It’s taken me a couple of day’s to get around to writing this blog. If you’ve ever done long-haul international flights, you’ll know that they are comprehensively exhausting.
Physically and mentally, the six flights, 11,000 miles, and 35 hours of travel, tuckered me out. The flipside of that kind of travel though is that thanks to my Delta Gold Status bonuses, I earned 41,000 frequent fliers. That’s enough to earn a return flight to Alaska! Looks like I’ll be going whale watching later this year.
Besides the ardours of travel, it was a pretty awesome trip. I was forced to visit Sydney very briefly on my way to Tasmania, which was the only downside. I’m really not a big fan of Sydney at the best of times, but combined with an upcoming visit to the US embassy, jet lag, and getting sick on the plane, I was in a pretty foul mood. I took the time to run along Sydney’s waterfront, and was rewarded with getting to watch a squad of pilots from the Australian Military perform maneuvers over Sydney Harbour. I have a daydream of one day being a pilot, so needless to say this left me all hot and bothered.
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