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Aaron Boltman
Nov 22, 20181 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 16, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Nov 3, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 29, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 27, 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....
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 24, 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.
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 20, 20181 min read
Dallas, TX
I took a few pictures from the hotel rooftop bar this evening before dinner.
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 19, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 17, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 16, 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...
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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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 15, 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. ...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 14, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 9, 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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 8, 20182 min read
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...
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Aaron Boltman
Oct 7, 20182 min read
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...
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