Hi all, It’s been awhile, but as I said in September, blogging is slowed down these days, both because I decided I wanted to focus more on enjoying the travel experience rather than recording it, and because I’ve been very busy at work fighting the man and such. But I’m about to start a whirlwind
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This is the second in what might or might not be a series about my August/September 2018 trip to Manchester, England and Scotland. You can read a preview of the trip here. Delta Flt. 151 Washington-National to Atlanta (DCA-ATL) A321, Economy Sch. Dep. 3:00PM Sch. Arr. 4:58PM Act. Dep. 2:57PM Act. Arr. 4:38PM Virgin
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Pardon the interruption from the Iceland posts (I still hope to crank at least two more out), but it’s been a super-busy (and productive) six weeks at work and my big summer trip is already almost here! This will actually be my longest trip in over a year, at eleven nights, and I’m very excited,
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This is the fourth and final part in a series about my February 2018 trip to Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya. You can read my overview of the trip here. Delta Flt. 538 Cancun to Atlanta (CUN-ATL) B737, Economy Comfort Sch. Dep. 4:25PM Sch. Arr. 7:04PM Act. Dep. 4:16PM Act. Arr. 6:54PM Delta
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In February, I did a short 2-night trip down to Mexico’s Riviera Maya, around Playa del Carmen. The genesis of the trip was a desire to use my free night certificate I got from meeting a spend requirement on my now-discontinued Fairmont Visa. The certificate was good anywhere in the world, but with the catch
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Things have been quite busy since I got back from Colombia three weeks ago, but I should get back to posting more from that trip soon. In the meantime, I’ll be heading back south in a few days and figured I’d share the plan as I head to…. Playa del Carmen. So the origin of
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Aeromexico Flt. 623 Washington-Dulles (IAD) to Mexico City (MEX) B737-700, “Clase Premier”/Business Class Sch. Dep. 1:17 AM Sch. Arr. 5:15 AM Act. Dep. 1:15 AM Act. Arr. 8:39 AM Because of my accounting error at the Crowne Plaza in Hamburg, I needed to spend about $3 in food and beverage during an IHG hotel stay
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For most of my life, I was a Delta guy – both growing up in New York, in law school, clerking in Los Angeles, and then working in New York. I was a Delta elite member for four or five years, oscillating between Silver and Gold Medallion, and it generally worked well for me. Then
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This is part 3 of my series exploring my March 2017 trip to South Africa and Namibia, which started here. Air France Flt. 55 Washington-Dulles to Paris B777-300ER, Business Class Sched. Dep. 6:35PM Actual Dep. 6:29PM Sched. Arr. 8:00AM +1 Actual Arr. 7:38AM +1 It’s been awhile since I’ve flown out of Dulles. But this
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In a few weeks I’ll be traveling to South Africa and Namibia, which will be my first trip to the mainland of Africa. (Back in 2014, I went to the Seychelles with layovers in Ethiopia.) At this point, South Africa, China, India, and Japan are pretty much the only major global destinations I haven’t been,
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