‘Round the girdled earth we roam

Whew, it’s good to be back home, after fifty consecutive days of travel spanning the globe. We departed our flat in London on 15 October and, other than a brief visit to the flat for two nights of laundry and repacking, we’ve been on the road ever since.

Here’s a quick rundown:

• 3 continents, 4 countries: England, Australia, New Zealand, United States.
• all four hemispheres – North and South, East and West.
• 12 flights, including 4 overnight flights.
• 5 rental cars (Boston to Hanover, Asheville to Charleston to Atlanta, Perth, Charleston, Boston to Hanover) and more than 1,000 miles of driving
• 14 beds in 23 locations (cruise ship = 1 bed, 10 nights in 10 locations)
• thus we unpacked 14 times, and repacked 14 times.
• only 1 lost item (MacBook charger brick).

Click on the video below to see an animation of our flights…

Auckland to New York was 15.5 hours cruising at 50,000′ in a straight line:

See my prior blog posts with stories about our adventures:

• Gile Mountain, NH
• Blue Ridge waterfalls, NC
• Smoky Mountains, NC
• South Carolina mountain weekend
• Perth – Western Australia
• Southwestern Australia
• New Zealand – Dusky Sound
• New Zealand – Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound
• New Zealand – southern islands
• New Zealand – Dunedin
• New Zealand – Christchurch
• New Zealand – Marlborough Sound
• New Zealand – Wellington
• New Zealand – Waiotapu thermal park
• New Zealand – Te Pā Tū
• New Zealand – wrap-up
• South Carolina (Kiawah Island)

It was a long trip, but a wonderful trip!