Australia and New Zealand
1/13-15
We left with our usual car service guy at 1:45 PM for a 4:50 PM flight to Vancouver on Air Canada. We had a 4 hour layover before boarding another Air Canada flight, direct to Sydney. Fortunately flying business class we have access to the airline lounge. …
Southeast Asia
Another continent, more wonderful sights and sites. This trip presented the longest leg of a flight we have ever flown to date: 14.5 hours from San Francisco to Hong Kong and then another 3 hours to Singapore. …
Africa and Spain
People have asked us what was the highlight of this trip. The answer is “Everything!”. Everything went smoothly, we did not get sick and it all was new, interesting and exciting.
3/14/16
Left the Bay Area on a 3:45 PM flight to Ghana via Amsterdam. …
Buenos Aires & Antarctica
If one sentence were to describe our entire trip it might be “Everywhere you turn to look is overwhelming beauty."
This was our first trip south of the equator, and one of our longer airline flights. We treated ourselves to good health and creature comforts by flying first or business class on every leg. …
Panama Cruise
If our entire two weeks consisted only of transiting the Panama Canal, it would have been fascinating and worth it. As is, we saw many other sights.
“Footnote”: Luanne chipped a bone in her foot 6 weeks prior to our departure. …