Petri
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Well done USA, bronze medal well deserved.
Live from North America
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Well done USA, bronze medal well deserved.
Petri
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How do you know you're back in Las Vegas?
There's bowling in your underwear!
LV is even more weird place after all the quietness of Zion and Bryce. We wanted to rent something different and had a Merc E-class cabriolet for the national parks. Mental note; never rent a special car from LV. Less than 1000 miles and there were some weird red lipstick marks on the A-pillards and dried strawberries on the back seat..
I've been coughing over three weeks now, since Mustique, and making some weird breathing noise while sleeping. We stopped at Mesquite for lunch and accidentally noticed a MD's office that was open. After some signatures for liabilities and photocopying my driver's license the MD figured out I had streptococcus in my throat. Took about a second's look..
No wonder walking across Bequia to the beach every day and all the hiking in Bryce and Zion was a bit harder than usual
I think we got new entry stamps to the US when we returned from the Caribbean (the lady was a bit confused after scanning my passport and asked if we'd been transiting through the US before -- I told her about our travels and she did a new arrival stamp) but to be on the safe side we're heading to Belize tomorrow. 6am flight to Dallas, sigh.
The return fight from Belize is to New York City through our favourite airport for international arrivals, Miami.
There's bowling in your underwear!
LV is even more weird place after all the quietness of Zion and Bryce. We wanted to rent something different and had a Merc E-class cabriolet for the national parks. Mental note; never rent a special car from LV. Less than 1000 miles and there were some weird red lipstick marks on the A-pillards and dried strawberries on the back seat..
I've been coughing over three weeks now, since Mustique, and making some weird breathing noise while sleeping. We stopped at Mesquite for lunch and accidentally noticed a MD's office that was open. After some signatures for liabilities and photocopying my driver's license the MD figured out I had streptococcus in my throat. Took about a second's look..
No wonder walking across Bequia to the beach every day and all the hiking in Bryce and Zion was a bit harder than usual
I think we got new entry stamps to the US when we returned from the Caribbean (the lady was a bit confused after scanning my passport and asked if we'd been transiting through the US before -- I told her about our travels and she did a new arrival stamp) but to be on the safe side we're heading to Belize tomorrow. 6am flight to Dallas, sigh.
The return fight from Belize is to New York City through our favourite airport for international arrivals, Miami.
Petri
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Any suggestions for a place somewhere in Napa that would have accommodation and a good restaurant in a winery? We'll be driving to SF from Yosemite and I thought we could stay for a night in Napa "en route". We've done a day trip to Napa in the past but one could drink more if staying there
JEK
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This is a great place -- very comfortable and a winery next door!
http://www.southbridgenapavalley.com
Tra Vigne for dinner!
http://www.southbridgenapavalley.com
Tra Vigne for dinner!
JEK
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Check out the Model Bakery in St. Helena -- homemade English Muffins are worth the trip!
http://themodelbakery.com
http://themodelbakery.com
Petri
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Change of room (with a minor upgrade, still noisy but liveable -- we both miss the jungle with the most laud land animals and amazing thunderstorms) and free prosecco at the lobby. I doubt I'll join all the five star reviews on TripAdvisor but more than one star for sure.
Meanwhile around NYC..
"What is your name?"
"James T. Kirk"
"I'll put just James here"
@ Starbucks. One day it will work out.
Meanwhile around NYC..
"What is your name?"
"James T. Kirk"
"I'll put just James here"
@ Starbucks. One day it will work out.
Petri
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Forgot the noise cancelling headset to the fitness room at Four Seasons Lanai and they disappeared. My fault, no idea if it was the staff or guest who thought they were keepers.
I left the Verizon MiFi thing on the dashboard in the car and while it was valet parked here at Grand Hyatt SF overnight, it was gone. That's pretty stupid thing to steal, it had a prepaid account with just ~2 weeks of capped data left and I would assume I can report the IMEI code to Verizon so that it will stop working for good, like one does elsewhere if a phone is stolen.
