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My Year in Cities, 2006

December 25, 2006 12:26 (Laidley Australia)

Merry Christmas! If you’re not in feed reader I hope you enjoy the baubles and star from our chrissy tree (thanks to my sis Jo and my new step-Mum Ira’s decorating skills).

Seeing as Dr Nic and Kottke seem to be reflecting on their travels this year, I thought I’d play along too (though I’ve taken a very liberal definition of “cities”).

Places I’ve visited in 2006 for at least one night, in chronological order:

  1. Sydney, NSW, Australia (naturally)
  2. Austin, TX, USA
  3. Las Vegas, NV, USA
  4. Yosemite, CA, USA
  5. San Francisco, CA, USA
  6. New York, NY, USA
  7. London, England
  8. Bath, England
  9. Paris, France
  10. Venice, Italy
  11. Rome, Italy
  12. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  13. Bangkok, Thailand
  14. Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia
  15. Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  16. Laidley, QLD, Australia

I’d be happy doing a lot less international travel next year. For the new year I’ve already locked in Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, QLD; Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and most probably New Zealand too.

How was your 2006?

Comments

Gav

I was thinking about blogging a similar list, but in the mean time… the cities i’ve been in this year are:

  1. Byron Bay, NSW , Australia
  2. Sydney, NSW , Australia
  3. Hunter Valley/ Gosford/ Newcastle, NSW , Australia
  4. Avoca Beach, NSW , Australia
  5. Narooma, NSW , Australia
  6. Bangkok, Thailand
  7. Phuket, Thailand
  8. Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
  9. Phangna National Park, Thailand (5 days sailing)
  10. Krabi, Thailand
  11. Siam Reip, Cambodia
  12. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  13. Saigon, Vietnam
  14. Manilla, Philippines
  15. Koh Samui, Thailand
  16. Koh Phangnan, Thailand
  17. Koh Tao, Thailand
  18. Singapore (only the airport!)
  19. Dublin, Ireland
  20. Drogheda, Athlone, Galway, Naas, Carlingford, Cork, Dundalk etc Ireland
  21. Leeds, England
  22. Stuttgart, Germany
  23. London, England
  24. LA, USA
  25. Las Vegas, USA
  26. Tijuana, Mexico
  27. Boston, USA
  28. Nice, France
  29. Monte Carlo, Monaco
  30. Helsinki, Finland

Not bad for one year? 14 Countries! 5 Continents (if you count mexico as Central America!)

Tim Lucas

holy.

crap.

gav.

lynne

1. Sydney, Australia 2. Newcastle, Australia repeat the above 20 times (at least) 41. Sydney, Australia 42. Gerroa, Australia 43. Sydney, Australia Lets stay in this beautiful country,especially the east coast of NSW

Tim Lucas

Nice one Mum. I guess I could also add Newcastle and Gerroa to my list too!

Lynne

Honestly….....I am jealous of you guys travelling the world, good luck to you both hope 2007 if full of fun and adventure

Lynne

typo ‘is full of fun etc’

Gav

Thanks Lynne!

I almost made it to estonia on December 30th… I could have made that magical 15th country… but then i was hungover!

Helsinki was awesome tho! Ended up in a brilliant club called Lux

topfunky

I will no longer pity any Australians when they complain about being too far from the rest of the world! I can only come up with 12:

  1. Seattle
  2. Portland
  3. Boise
  4. New York
  5. San Francisco
  6. Denver
  7. Chicago
  8. Sydney
  9. Oslo, Norway
  10. Aalesund, Norway
  11. London
  12. Manchester

Tim Lucas

Geoff: I bet you’d be feeling pity for us if you compared the cost of the flights.

I think most Aussies make a big trip of it when they travel north as the biggest cost is just getting there.

Gav

Plus places 20-30 were done from Ireland- not Australia. Never would’ve been able to do it if were still in Sydney.

topfunky

Yeah, you’re right. Pity has been restored to its previous levels. ;)

Cezary

Come and see Poland!

Cuziwi

England has fascinated me the history, monuments, people. Here is what to look and to that will learn WBR LeoP

Colin Campbell

Cities I have been in in the last year.

1. Adelaide

Alex Fetcher

Great site!
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