Category Archives: World Trip

Since I returned home on November 29, I have been reorganizing the site, sorting out photos and changing most of the blog posts into pages in the section Around the World.  Today, Christmas Eve, marks the end of the process, so I can carry on blogging the rest of my life.

And finally, on my last flight of this journey round the world, some caring advice from Qatar Airways:

I saw four monkeys sitting quietly by the roadside, but did not want to provoke them by taking their photo.  More stories about Cambodia here.

At Thingveillir the Eurasian and American land masses are drifting apart. At Peggy’s Cove on the South Shore, this poster claims that Nova Scotia was formed by two land masses, Avalon and Meguma, coming together.  I do not know why they qualified as “continents”.  On the journey, Gordon was telling me about a course inContinue reading “Continents Colliding”

The device that I thought was a global charger turned out to be a mere adaptor, so I arrived in Halifax with all three batteries (iPad, Kindle and phone) running low.  A trip to Betterbuy was called for, and Gordon took me there after church, where a friendly assistant led me to the right sectionContinue reading “Recharged”

Heathrow Terminal 2 (the Queen’s terminal) is much more pleasant and relaxing than Stansted.   I said Morning Prayer in the Multifaith Prayer Room.   Reykjavik was cold but sunny, and there was a beautiful rainbow as I walked from the bus station to the guesthouse.  The “dorm bed” turned out to be one of twoContinue reading “Arrived in Reykjavik”

In preparation for my journey, I ordered new visiting cards.  The Gothenburg ones had a nice photo, but all the text apart from my name and email address was no longer accurate.  Visiting cards are taken very seriously in Japan.  Is the new design is a bit too frivolous?

Having sorted out flights, trains in USA and India, and accommodation, I turned my thoughts to packing. After trying two possibilities, I decided on the piggy-back rucksack, with main bag and day-pack zipped together when I have to carry both. Not much room for anything I may acquire on the way, unless I wear myContinue reading “Two weeks to take-off”

The downside (or one of the drawbacks) of having booked flights in advance is that fresh information changes things.  My cousin Gordon, whom I shall be visiting in Halifax Nova Scotia, has kindly offered to drive me to Boston along a coastal route, stopping off 3 nights on the way.  Together with other considerations, thisContinue reading “Evolving Journey”

Having been advised by email from bootsnall that the best flight deals could go up to 200 days in advance, I have booked all my flights for a total cost of less than £2000.  LHR-KEF-YHZ-BOS then overland to Seattle – SJC, SFO-ICN, Korea to Japan by boat, then NRT-HKG-HAN-REP-DEL-LHR.  Only two seriously long legs, SanContinue reading “Flights booked”