From this perspective it's more fun to travel in less developed countries. They care about their precious jobs so much that they won't even consider stealing, their job is their lottery win. In North Korea even the lighter I intentionally left behind was still on the same desk when I returned to the same hotel and room a few days later. And if something gets stolen, it's a piece of clothes or something that someone really needs (we've never had anything else stolen on our travels).
I left the Verizon MiFi thing on the dashboard in the car and while it was valet parked here at Grand Hyatt SF overnight, it was gone. That's pretty stupid thing to steal, it had a prepaid account with just ~2 weeks of capped data left and I would assume I can report the IMEI code to Verizon so that it will stop working for good, like one does elsewhere if a phone is stolen.
From this perspective it's more fun to travel in less developed countries. They care about their precious jobs so much that they won't even consider stealing, their job is their lottery win. In North Korea even the lighter I intentionally left behind was still on the same desk when I returned to the same hotel and room a few days later. And if something gets stolen, it's a piece of clothes or something that someone really needs (we've never had anything else stolen on our travels).
Petri
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When we checked out today, the MiFi device was on the seat.. perhaps because I asked about it yesterday and was pretty sure it was left in the car, or perhaps it was there all the time..
We don't usually leave anything visible to the car either, own or rental. In fact I'm quite surprised how little we have lost over the years, just a few clothes. I think we have forgotten more things.
We don't usually leave anything visible to the car either, own or rental. In fact I'm quite surprised how little we have lost over the years, just a few clothes. I think we have forgotten more things.
Petri
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Picked up this one from the airport the other week. Not exactly the same that got damaged on JFK-BOS-LAX flight but considering that the old bag was 1) old, 2) we almost dumped it in New york, and 3) might have dumped it in California anyway, great service from American Airlines.
I haven't ranked American Airlines very high and it's not an asian airline, neither is anyone in Europe, but they did serve us well during our flights in North America. Even TSA did a decent job, I still smile when I think about our return flight, my carry-on filled with a few Canon lenses, couple of external hard drives, a Mac Mini, a bunch of cables and below everything else a stone Mayan calendar. The agent wanted to re-scan the bag and lifted it, "what the h* do you have here?". I told her the truth, a stone..
Petri
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Oh no.. burned some miles.
Flight number: AY0839
From: Helsinki Terminal 2
To: Heathrow (London) Terminal 3
Depart: 22 Sep 2013 14:05
Arrive: 22 Sep 2013 15:10
Cabin: Business
Operated by: Finnair
Booking status: Confirmed
Flight number: BA0061
From: Heathrow (London) Terminal 5
To: Nairobi
Depart: 22 Sep 2013 20:50
Arrive: 23 Sep 2013 07:25
Cabin: First
Operated by: British Airways
Booking status: Confirmed
.. but I will summarize our NA trip this week
The above is a one-way ticket and I haven't booked anything else yet (come on, still 90 days to do something about a ~9 month trip). But the plan is to land in North America again spring 2014. I hope a flight from Colombia and/or Venezuela is not a red flag in the US..
PS. Where's the Africa forum?
Flight number: AY0839
From: Helsinki Terminal 2
To: Heathrow (London) Terminal 3
Depart: 22 Sep 2013 14:05
Arrive: 22 Sep 2013 15:10
Cabin: Business
Operated by: Finnair
Booking status: Confirmed
Flight number: BA0061
From: Heathrow (London) Terminal 5
To: Nairobi
Depart: 22 Sep 2013 20:50
Arrive: 23 Sep 2013 07:25
Cabin: First
Operated by: British Airways
Booking status: Confirmed
.. but I will summarize our NA trip this week
The above is a one-way ticket and I haven't booked anything else yet (come on, still 90 days to do something about a ~9 month trip). But the plan is to land in North America again spring 2014. I hope a flight from Colombia and/or Venezuela is not a red flag in the US..
PS. Where's the Africa forum?
