travel – Page 2 – Melbourne Loft

It’s time to start booking travels again for this year.   I have already booked and paid for trips to Thailand this week and Argentina in April.   But because of the operation I am missing the trip to Thailand with all my family and the trip to Buenos Aires (pic) has to be changed to later in the year.   And since Buenos Aires has the same weather pattern as Melbourne, it needs to wait until at least September when it warms up over there.   So here’s what I’m thinking.
The options are:   Melbourne – Buenos Aires (BA) – New York – BA – Melbourne
Melbourne – BA – Rio De Janeiro – BA – Melbourne
Melbourne – BA – Mexico City – BA – Melbourne
As you can see I’m looking for a side trip from Buenos Aires.   Another option is Bogota or Caracas.   I would go for a couple of weeks and spend one week in Buenos Aires and one week elsewhere.     Prior to that I am thinking of making another trip across to San Francisco.   I still haven’t tried the clam chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf yet.    So San Francisco possibly in August/September and Buenos Aires in September/October.    Sounds okay?

With everything happening in the post above I’m trying to think about happier things… like when am I going to travel again. It’s seems that since taking 7 weeks off work last year I have finally ran low on vacation time. I’m actually thinking about possibly buying more time off from work. I only get 5 weeks off a year at the moment. I’d like to have 7 or 9 weeks off. That would allow me to travel more often.
For this year I have already bought a return flight to Buenos Aires. I just have to work out when I can take it. It was meant to travel in April but I am delaying it because of the surgery. And May is the beginning of their winter, so it will most likely happen around October now. So that means I should fit in a trip before that… and why not visit my old favourite… San Francisco! I’m thinking about an end of summer thing there would be nice. Perhaps another trip to the Folsom Street Fair again? The above shot was taking in SFO in Mel’s Diner last year just moment’s before I met Armistead Maupin eating there.