Due to popular demand ;), I've been asked to set up a blog for our forthcoming 'round the world in 33 days'-trip...
The 'primary' reason for the trip is a wedding near Eugene/Vida, Oregon... in which JB is a 'groommate' for Anthony and Jodie...
But, as always, rather than fly 'all that way' for one (albeit important) event, we decided to turn it into a bit of an adventure...
Rather than have to fly via LAX (yuk!), the flight we got direct to PDX (yay!) 'just happened' to go via TKO, where we 'just happen' to have some friends in nearby Yokohama, so it seemed too good to refuse...
Also, it has always been my DREAM to climb Machu Picchu (albeit easier in my earlier years, when the 'dodgy knee' was, er, less dodgy...), so after much research and toing/froing of ideas, we decided to 'tack on' a South American side-trip and settled on this tour...
So, the basics... The itinerary:
Fly from BNE-TKO, 5 Sep
3.5 day stopover, including special wedding anniversary/kimono experience/tea ceremony
Fly TKO-PDX, 8 Sep
Hang out with Chrisso for a couple of days...
Train to hippy, greenie, microbrewery capital, EUG... (is that a fair assumption?), 10 Sep
Drive to wedding venue..., 11 Sep
3 days pre-post wedding...
Drive back to EUG and catch overnight train to SFC..., 14 Sep
Relive my hippy days and hang out in Haight Ashbury..., 15-17 Sep
Fly to Lima... via Mexico City (airport only)..., 17 Sep
Begin 2-week trip, 19 Sep
Fly back to SFC... for 'one night only' and for the sheer amusement factor, stay in "Brisbane"... here...
Fly back to Brisbane, Australia, via TKO...
The end...
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Fine except PDX is the microbrewery capital. Eugene cannot hold a candle to it.
ReplyDeleteAh, well, I was gonna say PDX had its own share of microbreweries too, but 'tis the squeaky wheel that makes the most noise... Ant-o goes on and on and ON about Eugene's micros, so you know, until you show me yours, the candle is not yet lit :) I put PDX more down to funky, bookstore-ish cafe society, slightly more 'hip & groovy' than Eugene?
ReplyDeleteI will see what awaits...