I never really understood the urge to create a blog until I started planning our trip around the world in 40 (well, actually 42) days for Christian's 40th birthday. Much of my online research brought me to other people's blogs about their trips which I found very interesting and useful in planning ours. So, even though nobody but us (and some dedicated family probably) will ever read this, I'm going to do it. It's a great way to keep track of what it is going to take to get where we're going and how incredible the experiences will be while we're there.
This week I finished booking the actual ticket with Delta. This was no small task and I strongly encourage anyone who is thinking about doing a trip like this (on miles, in first class) -- you should be sure to get the ticketing part out of the way as far in advance as possible. There are about 2 RTW mileage award seats on most planes and huge blackouts limit some airlines availability. Skyteam's coverage of Asia and Australia is extremely limited.. especially since the main flight from LAX/SYD hasn't had an available RTW award seat since 1962. =)
Our current major stops are:
Lima
Macchu Pichu
Portland (surprise!)
Hawaii
Sydney
(? Cairns Australia)
Bangkok
South Africa
Barcelona
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| Our ATW in 42 day Routing.. at least as of today. |
The routing (pictured above) is creative (due to poor availability of flights even 175 days in advance).
JFK-MEX-LIM
LIM-CUZ-LIM
LIM-MEX-LAX-PDX
PDX-HNL
HNL-SYD
SYD-PVG-BKK
BKK-CAN-CDG-JNB
JNB-CPT-JNB
JNB-CDG-BCN
BCN-FCO-JFK
But at least now it's booked. Now it's real. And away we go!
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