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28 April 2007
Short exploration Our stay at Daytona’s Islander Resort included a continental breakfast of bagel, real juice and a few other items. We had to arrange a timeshare presentation to attend. We had been misled into thinking that we would be required to attend one presentation in Florida, but because we’re splitting our stay across three […]
27 April 2007
Today we visit Kennedy Space Centre before continuing to Daytona Beach. The drive from Kissimmee to Kennedy took less than an hour. The Kennedy Space Centre is NASA’s primary launch station for space flight. Some exhibits were accessible by foot from the entrance area but three by bus. Overall, we got to see some of […]
26 April 2007
We decided to revisit Celebration today and take some photos. It’s a lovely place, even though it is rather contrived. Text continues after this gallery. From here, we drove to north Orlando, to Winter Park. This is a resort community founded in the 1880s. The homes here were very nice as well but […]
25 April 2007
Above: Nice home in Celebration. Visiting Celebration Flying east, I have trouble waking in the morning. This time it was a little more complicated. I woke at 0230 and couldn’t sleep till 0530. And when I did, I woke up around 1030. We had a light breakfast and went out at 1200 for our 1230 […]
24 April 2007
Yesterday Yesterday was a “spare” day which we kinda “filled-in”. As we were flying on standby from Auckland to Los Angeles, it’s best to have a spare day before continuing on to Florida. So, we filled in the day with seeing crew friends that were overnighting here and eating at Kim’s favourite places. We also […]
22 April 2007
We landed at Los Angeles in the early afternoon. Because Air New Zealand uses Terminal 2, the manouvering and parking for the large jet was tight, so it is normal to have the aircraft towed to its final position. But it seemed strange that the aircraft was being towed with its engine roaring. Once we […]
15 April 2007
It’s quite an irony that I had been learning Thai massage at Wat Pho Thai Traditional Medicine School but hadn’t actually visited the wat this trip. Since we had some time before check-out and the evening departure, I thought it would be good to go along with Mum and step-dad. Text continues after this gallery. […]
15 April 2007
I’m truly not a shopper but when in Bangkok, I feel like I should make an effort. There are good bargains to be had and it makes the day more interesting for my oldies. After breakfast we took a taxi to Jatujak Market. After a while, the oldies rested and had lunch. I continued looking […]
13 April 2007
Above: Splashing water on the streets is part of the Songkran tradition. Today is Songkran or Thai New Year. Despite the auspicious day, our Thai massage course and exam is proceeding normally. It was with some surprise that I got to school dry and not drenched by merry-makers as per the Songkran tradition. Our instructional […]
9 April 2007
Above: Thai massage class in progress. Despite the huge time difference between Morocco and Thailand, I woke up at 0630 and had breakfast. I took a taxi to Wat Pho. I continued to have difficulty finding the registration centre and had to pay for internet to actually locate the place. The five day Traditional Thai […]