World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Sunday 30 September 2012.
Highlights: Trishaw ride, Taoism Temple.
Leaving the hotel at 7.30 am we commenced our journey out of Singapore and onto Malaysia for the next 6 days in a new country. We caught multiple taxis to the bus station with no one getting lost. The bus was on the luxury side which surprised my a bit, we will see if the standard is maintained. The air-conditioning made it a lot more pleasant in this humid area.
Saturday 29 September 2012.
Highlights: Jurong Bird Park, Listening to AFL Grand Final, Meeting new tour group.
Today’s schedule should see at visit to Jurong Bird Park, AFL Grand Final (on Internet radio), checking out the shops, moving hotels and finally meeting my G Adventure tour group.
Friday 28 September 2012.
Highlights: Sentosa Island, Singapore Zoo Night Safari
No problems waking up today, must be the favourable 2 hour time zone change. The included breakfast was very fulling and set me up for me first tour exploring a new country.
Thursday 27 September 2012
Highlights: Business Class lounges, British Airways relaxing business class flight, lightning display on arrival to Singapore.
My 139 day world trip adventure finally begins today with a 9.30 am flight to start from Melbourne to Sydney which means an easy morning, no OMG getting up at 4 am or anything crazy like that.
In 4 days I commence extended leave and travel round the world. Over 139 days I’ll be visiting 18 countries and Antarctica. A few days ago I updated my Frankfurt to London and London to Frankfurt flights to business for approximately $90 each, seemed like a good deal.
This is especially for 14-15 October travelling days that starts in Bangkok and goes via Singapore then Frankfurt and than London and finally finishes in Keflavik, Iceland. This is 42 hrs 35 mins from first flight to last landing (with lots of stopover times).
This trip will feature 24 flights utilising a combination of a Oneworld Round the World J (280K points) Award and a series of short haul paid and award flights across nine airlines.
Countries Visited:
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Chile, USA, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Plus Antarctica
Flights
1.Business: Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) QANTAS QF420 (Transit)
2.Business: Sydney (SYD) to Singapore (SIN) British Airways BA016
3.Business: Bangkok to Singapore Cathay Pacific – CX 713 (Transit)
4.Business: Singapore to Frankfurt Qantas Airways – QF 005 (Transit)
5.Business: Frankfurt to London British Airways – BA 905 (Transit)
6.Economy: London to Keflavik Icelandair – FI 455
7.Economy: Keflavik to London Icelandair – FI 450
8.Business: London to Frankfurt British Airways – BA 904
9.Business: Frankfurt to Madrid Iberia – IB 3507
10.Business: Madrid to Buenos Aires (EZE) Iberia – IB 6845
11.Economy: Buenos Aires (AEP) to Ushuaia Aerolineas Argentinas – AR 1890
12.Economy: Ushuaia to Buenos Aires (AEP) Aerolineas Argentinas – AR 1879
13.Business: Buenos Aires (EZE) to Miami (MIA) American Airlines – AA 934
14.Economy: Miami (MIA) to Dallas (DFW) American Airlines – AA 395
15.First: Dallas (DFW) to Washington American Airlines – AA 1962
16.Economy: New York to Orlando American Airlines AA1777
17.First: Orlando to Miami (MAI) American Airlines AA1593
18.Business: Miami (MIA) to Mexico City American Airlines AA2169
19.Economy: Mexico City to Havana Cubana de Aviación – CU 131
20.Economy: Havana to Cancun Cubana de Aviación – CU 152
21.Economy: Cancun to Mexico City Aeromexico – AM 588
22.First: Panama to Dallas (DFW) American Airlines – AA 2102
23.Business: Dallas (DFW) to Brisbane (BRI) Qantas Airways – QF 008
24.Economy: Brisbane (BRI) to Melbourne (MEL) Qantas Airways – QF 617
That’s a lot of flying. Time to do a practise pack.
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