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A weird around the world trip

This is a strange travel plan, but this is a travel plan web site so I should mention it. Laura Bly's around the world in 8 days travel plan seems a bit hectic for my tatses but she did it. Here's a preview:

Inspired by next month's 100th anniversary of Jules Verne's death, I leave at 6 a.m. Monday for a condensed, 21st century version of the travelholic classic Around the World in 80 Days. I'll be doing it in eight: Eight destinations in eight time zones, traveling through 24. A total of 19,393 air miles, 354 car miles and 213 train miles. A scheduled time of 44.7 hours on airplanes … in coach.

I'm determined my trip be more than a jetlagged blur of stale air, sore backs and long waits in soul-sucking airport lounges. Whether it's a pretzel with mustard and glimpse of The Gates in New York's Central Park, a camel ride near the Sphinx in Giza or a full-moon tour of the Taj Mahal in Agra (a nine- or 10-hour, roundtrip car ride from the New Delhi airport, much of it in the middle of the night), my goal is to capture a quintessential experience at each stopover - no matter how shallow or short.

Posted by James Trotta at March 3, 2005 10:56 PM