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40th Anniversary Trip to the South Seas, Australia, and New Zealand

a trip by Bob Carlsen
From: September 15th 2012
Until: November 15th 2012
1 Waikiki Beach 1 Waikiki Beach

1 Waikiki Beach
September 23rd 2012
Our 40th Anniversary Trip Begins!

Linda and I celebrated 40 years of marriage by flying to Honolulu and taking a cruise from there to Lahiana, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Sydney. We then flew to Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand and spent a week on both islands, flying home from Auckland.
Trip Length: 9 weeks
Blog Entries: 10
Photos: 284
Words: 13222

Blog Entries

Date Blog Title Location
September 23rd 2012 Our 40th Anniversary Trip Begins! North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu
September 26th 2012 Lahaina and Maui North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina
September 27th 2012 At Sea Oceans and Seas » Pacific
October 2nd 2012 The Samoas Oceania » Samoa
October 6th 2012 A day in Fiji Oceania » Fiji » Suva
October 8th 2012 A Day in Vanuatu Oceania » Vanuatu
October 9th 2012 Tales of the South Pacific Oceania » New Caledonia
October 14th 2012 Sunny Sydney with Dave, Denise and Rachel Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
October 15th 2012 Treking the Bush with David and Denise Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
October 17th 2012 New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How! Oceania » New Zealand
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I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood! Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away." The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info
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School years in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia from August 1956 to July 1968
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August 1st 1968 -» July 1st 1975
Trips while living in Virginia from July 1975 to August 1977
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Trips while living in Ramstein, Germany from August 1977 to February 1980
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August 15th 2005 -» ongoing
New Years Vacation to London and Paris with Tamara and Rosanna 2006
January 1st 2006 -» January 15th 2006
Thailand with Tamara, Rosanna, and Will
May 16th 2007 -» June 15th 2007
China, Thailand and Vietnam with Will and Mom
May 13th 2009 -» June 21st 2009
Spring Break with Tamara and Will in Italy and England
March 20th 2010 -» March 30th 2010
40th Anniversary Trip to the South Seas, Australia, and New Zealand
September 15th 2012 -» November 15th 2012
Following the Silk Road and the Baltics in 2013
March 1st 2013 -» April 30th 2013
South and Central America in 2014
April 30th 2014 -» May 13th 2014
2015 Trip to the Balkans
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My Camino de Santiago
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England in 2019
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