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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Sunday 7 June 2009 Highlights: Sakkah Pyramids, Papyrus Museum Today I managed to get to breakfast having not eaten breakfast yesterday after the feast from the multiple plane/lounge visits). I went for a walk and then broke all my travel rules by talking to a local resident and booking a private day tour. The guy…
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Friday 5 June 2009 and Saturday 6 June 2009 Highlights: Empty seat on flight to Cairo After having a second shower at the Heathrow London Airport (in Terminal 5 B) I happily boarded my British Airway flight to Cairo, Egypt hoping everything will work out regarding the hotel and transfer.
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Facebook Photos Well the first part of this world trip is over. For the past 14 days I’ve been accompanying my mum around California and Nevada. The quick stats: 7927 miles (12730 kms) flying Melbourne to Los Angeles 1799 miles (2895 kms) driving LA to San Francisco to Las Vegas to San Diego to LA)…
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Thursday 4 June 2009 Highlights: Avoiding car rental damage charges The day started really well when I found out I didn’t have to pay extra for the damage to the car from the Vegas accident. We got to the airport very early, I actually left mum twice (we were in different terminals) coming back since…
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Wednesday 3 June 2009 Highlights: Venice Beach, Citadel Shopping An overcast day for my last full day in America. We headed off for Venice Beach hoping to scout a way to the airport for tomorrow, which by accident I found (US Freeways are weird; you consistently get pushed off them if you don’t pay attention).
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Tuesday 2 June 2009 Highlights: Great fun at Knott’s Berry Farm A very cool day. Originally we had Universal Studios on the agenda but I’ll be back to see that in January with Andrew, plus Knott’s had a very good senior discount so my mum was happy to give them a go.
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Monday 1 June 2009 Highlights: Citadel Shopping The very last long drive of the trip saw as go to Los Angeles. We stopped in a small missionary town on the way but I didn’t find it particularly interesting.
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Sunday 31 May 2009 Highlights: San Diego Trolleys, San Diego Marathon After travelling by bus around San Francisco we moved to a trolley (tram) in San Diego. A great system that saw us go from one end of the blue line (Old Town) to the other end (San Ysidro – a border town with Mexico).…
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Saturday 30 May 2009 Highlights: Spectacular Sea World Today has a theme park day, something I was looking forward to. My mum wasn’t happy with the $12 car parking fee but I told her in advance this is how it is done. Sea World highlights: Shamu Show (whales performing people got very wet on a…
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Friday 29 May 2009 Highlights: Las Vegas Outlet, Chula Vista Shopping Mall Another big driving day (about 5.5 hours), but first we had one more go at gambling and somehow we both won, my mum won about $20 and I finished up $1 (hey it’s a win). My mum then used her winning to buy…
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