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Around The World: An Incredible Journey!
The October 2003 issue of Conde Nast Traveler has an interesting article written by one of their journalists who uses a OneWorld Explorer ticket to circle the globe in a short numbre of days. I found his article well-written and exciting. Now... why didn't they hire me to do it?? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Incredible Journey by Adam Sachs The around-the-world ticket is the stuff of airline legend: One fixed fare for a near limitless pass to the planet. Six continents and 65,000 miles later, Adam Sachs reports that the airlines' ultimate gimmick just may be travel's greatest bargain There is something special, an old excitement, bound up in the idea of circumnavigating the globe. Of making a right turn outside your door and ambling on until you approach home again—from the other end of the block. Knowing that the earth is round does nothing to kill the dream of proving it yourself. Tell someone that you are vacationing in Capri and he will say, 'The Quisisana is too crowded,' or 'You **** lucky *******.' Tell him that you were just now plucking cities from an atlas, blocking out the route of a great big world tour, and expect a different response. He'll get a far-off look in his eyes. Then, consulting the well-thumbed maps of his own mental atlas, he'll describe all the places he'd go but hasn't. Or won't—some spots are meant to remain in the Concocted Registry of Ideal Places, their virgin charms spared the wear and tear of substantiation. </font> http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/...leJourney.xml/ ------------------ "There are those who travel, and those who travel well." |
This article was probably written before OW imposed a 20 segment limit on these tickets. This places a major restriction, particularly on the 5 and 6 continent tickets.
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What a great article, and a fantastic trip! Thanks for posting the link, JohnnyP.
Among many interesting quotes, I especially enjoyed this one: <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In Helsinki, people look both ways down the empty, frozen streets but do not move until the light and the clicking sound grant joint permission. In Stockholm, they look both ways, judge the distance and speed of the approaching Volvos, and formulate a rational decision about when it is safe to cross. In Madrid, they look with disdain and cross with bravado, taking back what some ******* would deny them. In Cairo, they look inside the onrushing cars to read the soul of the drivers. They wade into traffic as though it were a refreshing mountain stream. They are drawn to brush against and bond with the swerving, swarming tons of steel the way people at aquatic theme parks are drawn to brush against and bond with the trained dolphins.</font> |
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