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Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 7 [Departure from Sydney - Day 1 of Cruise]
This morning I visited the Chinese Garden of Friendship in Darling Harbour. It's a nice garden in the midst of the city. I took a walk...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 22, 20181 min read
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![Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 6 [Sydney]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f15e02_5a6600d66394462cb7e0339626143414~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/f15e02_5a6600d66394462cb7e0339626143414~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.webp)
Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 6 [Sydney]
I walked along the goods line which has a very interesting building called the paper bag building to the Central Park Mall which has a...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 5 [Sydney]
The plan today was to take an $18 bus tour of the eastern suburbs including Bondi beach. Before the bus tour I visited Queen Victoria...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 4 [Blue Mountains]
Today I took advantage of the discounted fares on the train to visit the Blue Mountains. A couple of years ago I visited via a bus tour...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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Australia and New Zealand Cruise - Day 3 [Sydney, Australia, NSW]
I had booked a shared transfer from the airport to my hotel. It was $18 AUD, while the metro has an outrageous $20 platform fee at the...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 17, 20181 min read


Australia & New Zealand Cruise - Day 1 & 2
I call it day 1 & 2 because I'm flying from Houston at 8:30 PM on Nov 15th and arrive in Sydney on Nov 17th at 7:00 AM due to the...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 16, 20181 min read


Muscat, Oman to the desert... plus Nizwa
I traveled to the desert today by car. I was able to stop briefly in Nizwa on the way and visit the fort. It had a number of great...

Aaron Boltman
Nov 3, 20181 min read


Back to Oman
It will be a couple of long days.... I will arrive late in Dubai and still need to connect to Oman.... where I may or may not have a...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 29, 20181 min read


Australia ETA approved
I applied for my Australian 'Electronic Travel Authority' today. It's kind of a visa, but really a $20 (Australian Dollars) entry fee....

Aaron Boltman
Oct 27, 20181 min read


150,000 miles
I just got this email today... I think that's the most I've flown on a single airline.

Aaron Boltman
Oct 24, 20181 min read


Dallas, TX
I took a few pictures from the hotel rooftop bar this evening before dinner.

Aaron Boltman
Oct 20, 20181 min read


Departure from Jamaica
Sadly I left the Caribbean paradise today. I spent a bit of the morning in the spa. A little time in the warm, but not hot jacuzzi. Then...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 19, 20181 min read


Jamaica Day 5
Another relaxing day today. I played cornhole and lost. I had lunch at the beach grill again. They grilled lobster and had someone...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 17, 20181 min read


Jamaica Day 4
This morning I started my day with a spin class in the pool. I need to get one of these bikes. Lunch at the beach grill was great. They...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 16, 20181 min read


Jamaica Day 3
This morning I was required to take a 'site inspection' of the 3 Iberostar hotels. They didn't show us a room at the beach resort...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 16, 20181 min read


Jamaica Day 2
Today I walked around the beach a little, but mostly sat on a lounge chair and in the pool all day. I ordered room service for lunch. ...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 15, 20181 min read


Jamaica - Day 1
The day hasn't started out great. I was #1 on the upgrade list with 2 available seats. Now I'm #6 without any available seats despite...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 14, 20181 min read


Muscat, Oman
I have about 6 hours before my flight to Oman after arriving in Doha, Qatar. I attempted to get into the Qatar Airways busines class...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 9, 20181 min read
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Japan Day 11 [Tokyo to Oman]
My round the world trip has been derailed. I'm now flying to Oman from Tokyo on my way back to Houston..... Since my flight doesn't...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 8, 20182 min read
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Japan Day 10 [Tokyo]
This morning I was going to go to Senso-Ji in Asakusa before all the tourists showed up, but went to the Imperial Palace to see if I...

Aaron Boltman
Oct 7, 20182 min read
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