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Around the World in 40 Days
Introduction: Planning an Epic Adventure Watch for more installments of this special Howler series
Mt. Cook, New Zealand
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Ichase total eclipses of the sun, and I also love birdwatching, traveling all over the world to photograph both. In 2020, as the COVID pandemic raged, our scheduled trip to southern Chile and Patagonia for an eclipse got delayed, canceled, and eventually rescheduled for two years after the eclipse.
We were watching our 2020 chance go up in smoke, and the next eclipse was not until 2023. So in May 2020, when I received an email from Wilderness Travel for an April 2023 total eclipse trip — occurring off the western coast of Australia, with a really interesting twoweek itinerary — we went ahead and booked it.
Western Australia is the opposite side of the world from where we live in Costa Rica. When we decided to go and witness the eclipse, we discussed how to get there: Should we fly east or west? Looking at costs, it was expensive either way. Really expensive. So we bought much more affordable “Round the World” tickets.
That started the snowball rolling. If we were to fly around the world, we may as well add a few stops to the itinerary!
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