So, I'll let you in on a secret... my Trip Around the World isn't really around the world. I thought it would be; I knew I'd be going from Malaysia, which to me looked like the far "right" corner of the world map to Argentina, close to the "left" side. What I didn't realize, was how BIG the Pacific Ocean is! If you take a good look, it's really wide! In North America, we really get used to looking at the world this way, but remember, the rest of these maps are all correct, too!
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So when I started looking at flights, I realized how expensive it is to fly across the Pacific Ocean. With no land to stop on, you need a really large plane that can carry a lot of fuel. Not as many people want to travel this direction, either, so the cheaper flights are ones that fly through really common destinations. So suddenly, I was looking at some really long, and unusual flights, to get me to Argentina!
I had a few 'layover stops' to choose from: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Istanbul, Turkey; and Paris, France were the cheapest. But they were all really far north! So I was looking at a really long flight, then stopping over for a few hours, then another really long flight! So, I decided that I would stay for a few days in my layover city to have some rest and not spend over 24 hours straight on a plane. It wasn't hard to choose... a city I'd never been to before, but always wanted to go to won out: Paris!
Stay tuned for my whirlwind tour of Paris in January, five days, four nights, in the City of Lights!
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