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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 […]
4 May 2016
The plan for the day was not to have a plan, or as little of a plan as possible. After breakfast we walked over to St Charles St to catch the street car to Canal St. We bought a 24h pass for USD3 so that we could explore wherever took our fancy. Just because of […]
3 May 2016
We had a light breakfast of oats, cup-mandarins and waffle at the guest house before setting o ff around 1000 to walk into the French Quarter. It took about 45 minutes through some nice houses in various states of disrepair and gentrification. Arriving into Bourbon St, I thought it was just sleazy. And that was […]
2 May 2016
Getting going We woke earlier today out of necessity and felt better for it. We ate lightly, finished packing and set off for the Houston (Johnson) Space Centre. It was about a 50 minute drive taking the outer ring road but Google Maps suggested that was the fastest way. We got there about 1000. The […]