Australia – Page 2

Touring the South Pacific

We’re off to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.

After spending nine months in India, hey, why not keep on going around the world? So, we’re spending two weeks in Australia, two weeks in New Zealand, and 10 days in Fiji before returning to the US. See map; our tour of Australia includes Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and the south-east coast.

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Departure

From Bangalore to Sydney via Singapore.

The monsoon arrived in Bangalore, and we left five minutes later. Or, at least, so it seemed as we struggled to load all our baggage into the taxi during a torrential downpour. It was a bittersweet ending; we are sad to leave India, though excited to begin the next leg of our travels. Read on…