JAY, ALAN AND GLEN

AROUND THE WORLD 2013

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January 11th 2013
We decided to ring in the New Year in high style, so on January 1st we boarded a United 747 for the 7500 mile flight across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney, Australia. This would be the first leg of our circumnavigation of planet earth by airplane and ship. Usually we board our ship in the United States and travel around the world at sea level. This year we'll still be doing a 360 degree circle of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more