Pacific International Cairns

From Central America with Global Brigades to Democratic Republic of Congo with International Medical Corps, back Haiti with IMC, through South America and off to SE Asia...

This is strictly a running tab of my international travels, no real time line is indicated. Pay no attention to the red connection lines.

Cairns ...

... it to Cairns which would be where I stayed for a little less than a week. My stay in Cairns could not have been better, I met some more international students from; Germany, Norway, and Sweden all of which are good individuals and impressive in their ...

... the shops have signs in Japanese as well as English. (One of the reasons it's much busier now is that it has an international airport which it didn't have in 1983.) It is still a backpacker destination, though, and there are many more budget places for ...

... domestic terminal. He said that they COULD have checked me in at the terminal, and given me a free transfer to the international terminal! >No surprise there. I boarded the crumbling 747 for the 2 half hour flight north to Cairns. You really know your ...

... to go with us so we had to postpone the tour by another day. On the second day we were joined by a group of international backpapackers: there was Mark, a Canadian of Filipino origines, Bianca and Nick, two shockingly young Germans (born in 1986 and 1987, ...

... .  We had a chance to see some world-renowned mangrove trees that lined the river - these are studied by local and international scientists because of the diversity of the growth in this particular area.  We were told to keep a lookout for some ...

... had been to Oz and new Grafton and Coffs area very well.  The girl from Vancouver had done an east coast trip – Cairns to Melbourne – a few years ago.  Bumped into Josie and then it was time for the mystery event in Constellation. It ...

... least.    While walking around the city in the subsequent days, we had so much fun observing the juxtapositions of this international city. The British influence is still very strong here, and the ex-pat scene is quite lively. We had so much fun ...

... , a free pillow and blanket.  (Colin pointed out that Air Canada does offer these options for their international flights too.) Flying time from Cairns to Brisbane was two hours.  Between Brisbane and Hong Kong, the flight duration was 9 hours. ...

We went snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef today - it wasn't the nicest day ever, so quite a few people were seasick on the way out and the way home, it took a couple of hours to get out to the reef, but we both managed to get there and back with out ...

Hey guys, We're here safely. The hotel is very nice, think we got a bit of a bargain last minute deal... yay!!! We're off to book our dive in the Great Barrier Reef. Talk to you soon, x Niamh here too, Jen finally let me have the password ha ha ha, ...

... .  It is narrow but sprawling in length to about 45 Kilometers north to south.  8.2 million international tourists this past year came through the Cairns airport.  They come to see the Barrier Reef and the Rainforest.  Cairns is the ...

... our 'cow incident' which was surprisingly less than we thought at ahem-thousand pounds. A taxi took us to the Sydney International Airport Inn for our overnight stay before flying to New Zealand the following morning. The news that evening spoke of bus ...

... areas in the world. It is home to many ancient and rare forms of life, some of which are found nowhere else. The international importance of this area was acknowledged in 1988 when it was included in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Areas. The Daintree is ...

... departure lounge, is a large tin shack. Domestic has all of the food and general shopping stores you could ask for. Cairns International, prior to passing through screening, has a single internet cafe with very little food and no internet. Seriously. The ...

... a few hours later I found a txt message on my phone, Karla had made her flight on time, but not without complication. The international terminal in Sydney is Terminal 3. We were staying next to Terminal 1 and 2. Logic would only suggest that if I could ...

... 02, 2009 Lan Airlines S.A. LA2580 (Operated By LANPERU) on a Airbus Industrie A319 Confirmed 1250 Depart Jorge Chavez International Arpt, Lima Peru Economy Terminal Non Stop Friday, October 02, 2009 1505 Arrive Mariscal Arpt, Quito Ecuador Journey Time: ...

... 02, 2009 Lan Airlines S.A. LA2580 (Operated By LANPERU) on a Airbus Industrie A319 Confirmed 1250 Depart Jorge Chavez International Arpt, Lima Peru Economy Terminal Non Stop Friday, October 02, 2009 1505 Arrive Mariscal Arpt, Quito Ecuador Journey Time: ...