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This Week: 9 to 15 April

Remarkably in the week coming: a week at home with no travel! Last week, I flew my 840th flight (Esperance to Perth in Australia – see this Tuesday’s Trip Report). this took  my total time inside planes to 112 days (16 weeks). I have also reached a milestone of five times the distance to the moon! I am closing in on two million kilometres of flying! What are you up to this week?

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This Week

I am spending most of the week in Western Australia, the largest of Australia’s states with three days in Perth and two days in Esperance, a small rural community  Perth is the most remote city of a population of one million or more in the world. Its nearest large city is Adelaide, Australia  2,139 kilometres (1285 miles) away. I will then heading 2700km (1500 miles) east to Sydney. Flights will be with Skywest and Virgin Australia (expect blog posts soon). This week I plan to blog about a recent train trip and whats the latest with Air…

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Running in Perth

One of the ways I get to know a city, when I am travelling is to run through it. It needs little equipment and no fixed time periods and it is something you can almost do in any weather. I have just completed today, a stunning 6 mile (10 kilometre) run around Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Known as the Bridges run, it starts at Langley Park (thats where I am standing in this photo) The course headed west  along the river on the city side, past the Perth Ferry Terminal with its iconic…

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This Week: 19th to 25th March

I fly from New York to Melbourne via Los Angeles and Sydney (United and Qantas with a sector on my beloved 380!) bringing my flights for the year to 25 from 22 airports in 9 countries on 4 continents with 10 airlines! So much for flying less in 2012! On my Qantas flight to Sydney, my total miles will exceed 1, 200 000 air miles flown in my life (five times between earth and moon) and a scarey 17 weeks inside planes! Check out myFlightmemory for more information. Home briefly before heading to Perth, Western Australia (flight 26 for…

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What is Hot in Boston this week?

This week is mostly centred on the US East Coast starting in NYC, heading down to Philadelphia to see family, up to Boston and down to Pittsburgh. Any advice on what is hot in Boston this week? I will fly Jetblue (one of my favourite US airlines) from Boston to Pittsburgh,  on an Embraer, one of my favourite aeroplanes. Watch for future blog post! Thanks for following along.

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This Week: 6 to 12 February, 2012

Summer is over for me! Back into work travel. Tuesday will be my first work trip for 2012!  Off to Bangkok this week with Qantas. Trivia: The Melbourne to Sydney flight will be my 240th Qantas flight of my life.It will also be the 260th time I have flown into or out of Melbourne airport! Finally, on the Sydney to Bangkok leg I will hit 260 000 km flown with Qantas! Basically thats over 15 times around the earth with them!

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