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13 August 2022
Aircraft boneyard at Victorville Today we make a day-trip to Victorville before I hopefully fly back to New Zealand. Victorville had been on the plan all along, with us meant to fly from Colombia to Las Vegas originally. Victorville would be a stop on the drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. But due to […]
12 August 2022
With 2h time difference from Bogota, I woke around 0530 but stayed in bed till about 0600. I had plenty of my mind with my upcoming flight on standby, looking up the passenger loads over the next few days. I made up my mind to fly tomorrow night instead of 2 days later on 15 […]
11 August 2022
Flying to Medellin Having slept with the aid of half a pill last night around 2030, I was up at 0230 but tried to sleep again. After 0330 I gave up and did things on my phone until the alarm went off at 0430. It was time for us to leave South America for North […]
17 September 2016
We had a day to kill before our flight to Auckland at 2310 tonight. We checked out at 1030 and had plenty of time till our appointment with my old school friends Joanne and Jeff at a Korean restaurant in Torrance. So we stopped by a Walmart along the way. Just as well we bought […]
16 September 2016
Today, Kim took us to Venice Beach. It was new for Dai but not for me. We were very lucky with parking near the Venice Canals which was close enough to the beach. We had a nice walk in the perfect sunshine and stopped for coffee as well. From there, we drove northwards passing various […]
15 September 2016
Today was our first of our three driving days in this sprawling city. Kim decided to take me and Daisuke somewhere we both hadn’t been to. And that would be the mission at San Juan Capistrano about an hour away. Dai and I went around the two main courtyards of the mission and several rooms […]
14 September 2016
Flying from Quebec City to Los Angeles, via New York Despite half a tablet of sleeping pill last night, I only dozed for about 5h. I didn’t feel too bad when the alarm sounded at 0300. We were out pretty swiftly and headed to Quebec City’s airport nearby where we returned the car. With 2h […]
13 September 2016
Exploring the Old Town It’s our last day in Canada and we had it set aside for exploring Quebec City’s old town. Having done our reconnaissance, we drove to Lower Town where we parked easily and relatively cheaply for the max allowable period of 5h. The ferry to Levis was ready to leave so we […]
12 September 2016
Kimball woke with a sore neck and shoulder today. Fortunately it was an easy 2h40 drive from Montreal to Quebec City. This would be our last hop by car in Canada this trip. We took a detour through Mont Royal where we saw some exclusive homes, cemeteries and the viewpoint before leaving the city via […]
11 September 2016
We had a very slow morning both before and after the awesome continental breakfast at Manoir Sherbrook. There weren’t any cold cuts but whatever they had was top notch, eg. bread, pastries, jams. The weather still looked blustery outside but was set to calm down. We stepped outside before 1100 and returned to get a […]