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Category: World Trip 2024-25

A 42-day adventure visiting eight countries; USA, Ecuador, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Antigua, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, from 29 November 2024 to 9 January 2025.

  • Flight Review – AA2091 Los Angeles to Orlando

    American AirlinesDate: 01-02 December 2024Flight Number: AA2091Gate: 48A (Terminal 4)Seat: 13D & 13E (Economy)Plane: Airbus A321neoBoarded: 22:24 Pushback: 23:08 (Scheduled 22:59)Take off: 23:26Arrived: 06:24 (Scheduled 06:45)Schedule Duration: 4 hours 46 minutesActual Duration: 4 hours 16 minutesDistance: 3,569 km This flight was from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX – Los Angeles, USA) to Orlando International Airport (MCO…

  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 3 – Los Angeles, USA

    Sunday 01 December 2024Highlights: Universal Studios in particular Backlot Tours and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride. A big day at Universal Studios was ahead followed up being a trip to the airport for an overnight flights to get to Maimi.

  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 2 – Los Angeles, USA

    Saturday 30 November 2024.Highlights: Warner Studios Bros. Tour, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Skyline at night A big day awaited us today but first, we had to adjust to our new time zone. I woke up several times during the night and finally got up at 9 am, which was 4 am in Melbourne roughly the…

  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 1 – Melbourne to Los Angeles, USA

    Friday 29 November 2024.Highlights: Business class flights, The Hollywood Walk of Fame. The start of my 2024-25 world trip commences with an extended day travelling over the international date line from Australia to the USA via Fiji.

  • Flight Review – FJ810 Nadi to Los Angeles

    Fiji AirwaysDate: 29 November 2024Flight Number: FJ810Gate: 7Seat: 15K & 16K (Business Class Seat)Plane: Airbus A350-900Boarded: 21:07Pushback: 22:13 (Scheduled 21:40)Lift off: 22:32Arrived: 12:14 (Scheduled 11:50)Duration: 10 hours 1 minuteDistance: 8,881 km This flight was from Nadi International Airport (Nadi, Fiji) to Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles, USA).

  • Flight Review  – FJ934 Melbourne to Nadi

    Fiji AirwaysDate: 29 November 2024Flight Number: FJ934Gate: 7Seat: 1A & 2A (Business Class Seat)Plane: Airbus A330-200Boarded: 13:00Pushback: 14:14 (Scheduled 13:35)Lift off: 14:30Arrived: 19:59 (Scheduled 19:15)Duration: 4 hour 40 minutesDistance: 3,867 kms This flight was from Tullamarine International Airport (Melbourne, Australia) to  Nadi International Airport (Nadi, Fiji).

  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 0 – Farewelling Everyone

    28 November 2024 The day before a big trip can get very hectic as you mix excitment with worry about whether you are prepared and you attempt to finalised everything. For this trip I had organised for apartment sitters to look after both the apartment and more importantly my cats. Working in the morning I…

  • 2024-25 Adventure – 100 days away

    Today marks exactly 100 days until my niece and I catch our first flight out of Australia.  We will start in style flying in Business Class on Fiji Airways Melbourne to Nadi (Fiji) on an Airbus A330-200 that should take 4 hours 40 minutes.  Then after a short stop over we will change planes to…

  • Southern Caribbean Shore Excursions

    My next world trip is now only 105 days with my Southern Caribbean cruise 132 days to go. While the main point of this trip is to explore Ecuador with my niece with time around the countryside including in Amazon and then a major yacht experience in the Galapagos Islands. However taking advantage of flying…

  • World Trip 2024-25: Six Months To Go

    While my European trip with Darby only finished one month ago my thoughts are already turning to the world trip 2024-25 plans with my other niece Erin.