Happy New Year! Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018!

I spent a lot of time travelling in 2017 and I’ve just calculated it, I flew 97,707 kilometres. That’ just just over 2 times the circumference of our beautiful planet.

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October – Eiffel Tower, Paris

June – Nyhavn, Copenhagen

May – Singapore

November – Phuket

June – Auschwitz

I visited 24 cities over 11 countries. Paris, Berlin, New York and San Francisco were some of the highlights as was the city of Krakow, surprisingly beautiful! Although the nearby concentration camp of Auschwitz was extremely sad and thought provoking.

July – Bow Lake, Alberta Canada

July – Bow Lake, Alberta Canada

July – Lake Morraine, Alberta, Canada

But for me, the cultures of Asia and the history of Europe was nothing compared to the stunning beauty of Western Canada and the Rocky Mountains. Just breathtaking! If there is one place you get to travel to in 2018, make it Canada!

October – Snails. Paris, France

May – Roti Canai. Penang, Malaysia

May – Chilli Pork. Singapore

Of course a big part of travel is the food!!! And I ate well across four continents – every thing from fancy pants to junk food, cheap and cheerful to expensive delicacies. From Roti Canai in Penang for AUD0.70 to cooking my own Thai Feast in Chiang Mai to snails in France to good old ‘In ‘n’ Out’ burger in San Francisco. Yummo!

July – Taking off from Victoria, Canada on WestJet

June – Flying from Berlin to Krakow on Air Berlin

June – Finnair Airbus a350 at Helsinki Vantaa Airport

May – Departing Sydney on Qantas A330

For the AvGeek, I flew with 9 different airlines in 2017, Qantas, Air Asia, Air Asia X, Thai Airways, Finnair, Cathay Pacific, WestJet, Jetstar and the now defunct Air Berlin on a variety of aircraft including the new Airbus a350 on Finnair, Airbus a380 on Qantas and Thai Airways and Boeing 777-300 on Cathay Pacific. My favourite aircraft for 2017 – The s350, my favourite flight – WestJet!

So where to for me in 2018? Well it’s back to the stunning scenery of Western Canada before embarking on a 16 night transpacific cruise from Vancouver to Tokyo. I’ve never been to Japan so this is really looking like a great experience. Other than that, I’m going to stick a little closer to home and experience more of what Australia has to offer.

I hope you had a wonderful 2017 and 2018 is looking great. Do you have any travel plans in motion for 2018?

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