Flying over Australia...

It's a long way home!!!

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August 23rd 2005
The way home was very long. I boarded Cathay Pacific flight at 7:35AM Sydney time, which was just past midnight at home. After 9.5 hours I landed in Hong Kong, where I spent the next 7 hours. I had a good noodles soup there, some internet, some wandering in the shops, lots of waiting. And then 11.5 hours on El-Al flight to Tel-Aviv, landing here at 4:25AM. Luckily, after not seeing Israelis the wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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