Tag: USA
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Highlights: Andrew’s first overseas trip, Alcatraz, Disneyland, San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld, Knott’s Berry Farm and Vegas. Photos Late 1998, almost exactly 12 years after my first world trip as a 12-year-old in 1986, I set off on my second overseas trip, this time with my mother (Helen), sister (Kara), and nephew (Andrew). We flew to…
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Highlights: Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Tijuana, Circus Circus, Vegas, Beaches in Hawaii, Pearl Harbour Remembrance. As a twelve-year-old, I went on my first overseas trip between 27 November and 9 December 1986 for a 13-day adventure. This was a great adventure that got me out of primary school and made my friends very jealous 😀…
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Back in late 1999 I set out on my first independent world trip with my best friend Jon who I met in High School. The trip was broken down into three parts 1) New Zealand: 11 November 1999 to 26 November 1999; 2) USA: 26 November 1999 to 27 January 2000 (this post); and 3)…
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Wednesday 13 February 2013 Highlights: 16 hour flight (Dallas to Brisbane), my bed back home. Because of the international date line Tuesday basically didn’t exist for me as I undertook the worlds longest plane trip back to Australia at 16 hour 15 minute and 13,363 kilometres, but luckily for me I had a business class seat…
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Monday 11 February 2013 Highlights: Â Great nights sleep, seeing Qantas Plane! A great nights sleep in a very comfortable bed. The included cooked to order breakfast was very nice – Embassy Suites are a very good hotel option. Checkout was supposed to be noon but reception let me push this back to 2 pm which…
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Sunday 10 February 2013. Highlights: Flight back to USA and easy Border Control experience! I woke up earlier than my alarm with not enough time to get to sleep again so I just waited a while before hitting the shower. This turned out not to be ideal as my pickup driver turned up 20 minutes…
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The USA leg of my world trip was a quick 9 day visit with a lot of plane trips to get to the three locations; Washington, New York and Orlando. This trip was planned to meet up with my mother so you could visit the East Coast of the US which she wanted to do…
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Friday 30 November 2012 Highlights: Business Class flights, Mexico City Immigration (not). A 7.15 am shuttle meant an early start especially to pack for the upcoming international flight to Mexico today. We were the only ones in the shuttle today and the friendly driver wanted to know our travel plans. Normally this is where mum…
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Thursday 29 November 2012 Highlights: Walt Disney World Parks “The Magic Kingdom” and “Hollywood Studios” Another early morning to catch the shuttle to Walt Disney World at 7.15 am. The included breakfast at the Hampton Inn was filling which is good because I wanted to avoid the Theme Park food prices. The shuttle got us…
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Wednesday 28 November 2012 Highlights: Universal Studios especially Cinematic Spectacular and Rockit roller coaster. The wake up at 4.15 am made me question if I’m on holidays or not. The flight was scheduled for 6.59 am and took 3 hours to complete. The lounge access before and the exit row seat during made the morning…
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