The taste of travelling overseas late in 2010, was a big trigger to taking this trip. In fact, I think I started talking to the travel agent with some booking in the first week after I got home.
I had decided to spend the time seeing more of The United State of America. However, in the planning stage, I was having some trouble deciding which cities and states to visit. A suggestion to look at a cruise for some of the time end up being filling in almost half of my trip.
The overall trip turned out to be a great journey. Even though there was a large part of the trip that I failed to plan well. But everything worked out in the end.
The Statistics
The distance covered on this trip was 49,300km (30,750 miles). Of which 32,500km (20,300 miles) was by air and 16,800km (10,450 miles) was by sea.
There was a total of nine flights spending some 42+ hours in the air.
I visited six different countries, United States of America, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia & Aruba.
On two different continent, North America & South America
I spent a total of 29 nights in hotels, Seattle (1), San Francisco (6), San Diego (8), Dallas (6), San Francisco (3), and Los Angeles (5). I also spent six nights staying with a friend in Seattle. Additionally, I spend 28 nights onboard Holland America Line MS Statendam
Destination Post Summary
Seattle
Travelling from Brisbane To Seattle
Exploring Seattle And Boeing Factory
Exploring Seattle And A Harbour Cruise
Exploring Seattle From The Space Needle
Exploring Seattle Museum of Flight
Exploring Seattle’s Olympic Peninsula
San Francisco
San Francisco And Alcatraz Visit
Exploring San Francisco From The Bay
Exploring The City Of San Francisco
More Exploring In San Francisco
Exploring San Francisco By Trolley Bus
San Diego
Exploring The San Diego Maritime Museum
Exploring The USS Midway In San Diego
Exploring San Diego Harbour Cruise
A Day Exploring The San Diego Zoo
Panama Canal Cruise
28 Day Panama Canal Cruise Summary
Cruise Days–Puerto Vallarta, Huatulco, and Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
Cruise Days–Guatemala, Panama and Panama Canal
Cruise Days–Cartagena, Fort Lauderdale and Aruba
Cruise Days–Costa Rica, Mexico and San Diego return
Dallas
Los Angeles
Exploring Los Angeles California