Hawaii looks do-able. Air New Zealand fly there as part of their Round the World ticketing offer. But they also go through the Cook Islands which might be even more fun. In any case the plan would be to only stop off over night mid-Pacific, mainly to avoid jet lagging a toddler.
When I first went out to Australia at the age of 10 we went through Honolulu but only to refuel.
Disney Land in Hong Kong is a good shout. The 15 year old daughter might go for that plus a bit of shopping. Although, again, we’re only planning to touch down for a day or so, so we might be better off spending the day seeing Hong Kong and going to Euro-Disney next year. Singapore also sounds lovely.
We have some friends in Abu Dhabi so we might pop in to see them. Mainly, because it would be nice to see them but being able to stay with friends keeps the cost down and means we can extend the holiday or go and do something lovely. To be honest I’m not mad keen on stopping off in the middle east on its own merits. I’ve spent some time in a desert in Australia, not a great fan of deserts. Or people who live in deserts. The wind makes people a bit odd in my experience. If places like Dubai weren’t on the route home at a convenient distance they wouldn’t make my short list of stop overs.
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Hawaii looks do-able. Air New Zealand fly there as part of their Round the World ticketing offer. But they also go through the Cook Islands which might be even more fun. In any case the plan would be to only stop off over night mid-Pacific, mainly to avoid jet lagging a toddler.
When I first went out to Australia at the age of 10 we went through Honolulu but only to refuel.
Disney Land in Hong Kong is a good shout. The 15 year old daughter might go for that plus a bit of shopping. Although, again, we’re only planning to touch down for a day or so, so we might be better off spending the day seeing Hong Kong and going to Euro-Disney next year. Singapore also sounds lovely.
We have some friends in Abu Dhabi so we might pop in to see them. Mainly, because it would be nice to see them but being able to stay with friends keeps the cost down and means we can extend the holiday or go and do something lovely. To be honest I’m not mad keen on stopping off in the middle east on its own merits. I’ve spent some time in a desert in Australia, not a great fan of deserts. Or people who live in deserts. The wind makes people a bit odd in my experience. If places like Dubai weren’t on the route home at a convenient distance they wouldn’t make my short list of stop overs.