Censored: The Picture Dad Doesn't Want You To See

Censored: The Picture Dad Doesn’t Want You To See

Updated: July 25, 2017

Published: November 24, 2014

I’m presently taking my dad on a surprise round the world trip to celebrate his “round” birthday. Even now the trip remains a surprise, as he’s just finding out what we’re doing and where we’re going on a day-by-day basis.

Here are the previous posts about the trip:

I don’t think there’s any denying that my dad has been a good sport on this trip, especially when it comes to pictures. I’ve shown him all the pictures I posted of him, and he (sometimes reluctantly) approved of them. 😉

Emirates-A380-First-Class-13

Singapore-First-Class-10

However, for the first time yesterday I took a picture he didn’t approve of.

What was the picture of? The below birthday cake that the Park Hyatt Sydney gave my dad on his birthday.

Birthday-Cake

“Benny, vhat are you doing?”
“Taking a picture of your birthday cake.”
“Do not post zhis on zha blog! It has my age.”
“Well they know it’s your ’round’ birthday.”
“Yeah, but zhey don’t know vhich one.”
“Okay dad, whatever you say.”

So I’ll post the picture… censored.

Happy 40th birthday, dad! 😉

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Alvin | Young Travelers of Hong Kong Diamond

August 30, 2015, 4:56 am

Reading this half a year later, I do realise he could actually be 40 years old...

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Ivo Guest

December 14, 2014, 8:22 am

p.s. Are you adding / updating your trip reports section? And will you be adding your full dad's surpise trip there as well?

Hi Ben, many thanks for your reply. Again, what an awesome dad you have... A big smile came on my face watching all the youtube video's :) :) Because Emirates is my favourite airline at the moment (they have way the best service from Amsterdam in my opinion) have you seen any promotions for buying miles on emirates? They aren't in any alliance I think so combining might be hard? Thanks again!!!

December 13, 2014, 7:35 am

Hi Ben, what an awesome trip report! I totally missed it last november because I was travelling as well, but last night I read it from start till end & it's really, really nice! Give my congrats to your dad (although it has been a while). It's really awesome you can do this from the US. I'm living in the Netherlands, and we only have 1 major creditcard which is related to flying blue from KLM/AF. I already have this, but we don't have such nich signup bonusses like you have... After reading this report, I'm thinking of taking my mom with me on emirates first to LA by using alaska miles or my fiancé on emirates business to a honeymoon in asia/africa. If you have any other tips to boost the skywards miles from europe, I would love to hear them. Many, many thanks for your awesome blog!

Aptraveler Guest

November 25, 2014, 4:11 pm

Hahaha, that's really funny your dad being concern about his age, when in reality he acts and looks so much younger than whatever age he might have. Just look at his priceless pic at the bar, what an amazingly fun attitude is displayed. The important thing IMHO is to be young at heart & enjoy the moments in life. So yeah, 40 sounds about right, really!

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