Category: World Trip 2009
A 52-day trip covering five countires; USA, Egypt, England, Belgium and Australia between 22 May 2009 and 12 July 2009
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Tour Title: The Egyptian JourneyTour Company: GAP Adventures (now G Adventures)Tour Leaders: Ahmed Cities Visited: Cairo, Aswan, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Edfu, Valley of the Kings, Hurghada, Dahab, Mt SinaiCountries Visited: EgyptDates: Saturday 07 June 2009 to Sunday 21 June 2009 Duration: 15 daysTour Type: ClassicTour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
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For my 2009 world trip I traveled between 22 May 2009 and 12 July 2009 visiting four countries – USA, Egypt, England, and Belgium. I also traveled in Australia to Perth (Margaret River) and Sydney at the end of this trip. To do this I flew on ten flights (across 6 travel legs) and three airlines…
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What a huge 52 days – USA, Egypt, England, Perth & Sydney. While this started out as a compromise trip once I had to split out Egypt from my trip with Andrew later this year, it turned out to be great fun. This trip really had it all, from comfort of travelling in the USA…
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Facebook Photos This leg was the shortest time wise. I have to say that I did thoroughly enjoy Margaret River in Western Australia, even the storms at night and the rain during the day. The winery tour was worth doing even if I ended up with a headache! One day I’d like to go the…
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Sunday 12 July 2009 Highlights: Returning Home Today is the last day of the trip. After having a great night’s sleep I got up around 9 am and very slowly packed for the flight home. I was glad I went for a good hotel in Sydney and not a Backpackers / Hostel. I got to…
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Saturday 11 July 2009 Highlights: Upgrade to Business Class, Essendon winning at the SCG Well good luck smiled on me for the flight, at the gate I was stopped from boarding with 7 others due to a problem with the seat allocation. Everyone else got new allocated seats (to allow families to seat together) I…
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Friday 10 July 2009 Highlights: The coastline My last day in Western Australia started with a big thunderstorm during the night, boy it is unusual to see rain, at least this much rain! Anyway after checking out and doing a little bit of e-mail catch up I headed for the coastline to see whether there…
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Thursday 9 July 2009 Highlights: Bushtucker Winery Tour First a confession, I’m writing this with a hangover. Today I went on the ’Bushtucker Winery Tour’. We started at 10.30 am and I got dropped off around 6 pm, in between was a lot of drinking, singing and eating. The full day saw use visit (in…
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Wednesday 8 July 2009 Highlights: Bunbury Harbour, Margaret River Nature walk Today I drove from Perth to Margaret River which is about 300 kms in distance. Along the way I stopped in Bunbury a seaside city of about 30,000. The harbour was nice, and the yachts tell me there is money in this area. I…
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Tuesday 7 July 2009 Highlights: Easy flight to Perth, View of Swan River The flight turned out to nearly be empty. I got my aisle seat again but with no one in the window seat I moved over to watch the landing in Perth at the end of the flight. We didn’t have any problems…
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