Raining, raining raining, Same old story in Portland and everyone kept telling us that it was going to stop on the 4th of July as that’s when summer starts. We decided anyway in anticipation that we would take Alfred to Sun River for a few days as we spent some time there in 2007 when … Continue reading »
Jul
01
Jun
02
Empire State Building
First stop was the Empire State Building. Alfred was a little jet lagged and also did not have a very good flight even though he got bumped to Business Class. He though it would not be fair to take food off the plane with him so he politely left it on board in the passengers … Continue reading »
Jun
02
New York for a long Week End
Nicolette’s dad Alfred is coming to Portland to visit us for 6 weeks. Since he is flying in from South Africa via New York we decided that we would take the opportunity to spend a few days in the big apple with him. So its off the NY we go. We booked on Jet Blue … Continue reading »
Aug
24
LAX to PDX
Well well well, had another cracker travel experience. En route to Portland to run the Hood to Coast and really all was going well. After landing in Los Angeles and spending a couple of hours in the riveting United “Red Carpet” lounge….. NOT. It must be the poorest Airport Lounge I have been in anyway … Continue reading »
Aug
23
No Smoking Please
While on a long haul flight from Auckland NZ to Los Angeles I saw the most bazaar incident. It has been many years now that one is not allowed to smoke on board any aircraft. While exiting the toilet the next person going in was this short lady that did not speak much English. As … Continue reading »
Aug
18
Cattle Class, Dads and kids
Years ago when I worked for IBM in South Africa we used to travel to Europe regularly for education and it always used be a bad flight if there were a couple of kids on the flight sitting anywhere near where one was. As one matures in life and have children of your own one … Continue reading »
Aug
18
Singapore Airlines does it again
Well Singapore Airlines in my opinion comes close to the best airline that I have every traveled with apart from Sir Richard Brandson’s Virgin. Now a couple of month ago they announced their “New” Firsts and Business class makeover which might well move them to the top in my books. On my return from Hong … Continue reading »
Aug
16
Taxi in Hong Kong
Well I have been in many a Taxi in many a country in the world. I had an interesting ride in one in Hong Kong tonight. It was peak hour traffic and we did not have that far to go and it was pouring with rain. Our cabbie was in what seemed to be the … Continue reading »