Around the World

Introduction and Itinerary

When my mother passed away a couple of years ago she left us some money. The question was, spend it now… or leave it to our kids? Sorry kids.

The following is a rough itinerary of our trip:

Jan 25 - Jan 31 – Peru, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Pichu
Feb 1 - Feb 13 – Ecuador, Quito, crewed sailboat charter in the Galapagos Isalnds
Feb 14 - 28 – Argentina, Buenos Aires, Iguasu Falls, Ushuaia
Mar 1 - Mar 11 – Antarctic cruise
Mar 12 - Mar 21 – South Africa, Johannesburg, Kruger National Park safari, excursion to Victoria Falls
Mar 22 - Mar 31 – Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, safari
April 1 - April 24 – Australia, Perth, rail to Sydney, sailboat charter Whitsunday islands, Cairns
April 25 - May 8 – New Zealand, Christchurch and South Island, Auckland and North Island
May 9 – Return to Seattle

There are details we are still working out, but the major flights have been booked so the basic structure will not change barring emergencies. Another fun note, Linda and I have never flown anything but coach/economy class, but when you buy the special round the world ticket we are using, business class is offered at a very large discount. Since some of the flights are quite lengthy we went for this option. A great opportunity to see how the one percent live (well, at least the ten percent).

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