by Traveller | Nov 1, 2016 | Australia, Oceania, Video Trip Reports
I’ve heard some travelers express sadness when they start a trip. Beginning a journey, they say, marks the end since the experience is already coming to a close. It’s a negative spin on the cliche that, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the...
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 15, 2012 | New Zealand, Oceania, Round The World
I can’t talk about my day without acknowledging what happened in Connecticut. It’s impossible to imagine anything more sad. As I’ve encountered people from all over the world today, when they learn I’m American, they have offered their...
