March 23rd, 2010 | Posted in News, Travel, Travel Stories | 8 Comments
Tags: san francisco, Travel, trip story
It begins…
with a 19 MO^%$#&%$#@ *beep beeeeeppp* hour plane ride and a 13 hour pleasant peaceful sleep at a nice hostel in the middle of the downtown district in San Francisco.
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
“uurrrgghh huh?!”
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
“urrrhh hmmm” nudge Jess.
nudges Jess, “is that our door”
Jess stands up eyes still shut goes to the door and opens it.
“Nah mate no thanks” she says and goes back to bed.
“Who was that?”
“Room service”
I go back to sleep thinking how strange it is to get room service in a hostel.
*some time later*
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February 8th, 2010 | Posted in Blog, News, Travel, Travel Tips | 1 Comment
Tags: canada working holiday, flights, frequent flyer, Qantas, san francisco, Travel, usa
Well this is rather straight forward to get to Canada we’re going to need some means of transportation, we decided on going with aeroplanes. Amazing! No great surprise there but through a combination of frequent flyer points we managed to get a one way ticket for $169 and $340 respectively as opposed to the cheapest airfare which was $1400. Now that is cool as a polar bears bum, so for all you Qantas frequent flyers, check the any seat award as well as the classic awards!
A few annoying things we’ve found: Read more »