The tears started before I even set foot on the bridge. It was 8 a.m. and our climb was scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. I grazed through the gift shop and made back-to-back trips to the bathroom. I walked up one flight of stairs to the ‘holding area’, where I would await my tour [...]
Travel Journal
Sydney, Australia: The Journey Down Under
What’s a vacation with some video footage? Following the Bridge Climb and the subsequent cocktails that followed, I mustered the strength to whip together this photo montage of the trip to Sydney! Here’s my trip, condensed to a single YouTube video:
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24 Hours in Sydney
“I can’t believe how off-balance and dizzy I felt earlier,” I said to Mary, the marine scientist who works at the Sydney planetarium. “Well that’s normal,” she said. “You are, after all, standing upside down.” G’day from down under! It’s an amazing feeling to know you’re flying over the equator to the other side of [...]
Travel Journal
Countdown to Oz: So Little Time, So Much To Do
In just a few weeks I’ll be sitting pretty in economy-class on 16-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, courtesy of VAustralia. When I purchased the ticket I told myself, “Economy class will be fine! You can walk around, watch some movies, maybe you’ll make a few new friends… you don’t need to spend the [...]
Luxury Travel
Across the Pacific: Journey to Australia
Amelia Earhart has always been one of my heroes. Her fearless journeys were inspiring, and while I won’t be piloting my own plane over the Pacific, I am heading west on a new exploration. Destination: Australia. The land down under was always intriguing. Maybe it’s my love of animals that’s calling me to the Outback, [...]
