Another Perspective

Apparently I have not been alone in blogging the Antarctic. For another account of the trip see "Our Epic Journey aka 'I hate you'".

And now hot off the presses, another one from Adam and Vicki, Two Nomads.

I'll try to catch up with my travels on this blog soon, but for the moment let me just say I am now in Sydney. The plan had been Fiji and I had flown from Santiago, Chile, with that destination in mind. However, a transfer at Auckland was needed and while I whiled away my 10 hour (yes, 10 hour) wait a news report came up on tv. Martial law was to be imposed at midday and a coup seemed imminent. Now I am as adventurous as the next traveller, but without any real purpose it struck me as just being foolhardy to go on with that flight. The Irish Embassy's website advised no travel to Nadi, though when I tried to ring them (in Canberra) for clarification, there was no answer (well, to be fair Canberra was two hours behind and this was early morning). Anyhow the New Zealand staff in the airport were wonderful, really friendly, and it was refreshing to be conversing in English once more, so whiling away the hours to a Sydney flight at roughly the same time as the Fiji one wasn't too bad.

Getting accommodation in Sydney though has been a nightmare, but more on that later.