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.
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Saturday 5 December 2009 Highlights: Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana beach, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, meeting the tour group members Our overnight flight from Miami got in at 11 am without any significant problems. I had allocated us exit row seats which helped Andrew with his knees not bumping into the front seat but hurt…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Sunday 29 November 2009 Highlights: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York Hotdog, Madame Tussaud’s, NBA Game at Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks Vs Orlando Magic ) A crazy busy day as we really got into the swing of travelling saw us head out to the former World Trade Centre site which was mostly…
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Saturday 28 November 2009 Highlights: Cruise around Manhattan, Empire State Building, Attending Hair – The Musical Our first full day in New York City after 7 years of planning! First on the agenda was a cruise around Manhattan using our 3 day NYC Tourist Pass). We walked to the docks early in the…
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Friday 27 November 2009 Highlights: Free upgrades to Premium Economy, QANTAS First Class Lounge Well after some issues over the Brazilian Visa which I think can be settled in New York City the trip 7 years in the planning has commenced. On getting to the airport we quickly learned that Andrew and I had…
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Due to a large number of reasons including the desire to catch up with friends in Europe and my nephew wanting to cut down the big 2009 trip (due to increased costs) I’m now going on two different trips in 2009. Trip 1: USA – Egypt – London – Copenhagen – Bangkok This first trip…
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