Hello

I've taken the plunge and have taken a few months off work to go on a round the world trip. I'll use this site to put links, photos and notes. If you are really interested please subscribe via email and post some comments too.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Paris


Only one day in paris, a quick stop-over, on my way to Monaco to catchup with family.


London, Berlin and Paris


After the USA I went to Berlin, visited the "Berlin Story", saw the wall, went on a tour and visited the Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe and Hitler's unmarked grave.

Also went to a christmas market, where they had the usual Glühwein and a much more unusual ice slide..


Berlin was fun, I highly recommend the New Berlin free walking tour and their pub crawl after!

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Avanti

First stop was Auckland in New Zealand. Mostly raining. Managed to catch my flight to LAX.

Found my first night hotel using a cheap hotel finder: hotwire.com

Met up with very old friends Dave, Cam and Cathy. Cam drove Dave and I to vegas, where we indulged in an excellent cocktail at the star-trek themed "Q Bar" at the Hilton. We shared a "Warp Core" cocktail - a huge 10 shot bowl of booze with dry ice added for effect.



We also went to a very amusing comedy show called spamalot and did some considerable walking about looking at all the "upsized" buildings and architecture.

Two more days to go in the USA, then off to London..

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Bon Voyage Tonight - The Grand, Sydney

Drinks tonight for anyone in Sydney who would like to have a quick beer.


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Friday, November 16, 2007

Birthday drinks in London December 12th


If you are in London on December the 12th, it would be great to see you for a beer. Current plans are to meet up at 1920 for a few quiet beverages and some food at around 6ish. Here is a map. It's at 19-20 Great Sutton St, London. See you there!

Monday, November 12, 2007

The first itinerary

Updated: I'm staying in Auckland for a day, but otherwise unchanged.

First attempt at an itinerary, any thoughts? Suggestions? I think I'll stay in NZ for a day or two if I can. I wanted to make it to Mexico or Costa Rica while in North America, but I'm thinking of having a Birthday get-together in London on the 12th of December, so I won't have time.

NZ104 WED 05 DECSYDNEY to AUCKLAND11301630ECONOMYCONFIRMED




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NZ006 THU 06 DECAUCKLAND to LOS ANGELES19151010ECONOMYCONFIRMED


UA930 TUE 11 DECLOS ANGELES to LONDON (HEATHROW)09550655ECONOMYCONFIRMED



Arrives WED 12 DEC

LX2807TUE 15 JANGENEVA to ZURICH10201115ECONOMYCONFIRMED


LX146 TUE 15 JANZURICH to DELHI12300020ECONOMYCONFIRMED



Arrives WED 16 JAN

TG316 SAT 26 JANDELHI to BANGKOK22000330ECONOMYCONFIRMED



Arrives SUN 27 JAN

TG993 FRI 15 FEBBANGKOK to SYDNEY17250635ECONOMYCONFIRMED



Arrives SAT 16 FEB


This is a Star Alliance mileage based round the world fare. Under 26,000 miles so only $3500 including taxes. One world's round the world fare comes in at $4500, so Star Alliance is better value.

Trailfinders are a great travel agent

Trailfinders were a real find, if you'll pardon the pun.

They were far more helpful than the other travel agent I tried. They were more knowledgeable, more passionate about travel and saved me around $800 in charges as a result. I think it is a case of finding an agent that has done Round the World bookings many times before.