by Traveller | Apr 22, 2015 | Australia, Oceania
[This is the first in a three-part series of posts about my most recent trip to Australia and Fiji. Here’s a link to the second one. And here’s a link to the third one.] I’m sitting on a Boeing 777-200 – essentially a huge metal tube –...
by Traveller | Apr 21, 2015 | Australia, Oceania
[This is the second in a three-part series of posts about my most recent trip to Australia and Fiji. If you missed the first post, check here. And here’s a link to the third one.] After a short stay in Ulladulla, it was time to head to Melbourne where I’d...
by Traveller | Apr 20, 2015 | Australia, Fiji, Oceania
[This is the third in a three-part series of posts about my most recent trip to Australia and Fiji. If you missed the first post, check here. For the second one, click here.] When my friends back home found out that I was going to Fiji, they were shocked. See,...
by Traveller | Dec 16, 2012 | Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Round The World
Yesterday afternoon, I stepped into an Irish Pub. It was Trivia day and the guys I sat next to were playing. When I added Fiji, Chad, Iran, and Iraq to their list of “Fully sovereign nations with four letters,” they asked me to join their team. I’m...
by Traveller | Dec 12, 2012 | Australia, Oceania, Round The World
I’ve only just come into Queenstown from Auckland, but may I illustrate the difference between these two cities? Auckland is a big city — beautiful — but big. It’s not unlike Philadelphia. Queenstown is more like, say, Vail. As I was leaving my...
by Traveller | Dec 9, 2012 | Australia, Oceania, Round The World
If Paris is known for kissing, Copenhagen for bikes, Cape Town for Table Mountain, and Hong Kong for shopping. Then, Sydney must be known for beer. Because they drink a lot of it. But there’s a lot more to this incredible city. Solo travel has been a lot of fun....