October 8th – 22nd, 2011 Racha Yai Island – South of Phuket, Thailand Greetings all! We’ve arrived on Racha Yai island in the Andaman Sea, about an hour south of Phuket, Thailand by boat. It took us a while to get here – about 35 hours in total door to door. We happened to share [...]
October 16th – November 1st, 2009 Beijing We chased the sun west and somehow made it from Friday morning to Saturday night without a single period of darkness. All connections went well and we found our way from the airport, through the Beijing subway system to our hotel, the Jade Garden Hotel. It’s still fairly early on [...]
Jan 31-Feb 7, 2009 January 31st – Denver to Seattle to Vancouver Our yearly trip to a new ski destination takes us to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada this year. Vancouver and Whistler are hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics! This year Mom and Dad would join Marian and me for the adventure! It would be the first time skiing out [...]
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October 3-19, 2008 October 4th – Arrival in Prague Greetings from Prague! After 10 and a half hours of flying, I’m finally here in Prague. All of my connections went well, I’ve figured out the public transit, and found my hostel. I guess that’s a successful first day. The place I’m staying is a bit [...]
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November 4th-9th, 2007 Sunday Nov 4th – Seattle, Washington This trip came about when Southwest Airlines was offering $25 one way tickets for the dates of November 4th through 8th, 2007. Having flexible vacation time, I took advantage. I had been to Seattle once many years ago in a family road trip but really didn’t [...]
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