Bar Trip Series: Hawaii, Asia, SoCal, and New Zealand
When I tell people that I went on a "bar trip," some know exactly what I'm talking while others are utterly confused. Is it a trip taken to study for the bar, away from distractions (
yes, some people actually do this
...)? Is it a graduation trip? If it's a graduation trip, how come it's taken in August or September?
A bar trip is usually a trip that recent law grads take after studying for and taking the bar exam in the summer right after graduation (it's a terribly anticlimactic feeling to graduate and then immediately start a grueling 2-month study schedule for a test taken in a convention center with thousands of anxious people). Having a bar trip planned after the exam was the light at the end of the tunnel for me.
Of course, being the eager person I am when it comes to traveling, I have decided to make the most of my 4 months off before work starts December 1st to take 2 international bar trips, and one long roadtrip to visit friends in Southern California. I also took advantage of some great credit card offers to pay for most of my plane tickets to Asia too, saving over $1,000!
I'll be doing a series of posts about my trips and include hopefully helpful information to anyone planning to venture to these parts! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or things you'd like me to include too.
Bar Trip 1.0 - Hawaii and Asia
- Stop 1: Maui Island, Hawaii
- Stop 2: Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii
- Stop 3: Seoul and Busan, South Korea
- Stop 4: Taipei, Taiwan
- Stop 5: Bali, Indonesia
Bar Trip 2.0 - 10-day Southern California Roadtrip
- Stop 1: Los Angeles
- Stop 2: Orange County
- Stop 3: San Diego
- Stop 4: Los Angeles again!
Bar Trip 3.0 - New Zealand -- I'll be headed over there in in mid-November, just in time for their spring!
- Auckland
- Queenstown
- Milford Sound
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Hokitika
- Christchurch
- Bay of Islands