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New Zealand: Photo Essay

Nov 17, 2012 No Comments by
A few photos from a recent trip to New Zealand. Although it seems I spent most of my 2 weeks on a bus, I at least got to see a lot of the country... such natural beauty. Hamilton Zoo: Ever since I had read back in March of this year that the zoo celebrated the [...]
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No Worries Mate

Sep 16, 2012 No Comments by
I am alive and well.... I have been way too busy to do any writing, just occasional status updates here and there. Here's a brief update on what's been happening. I arrived in Sydney on September 3rd after 30 hours and 35 minutes of travel time. . . leaving on saturday and arriving on monday [...]
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Flight Updates: Domestic Flight Changes for Australia Trip

Jun 29, 2012 No Comments by
Yesterday I logged into the website where I purchased my tickets to Australia and noticed something very odd. Apparently I was double-booked, from MSP to SFO AND from MSP to ORD to SFO. Confused much? Apparently, United will be discontinuing daily service between MSP and SFO, so I was rerouted through ORD. The flight changes [...]
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Flights Booked: Sydney to Alice Springs and Darwin back to Sydney

Jun 13, 2012 No Comments
Today I finally decided that I will spend all of my time in the Northern Territory. After this decision came the tickets: Sydney to Alice Springs by way of Melbourne and then from Darwin back to Sydney. So, the flights are: Flight Plan: SYD - MEL - ASP; DRW - SYD
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Flight booked Sydney, AU to Christchurch, NZ

Apr 11, 2012 No Comments
Today after much debating, I finally decided on the date I would fly from Sydney to New Zealand. In the end I decided to spend more time in New Zealand than in Australia. There were a number of flight choices that were quite attractive. The two that intrigued me the most were flying Emirates A380 [...]
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2012 Flight Purchased: to Sydney, AU via Auckland, NZ

Mar 09, 2012 No Comments
Last Friday I had received approval for my vacation time off for the month of September. With this last step in place it was time to take the next step; purchase the airline tickets. I researched my options well enough. It seemed clear that the best deal was going to be a non-American carrier (ie: [...]
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Destination 2012: Australia

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments
So a couple of years ago I had a great response to a survey I sent out asking where people thought I should go next. At the time, Turkey had won the vote.... and Turkey is where I traveled to. Then I asked for the next one, and Chile rocked the vote; though, I did [...]
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