Any regular reader of this blog site knows that I'm old, for I live at 15 Craigside, a seniors' community in Honolulu.   For the past 15 years I've taken two lengthy trips/year, at least half a dozen being global, that is, around the world....usually about two months long.   More recently, cruises have encroached, as our most recent journey involved a Norwegian Encore 39-day sail from Seattle to Southampton (UK), plus a Viking Tir European Christmas cruise of 14 days from Amsterdam to Budapest.  Our next extravaganza in a month will involve flying to Kansai Airport, Japan, to participate in the Osaka World Expo, then an Oceania cruise from Yokohama to Vancouver. However, I've come to that point in life when I am beginning to enjoy life more at home than not.  Nothing fancy. Mostly writing this daily blog, something I have been daily doing for almost 17 years My first posting was on  29April2008 . You know how long this has been? Beginning with kinderga...

Over the next few weeks I will begin to insert a series of travel postings, leading to our Pride of America cruise around the Hawaiian Islands to depart Honolulu on September 2.  Today, ultra-long plane flights, with first a re-look at two of mine.  Just click on any link to read the details.   I've been on two of these, in  2013 from San Francisco to Sydney  and  seven years ago from Sydney to San Francisco .   The SFO to Sydney took 14.5 hours and the reverse only 13. I called the 2013 world journey My Ultimate Global Adventure ( MUGA ), for I traveled first class on a Star Alliance around the world ticket.  Spent 51 days on the road.  Here is the complete itinerary: MY ULTIMATE GLOBAL ADVENTURE: Final Thoughts AROUND THE WORLD IN 51 DAYS MY ULTIMATE GLOBAL ADVENTURE, Day #51: San Franci... MUGA Day #50: Mendocino to San Francisco MUGA Day #49 : Architecture and Wines of Sea Ran... MUGA Day #48: Sonoma and Mendocino Wine Tasting M...