Ok so its that time again for another yarn and tale of my US adventure this time to DC sans parents and Chinese tour company. It was time again for 'we' to travel again, yes superstar Jeremy was back onboard as we headed to DC for the defence funded trip which would put us back in Aus mode for at least 3 days. The trip started off in our travelling shirts which have "that's how we roll" embossed on them. Early start saw us off to the airport and someone's bag being overweight by a pound (half a kilo). My bag [View Full Entry]

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Ok it’s been a little while in between takes and Portland is about a month overdue so here is the second part of my most recent West Coast tour. After being dropped at the airport in Seattle by Jojo my next obstacle was checking my bag and getting a ticket to board the plane. Now as we all know the USA is miles ahead of everyone (insert coughing) and therefore airport travel should be no different right? Due to airlines wanting to make more money and save, you don’t actually get served by a person....the US convenient way to air travel [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everybody. Recently I took a trip across the country to Seattle and Portland (blog to follow) to see some more of this country and also take a chance to catch up with one of the Jackman 5...Johanna and her family. Now leaving Jacksonville I was paranoid about the cold as it’s rather warm here in Florida and I’m really not that good in the cold..... see NY blog for more details, so I had packed warmish type clothes. With everyone I had spoken to saying "it always rains in Seattle take an umbrella" I took the gamble and decided not [View Full Entry]

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Ok so now it’s time to update as I have been very slack and lazy with this so I figured it’s about time I pulled my finger out. Now late last month ‘we’ (Jeremy and I) had the chance to head up to Norfolk Virginia because being the superstar that he is, Jeremy received his CSM from the Australian Ambassador on HMAS BALLARAT which was partaking in Northern Trident 09. We decided that we would make a road trip out of it and headed up through Georgia and South Carolina where the accents became a little more 'rednecky' (I know [View Full Entry]

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After 3 weekends spent at home I was getting restless and therefore decided it was time to travel again. On the Monday I had decided to 'go somewhere' by Tuesday I had convinced Jon to 'go somewhere', by Wednesday we agreed to go to New Orleans, by Thursday flights were booked and Friday afternoon saw us sitting on Bourbon Street listening to some very funky music drinking cold beer. Like most of my previous journeys I had stumbled across another wet county which meant wandering around the streets drinking alcohol in plastic cups, picking and choosing between 2 for 1, 3 [View Full Entry]

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Mum ---"God it's hot" Local Man--- " Itcha cawse youda bein the Deep Souwwth now Ma'am" Mum ---"pardon?" Sherrin ----"He says he knows its hot" Well here it is the last installment with the Mum and Bob (well until next year). After hanging around home and have some valuable rest time I figured it was time to drag them out and about again to see some more of this country. Now when I first got here I figured that all I wanted was a medium sized 2 door sports car that can fit a duffle bag, golf clubs and a [View Full Entry]

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Well after travelling to South Beach and indulging in the heat the trip I had planned saw us jetting off to Boston before jumping on a tour. Boston is a great city and for those of you who get the chance it really is a must see. Plenty of history with the witch trials of Salem, the English settlements, the Revolutionary war and the Boston Tea Party. The downtown area is home to the Quincy marketplace which gets over 20 million visitors a year and is the 4th largest tourist attraction in the USA. Its full of small shops selling [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, Well its been a while since I updated but you will now get 2 in quick sucession. First one is my time in South Beach Miami Florida where I met up with Mum and Bob. Like most things nothing is a smooth transition and 3/4 of the way to the airport to pick them up I get a call from Bob saying they are stuck in Miami due to weather and that they had been placed on some bullshit standby list. A little rattled and Mum in the background having kittens, Bob and I decided it was better [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so I lied. I did get to travel again although this time it was under the guise of a work trip to San Diego in SoCal...Southern California for those not in on the lingo. I flew out on a Saturday afternoon after being in Orlando the night and morning before having watched an NBA game. Tired and disappointed in my team I figured Id sleep the majority of the Atlanta-San Diego part of my trip....thought wrong. I had the aisle seat in the last row and we all know what is at the end of a plane.....yep the loo and [View Full Entry]

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10 days ago I had my first ever Vegas experience and it was drunken, tiring, mind boggling, completely overdone, exactly what you see in the movies AND fun. It started at 5am from my apartment and a time change of 3 hrs, however 2 bloody marys eased the transition as did a few beers. By the time I hit Vegas I was already tired so checked into my home for the next 3 days which was none other than the MGM Grand. The strip is really the only thing in Vegas so in 10 minutes I had checked into the worlds [View Full Entry]

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