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We are now home and it is raining and blowing a gale typical!!!!There were two flights with great views.
The first one was the flight from Melbourne to Sydney, as you get to see the harbour bridge and opera house as you come into land.
The second flight was Vegas to London but you would need to be seated on the right side of the plane. You get a great view of the Grand Canyon. There is no need to spend hundreds of dollars to see the canyon from a helicopter or small plane.
Japan, Australia,New Zealand, Cook Islands, Los Angeles surface to Las Vegas.
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August 11th 2008
August 11th 2008
California Movie Stars and Earthquake
North America » United States » California
We landed in L.A. from the Cook Islands. The immigration people took my photo and a couple of finger prints. We were lucky that we were the only flight going through at the time so the process was quick. We took a shuttle bus to Hollywood, stopping to let people off long the way. A couple of people were staying in the down town area, so we got to see the street theatre. It was full of freaks and we were so glad we were not staying around there. Our hotel was 2 minutes from Hollywood Boulevard, were the Hollywood walk [View Full Entry]
By Ciaraandphilrtw
August 11th 2008
August 11th 2008
North Island NZ like being on the moon
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island
The ferry trip from Picton to Wellington was a wash out as it was peeing it down. We were lucky as there was a big storm on it's way later in the day, so it wasn't that rough. We arrived in Wellington at about 1pm and had tospend an hour our so sorting out another hire car as we left the other one in Picton. We made our way to Napier, an Art Deco city due to the fact the city was destroyed in an earthquake in 1931. The motels in the city all have spa baths, but ours had the [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 50 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=311016] | 2008-08-18 13:36:52
We arrived in Rorotonga on Tuesday the 15th July after leaving Auckland on the Wednesday the 16th July. We travelled back in time because we crossed the international date line an hour or so into our short 3 hour flight. As we landed in Rorotonga we got to see the sea and Lagoon on one side and the mountain peaks on the other. There was no room for error on the landing as the island that encircles the island runs along the end of the runway and after the road, the lagoon and sea encroach. We did an Island tour which [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 107 Photo(s) | 4 Video(s) | [diary=305448] | 2008-07-28 08:27:40
We arrived in Christchurch on the 25th June. The flight was a little bumpy. So far we have been Sperm Whale watching in Kaikoura. We got to see 4 whales and some fur seals. We took the TransCostal train from Christchurch to Kaikoura, which was well worth the early rise of 5am. The following day we took the transalpine train from Christchurch on the east coast to Greymouth on the west coast. In all the journey took about 5 hours. We passed through some amazing scenery. The trains are good here as they have an open carriage you can stand in. [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 63 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | [diary=295416] | 2008-07-04 23:35:22
By Ciaraandphilrtw
June 23rd 2008
June 23rd 2008
Home and Away Summer Bay
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
Went to the beach where Home and Away is filmed just not of Sydney, a one and a half to two hour local bus trip. There are no tours to the area so it is a DIY job. Saw the Surf Life Saving Club where Alf and co hang out. They haven't been filming there though for a couple of weeks, so there was no action to see. We were informed that if you call channel 7 before hand they can tell you where the filming is taking place. [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=290593] | 2008-08-11 20:54:55
It was freezing in Melbourne. It is funny though how the winter days are longer in the southern hemisphere, no wonder they are a lot more relaxed and happy. The day after we had flown down from Cairns we left our hotel located a 15 m The city of Melbourne is beautiful. Old and new buildings sit side by side. The re-generation is in keeping with the old style architecture. We found out that there was an arcade and computer games expo on in the Australian centre for the Moving Image. So you guessed it Phil just had to go. There [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=289497] | 2008-06-20 08:17:41
At present we are travelling up the east coast of Australia- by means of the Greyhound bus system - from Sydney to Cairns. So far we have stopped at Port Macquarie, Byron Bay, Brisbane and at present we are in Hervey Bay, the gate way to Fraser Island, aka as The Great Sandy Island or at least it was up until the 1800's. We have completed our Sydney to Cairns trip. We went to Magnetic Island off Townsville, visited the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. We would really recommend the companies we did the tours with. For the Whitsunday [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 66 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | [diary=284560] | 2008-06-10 04:26:54
Osaka is the 2nd largest city in Japan after Toyko. We arrived in Osaka you guessed it by "bullet train". Those trains are supper, our Japan rail pass paided for it's self before we even left Toyko. We arrived on the 17th May. Yet again we were near to all the sites and the subway station was located under our hotel. The only complaint I have about where we stayed was that there was no free internet, as the hotel was a business hotel. We went to Osaka Castle and to Universal Studios. A bit of traditonal culture and Janapnese-American culture, [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 17 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | [diary=280552] | 2008-05-27 03:09:24
By Ciaraandphilrtw
May 26th 2008
May 26th 2008
Sun Sea Sand and it's winter in Sydney!!!!!
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Surrey Hills
Got to Sydney last Wednesday after a long journey. We flew from Osaka, which has a airport out in the middle of the ocean. Thank god we took off as I didn't want to end up in the sea. The airport shakes as you sit waiting for your plane. The air hostess wear the most beautiful traditional uniforms. The flight was full from Japan to Singapore, which took a little over 6 hours. We flew over the Philippines which made the flight a bit bumpy as they had tropical storms at the time. When we arrived in Singapore we had an [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 44 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=280338] | 2008-05-26 14:17:03
By Ciaraandphilrtw
May 21st 2008
May 21st 2008
An Abominable Event -Hiroshima City
Asia » Japan » Hiroshima » Hiroshima
Hiroshima was the first city in History to have an A bomb dropped on it. The American bombers dropped the bomb on the August 6, 1945. The bomb exploded 500 meters in the air, so never actually hit the ground. Up until then Hiroshima was one of the only cities in Japan not to receive any bombings during WW II, until that eventful day that is. The bombers used an area where two bridges met that formed a T shape as their target. The A bomb dome building, the only building in the area that was left to remind the people [View Full Entry]
Ciaraandphilrtw - Ciara McCormack | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 59 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=278648] | 2008-05-21 15:38:10