Jacob
JacobRTW
Jacob
24 year old Swedish expatriate who has lived for the past four years in the UK and France but who will now go away on a two months graduation trip (actually double graduation trip...😉 around the world for a well-needed holiday. My two months trip will take me to countries like Canada, US, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Belgium and the UK, and I will have the pleasure of doing it in first class with Star Alliance!! So it will be an absolutely fantastic experience, like nothing I have ever done before.
Enjoy my blog!!
About the tripThe trip is a great chance for me to see some people I haven't seen for a long time, visit many exciting places, and return to a few ones I liked.
I will travel for two months, which may not be a very long time for such an extensive trip, but I think I would actually get a bit restless spending a very long time on the road, so I will keep the trip shorter and use my time wisely, and of course have a blast during my time away!
About transportationFor those who do not know it yet, I decided to go ahead and buy the most expensive ticket I have ever bought, a RTW ticket in first class.
A waste of money? Well we'll see at the end of November, but flying international first class has been a dream for many years, and this is a trip I will only do once in my life. And considering a total flight time of over 100 hours it's nice to travel comfortably and get some proper sleep onboard (and drink lots of expensive champagne! :D). RTW tickets are actually pretty good value for money!
So during the trip I will sample and compare the first class service offered by various Star Alliance carriers, which will be a fantastic experience!!
On top of that I had accumulated enough air miles for a free ticket from Sydney to Cook Islands and French Polynesia with Air New Zealand, in business class! So for obvious reasons this will be a very different trip, and a certain amount of the blog will also cover my air travel experiences.
Enjoy the blog and feel free to leave a comment!!Map of my travels so far (Generated by
Great Circle Mapper)
Itinerary: Stockholm - Copenhagen - Hamburg -
Frankfurt -
Toronto -
Montréal -
Québec City - Montréal -
New York -
Los Angeles - San Francisco -
Seattle - Denver -
Dallas - Los Angeles -
Tokyo -
Kyoto -
Hiroshima - Osaka -
Auckland -
Sydney -
Wellington - Auckland -
Rarotonga/Cook Islands -
Tahiti/French Polynesia - Auckland -
Christchurch - Sydney -
Singapore -
Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Bangkok -
Hong Kong -
Guangzhou - Hong Kong - Zürich - Frankfurt -
Brussels -
London - Copenhagen -
Stockholm(
The underlined cities are the ones I will visit properly, the others are only for change of plane/overnight stops)