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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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Singapore, there were other places I wanted to see more, and (4) I suddenly
realized what a large chunk of free time I actually had available for a
trip -- at least a month. Suddenly, I knew where I wanted to go --
Australia.
The problem was, I didn't decide on Australia until literally the day
before the deadline required for the "cheap" advance-purchase seats. So,
with LA Times in hand, I set out calling one bucket-shop after another for
the best airfare. The problem was, the Christmas holiday season is the
busiest time for travel to that part of the world, and all the prices were
in the $1300-$1400 range -- and often, sold out. The next day, I had to
work (at Sony Pictures), so taking the paper with me, I woke up extra early
in order to get to work with enough time to make some calls beforehand. I
did so, and found a place that offered a round-trip on United for about
$1000. I asked the agent to hold a reservation for me, but it wasn't until
she told me that the deadline for buying the ticket was that day, that I
realized how late it actually was. During work, I ran out frantically on
each hourly 10-minute break to make more quick calls, but by lunchtime, I
had decided to go with it, buy the ticket, and go to Australia.

SLIGHT PROBLEM...

Everything was fine up until the day before my trip. I didn't have any
work that I'd miss when I bought my ticket (though right before I left, a
week's worth of plum work came in that I'd have to miss -- those are the
breaks), but the day before I was to leave, I did something stupid --
without looking, I stepped on the center of my belt-buckle, with the center
facing straight up. Like stepping on a nail, it gouged my right foot pretty
bad, right in the center. The wound was deep, and it hurt like hell. I
couldn't walk, and ...

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