An Inadvertent Around-the-World Trip

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January 13th, 2010

Without meaning to, I have just completed my second trip around the world.  That’s right, I unintentionally circled the globe in 2009.  Let me explain.

I was in the USA over the summer, then I flew back to Zurich for the fall, with a stopover in Ireland on the way back.  Over Christmas, I went to Thailand for vacation with a stopover in Qatar on the way.  Then, because I had accidentally overstayed my visa in Switzerland, I couldn’t use the return leg of my Zurich->Bangkok flight.  Instead, I bought a new ticket back to the USA.  Since I was in Asia, the shortest way to get to the USA, especially the west coast, was to fly over the Pacific Ocean.  And with that flight, my RTW trip was complete.

Here is the summary:  Seattle -> Chicago -> Dublin -> Zurich -> Doha -> Bangkok -> Tokyo -> Seattle