Aussies does it take to turn on  a shower, well we still don’t know the answer other than one American hotel staff member.

  • Tuesday 1 December 2009 Highlights: Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, ‘Chicago‘ Broadway Show Having made the decision to stay in NYC and wait for our Brazil visas I stayed up last night making the necessary changes. At around 1 pm I woke suddenly, check out was noon and we were late.   Well it kicked…

  • Monday 30 November 2009 Highlights: Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Museum of Modern Art, The Sex Museum, NHL ice hockey match Today was very big, busy and important.  We started with a visit to the Brazilian Embassy hoping to get our visas immediately or by tomorrow so our later tour can go ahead.  In the end…