Trip: Going Home
There are [10] stories from my trip: Going Home
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 | Views [176]
We stopped off at the Sydney Tower, hoping to take a quick ride to the top, unfortunately there was a 45min wait to go up with a minimum wait of 1 hour before coming back down. Dropping that idea we thought about getting tickets for the Wallabies vs All ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 | Views [202]
Arrived at the Sydney Marriott with strong feelings that we had stayed there before. The rooftop pool was closed for renovations, so we couldn't check out the memory. Another good sized room, with a great view of Hyde Park and the Sydney Tower. Unfortunately, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 1 Aug 2008 | Views [221]
Our last day in Fiji, we headed back to
the Marina on the Bula bus to wander around the shops. In between
another round of meat pies from the bakery, a round of drinks from
the Hard Rock cafe and icecreams from the ... Read more >
FIJI | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [324]
Departed Castaway Island for the "short" leg of the ferry route back to Denarau. Unfortunately the boat only had one engine working, so the 45min trip took about double that. After picking up our luggage, we could have taken anybody's but stuck ... Read more >
FIJI | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [355]
Departed the US on schedule sitting in
the first row behind the cockpit upstairs on a Jumbo. Unfortunately,
with Air Pacific, these are economy seats. The flight was as exciting
as you can imagine a 10 hour night flight ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [226]
Got back to our hotel, The Alexis,
after taking the hire car back and with our room not ready, had a
very late lunch across the street at Hotel 1000. Got back to
eventually check into a very large room that smelt of ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 12 Jul 2008 | Views [200]
Stopped overnight in the Miller Tree Inn located in the sleepy town of Forks. Discovered the town is the setting for the popular "Twilight" novel. Took a short but blustery visit to Rialto Beach (lots more driftwood), before heading east to ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [208]
Left Annapolis at 0600 to get to the airport in time to catch our flight to Portland. Despite the indirect route via Atlanta, we all enjoyed the flight which included a close up of a snowy Mount Hood just before landing. Overnighted in an Inn in ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 5 Jul 2008 | Views [228]
Finally left Columbia for a last visit to Annapolis before leaving Maryland. After checking in to the Hotel we enjoyed chips and curry sauce and a pint of Smithwicks at an Irish pub. Just like home! Watched the start of the July 4th parade outside ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 3 Jul 2008 | Views [206]
After moving out of the house on Sunday, we have had a frantic week getting everything packed up and shipped. Sealed the container outside the house on Tuesday afternoon. The container will be sailing east while we are flying west. Visited the office ... Read more >
