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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Thursday 28 May 2009 Highlights: Hoover Dam, Hitting and winning at various Casinos on the Strip Having cut the Grand Canyon visit out of the trip we still got to see the enormous engineering achievement that is the Hoover Dam. It’s hard to imagine how they built this; I guess they had problems since they…
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Wednesday 27 May 2009 Highlights: Shopping at The Vegas Outlet, The Phantom of the Opera performance Today saw another shopping outlet visit this time The Vegas Outlet which has about 130 shops. I think I bought my recently departed leather jacket from this place many years ago. I almost bought a couple of Reebok runners,…
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Tuesday 26 May 2009 Highlights: Premium Shopping Outlet, Legends in Concert Performance Today was my mum’s dream day, well maybe tomorrow is but today came close. We spent maybe 5 hours at the Premium Shopping Outlet complex, it is HUGE. In the walkways you are exposed to the environment but they have this kind of…
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Monday 25 May 2009 Highlights: Minor car accident, Free Treasure Island Outdoor Show Before setting off from San Francisco I noticed on the TV that Vegas was expecting temp of 92, way higher than what we have been experiencing so far so the shorts made their first appearance 🙂
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Sunday 24 May 2009 Highlights: Ghirardelli Square, Fisherman’s Wharf Today we headed into the CBD to visit the attractions in the Wharf district. Catching a local bus mum was surprised at the number of homeless people she saw on the route and some of the locals, as I told her you see the real side…
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Saturday 23 May 2009 Highlights: Sausalito, Muir Woods, Golden Gate Bridge After a long sleep of about 10.5 hours (waking up a few times) I was over my jetlag and ready for the first day of seeing the local area. Â We started with a good breakfast included with our stay at Best Western Grosvenor Hotel…
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Friday 22 May 2009 Highlights: Qantas First Class Lounge (Melbourne), Free upgrade to Premium Economy. I got to enjoy both the QANTAS First Class and Business Class Lounges, courtesy of my Qantas Platinum membership.  I enjoyed the view of the airport as I contemplate the trip ahead.  I shared the lounge experience with my mother…
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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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Planning has now started for my next world trip due to commence around 24 November 2009 and returning around the end of February 2010. Trips like this take time to work out (which is actually fun). I’ll be travelling with my nephew (Andrew) and places under consideration for this trip include: South America (almost certain)…
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Well I’m further along in the planning for the 2009-10 trip that I’m taking with my nephew Andrew. Previous posts are the initial planning and the phantom booking. Since we are about 2 years from the date we would leave I recently tried booking the trip working backwards from the last date you could book…
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