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World trip 2024

April - August 2024
A 98-day adventure by Lucca Read more
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    Day 1

    Departure

    April 28 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We left today for the 4 month trip around the world. We left our chickens and house in Mama's colleague David's hands. Our friend Katie drove us to Canberra airport to fly to Fiji. She took us in her new Tesla. Fiji is a island in the Asia Pacific and is part of the Commonwealth, like Australia. Its capital is called Suva. After the flight we had to take a two hour bus trip to the Warwick Resort. During the first part of the bus ride a baby would not stop crying.
    See you tomorrow

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    Day 2

    Warwick Resort and Spa Fiji

    April 29 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Bula! Today was the second day of the trip, but the first full day. We had a breakfast buffet with bacon and chocolate muffins. Then we got led around the resort by a nice Fijian man named Tony. After that we went for a swim in the pool. The water wasn't very cold but was still great for cooling down from the warm Fijian sun. Papa decided that he loved hermit crabs and held two. We also had to change rooms twice. The original room was nice but the beds were to small and the shower door was broken. The second room was great.... But the air-conditioning was broken. Now we are in the last room where we will hopefully stay. If you are in Fiji the people will wave to you, so you should say Bula and Vinaka at them. Bula means hello and Vinaka means thank you.
    See you next time!

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    Day 3

    Day 3

    April 30 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Today we went on a glass bottom boat tour from a pier in our resort. We saw lots of colourful fish swimming through the coral and fed them with bread that the tour guide had given us. We went over trenches that were over fifty meters deep but you could still see the bottom because the water is so clear. Unfortunately we saw no turtles. When we got back to the resort we got a coconut for 5 Fijian dollars, which is around 3.30 AUD, and drank the juice. After that we went into the pool. We swam for around an hour then it started to rain. We waited out the rain in the pool. When we got out I went to look at some necklaces when my foot throbbed. I had been stung by a bee! This was the first time I had ever been stung, and it wasn't very fun. Once we got the stinger out we put ice on it. We then went to the games room and did some darts and pool.
    Moce - Goodbye

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    Day 4

    Tuvu, Fiji

    May 1 in Fiji ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Today we went on the Sigotoka River Safari. We rode in a bus for around half an hour. We got off at our first stop, a gift shop/tourist trap. I bought a shirt that said Fiji Weather Station. It takes different conditions and makes them funny. For example, rainy... coconut wet, sunny... coconut dry, and the funniest one is cyclone... coconut gone. After we bought stuff and went to the toilet, we got back on the bus and rode for another half hour. We then arrived at the destination, where we put on life-jackets and got in a speed-boat. We rode for about ten minutes, when we stopped, our guide told us about the cliff we had stopped at and how it had the best marble in the world but they would never sell it. He also told us that kids had to swim to school and how they put their stuff on a bit of bamboo that was cut to about six meters that they hold above their heads. We had some more stops like this till we got to a village (Tuvu). We climbed up to it and went inside for prayers and prepared some kind of drink called Kava. Kava is a ceremonial drink made from the Kava root. Unfortunately I was really overwhelmed by the heat, my sore foot where the bee had stung me yesterday, so I had to wait outside with Mama. After we had food it was time to go back to the boat which took us to the dock where we got back on the bus. When we got back we had to get straight into the pool because we were so hot. After we cooled down we had some ice cream.
    Today from our guide we learned that Fiji has the only currency in the world to have a $7 note. In the Olympics of 2016 and 2020, Fiji won gold in the rugby sevens, so they made a special $7 note to celebrate but they only made 2 million of them. So far they are the only ones to have won rugby in the Olympics because it was only added in 2016. We could not find a real one so we googled it and put a photo here for you to see.

    Moce for now!

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  • TravelerWorld trip 2024
    Day 5

    The Warwick, Fiji

    May 2 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Today we basically had a nothing day. We went snorkeling at the beach. While we were snorkeling we saw some colourful fish as well as crazy ones that tried to eat us. Papa found them first but he said it was only one, but when Mama and I went there, there were heaps. Mama started screaming because they were head-butting us. Papa also went to look for hermit crabs. We then went into the pool and had ice cream. Papa had a massage so we waited by the pool. For dinner we had teppanyaki, where we sat next to a hot plate and had our food made in front of us. Mama and I had teriyaki chicken with rice while Papa had tuna. After eating that we were supposed to watch the crab race but I wanted to go to sleep. So Papa went by himself.

    Moce

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    Day 6

    Warwick Fiji

    May 3 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Today was another amazing nothing day. We went snorkeling again and Papa and I did some stand-up paddleboarding. I only fell over once but I landed on the board. I also jumped in twice for fun. Then we went to the pool where we met up with some nice people from Wellington, NZ, called Lisa and Maria. We had some drinks with them and then they surprised us by paying for them. While we were having drinks it started to rain. Why does it always rain when we're in the pool? After in stopped raining we went back to the room. Mama soon left to get a massage. Papa and Mama went to dinner and I got abandoned with a nanny. :) The nanny and I played pool and darts. After a while the nanny sat down and a nice man started playing with me. PS Fijians are REALLY good at pool. After dinner we reunited with Mama and Papa and went to see a Fijian dance. The dance was really cool but also a bit weird. At one point it looked like they were looking through letters. And at one point they jumped into the crowd and yelled at us. Tomorrow we leave for San Francisco.
    See you then,
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    Day 8

    San Francisco, California, USA

    May 5 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Saturday was our last day in Fiji. It was much cooler and raining nearly all day. We played in the pool with some kids from Wagga Wagga, their names where Bonnie, Jack, Lucy, and Lachlan, and their parents' names were Tara and Steve, and I taught Lachlan how to play Pokémon Go. Then after a nine hour flight we got off the plane from Fiji to San Francisco, which is a city in California, which is a state in the USA. We picked up our hire car and drove 35mins to our hotel which is in Oakland. We had some dinner, showers and then much needed sleep. We time-traveled on the plane because we crossed the international date border. When we left Fiji it was 10:30PM on Saturday but when we got to San Francisco it was 1:30PM on Saturday! I also had my first ever Dr Pepper. I thought it tasted a bit like medicine. Today we went to the underground which is called the BART system. We got on at Lake Meritt station where there were a group of people playing a game called shuttlecock. It was played using a modified shuttlecock that had a bigger weighted bottom. It was played a bit like keepy uppy but with your feet. At first I was just watching, and then they kicked it at me. I tried to kick it back but I missed. After a while I got into the swing of things. But we had to go so we got on the train and went into Downtown San Francisco. We went on a cable tram that took us up a tall hill and down again to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. We got off and looked at the shops there. It was really cold on the waterfront and Mama bought a beanie with a frog on it to keep her ears warm. For lunch, Papa had a clam chowder cob, I had a bit of sourdough shaped like a turtle. Mama had a Hot Dog. We found lots of sea lions. They smelled really bad and were going ARRF! ARRF! ARRF! ARRF! In case you didn't know the difference between a seal and a sea lion is that while seals have ear holes, sea lions have ear flaps. On the way back we wanted to ride in the cable car again but the line was really long. So instead we had to walk up the big hill. At the top there was a really nice ice cream shop. I had choc-chip cookie dough and Papa had rocky-road. After that we got on a cable bus that took us to a shopping area that had a big Westfield. Inside the Westfield they had escalators that curved around!! We had dinner at a place called Mel's Drive-In. I had a burger that arrived in a purple car shaped boxed and a milkshake called the Penguin. It had whipped cream, marshmallows, and chocolate in it. We took the BART back to Lake Meritt where we had parked the car and drove back to the hotel. We are now watching Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 on TV.
    I will see you tomorrow.

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    Day 9

    San Francisco

    May 6 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today we went to the Golden Gate Bridge. We walked halfway across, but Papa chickened out, so we had to go back. He was nervous that we would fall down into the cold, shark-infested water. Though we didn't see any sharks, it was the same water body as Alcatraz. Alcatraz was notoriously unescapable because it was a jail on an island surrounded by cold water with sharks in it. We found out that to cross the bridge, you had to pay a toll. If you did not have any money, you could leave one of your things behind as a IOU. Some of the weirdest things were, a guitar, a pair of false teeth, a pearl, a toupee, and 4 cans of lima beans. There were also lots of animal encounters on the bridge, like an ostrich, a pelican, some monkeys, and a whale called Humphrey who took a wrong turn. His story is as follows. A whale called Humphrey took a wrong turn. He went up a river in 1985, and got stuck. Some people had to come save him. They used lots of different ideas but nothing worked. Then a marine scientist gave the idea that they could play whale feeding sounds. And it worked! Humphrey followed the sounds back out to the sea. His 3 week mistake was over! 5 Years later he did it again, this time getting stuck on some mud flaps 200 feet from the beach. His human helpers saved him again. Silly Humphrey! The bridge is international orange because that was the colour of the primer, which is an undercoat paint that protects the metal. We then went on a scenic drive to the Muir Woods where there were lots of Red Wood trees. Red Woods are only found in California, Oregon and New Zealand. They are the biggest trees in the world. I did some activities and earned a Junior Ranger Badge. Before I got the badge I had to take an oath. It was stuff like "I will keep learning, helping nature and stay curious." We then went back to the Hotel California and went to sleep.

    See you tomorrow

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    Day 10

    Driving from San Francisco to Fort Bragg

    May 7 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    Today was a bit boring for me. We drove and drove and drove along a coastal road. Then we drove some more, then a bit more. On the drive we stopped a few times. I bought/Mama bought for me, some chocolate rocks, except they were sea shells. We also saw a killer seagull and a cheeky gopher. We then got to a place called Fort Bragg. We went on a walk along a bridge to a glass beach. There was lots of sea glass because it was once a dump, with the ocean waves of many decades breaking down and smoothing the glass. But now people had taken some home so there was not much left. We then walked back and went to sleep.

    see you tomorrow

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    Day 11

    Driving from Fort Bragg to Crescent City

    May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Today we drove again. We went to a place called Leggett and drove through an incredibly large redwood tree, called the Chandelier Tree which is 2400 years old. I saw big foot lurking in the trees. We then stayed at a place called Crescent city, which we found out is the tsunami capital of the world. We kept passing these signs that said "entering tsunami hazard zone." We went to the hotel and went to bed.

    See you for now

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