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4 October 2008
Today I caught the bus from New York to Philadelphia. The two hour journey with Apex Bus, departing at 1000, cost me USD1 booked through Buszoo.com!! Yes, that’s one dollar … no typo. The trip was operated by one of many Chinese bus companies centered in Chinatown. It was like a scene from rural China […]
3 October 2008
I took a ferry to Staten Island this morning. Return ferry services are free for everyone, can you believe it? I didn’t feel the urge to climb up the Statue of Liberty so I decided this would be better value than the any other harbour cruise considering the sad grey skies. In the […]
2 October 2008
I began my exploration of the Big Apple by going up its most famous landmark, arguably. I went up the Empire State Building … funny name considering this country had not Empire, Emperor or Empress! Text continues after this gallery. I then continued walking around the skyscrapers and landmarks of Lower Manhattan, then […]
1 October 2008
It was my first time in New York, the Big Apple. My Emirates flight arrived around 1415 into JFK airport. I’m Couchsurfing with a lady by the name of Anne-France, who is actually from France. Located in lower/mid Manhattan, I take the AirTrain to a station called Jamaica before changing to the subway. She had […]
20 August 2007
Above: At Mission Santa Barbara. We have a big day today, driving from Arroyo Grande to Los Angeles (about 3h drive) before flying to London Heathrow. We had enough time on the drive to stop at the Mission at Santa Barbara, about halfway through the drive. While the mission was founded in 1786 the existing […]
19 August 2007
Above: Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach. Kim, Eric and Rodger were off to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance (classic carshow) today. That really didn’t interest me and I didn’t want to pay an exorbitant sum to see more cars. But I couldn’t stay back at the hotel as we had checked-out for our move down […]
18 August 2007
Above: Street scene in Carmel today. We headed out in the car this morning to Carmel and then Pebble Beach. Along the way, Kim was distracted by a sign saying there was a car show at San Martin County Park. Of course, he couldn’t resist that and we took a detour there. This car show […]
17 August 2007
Arrived into San Francisco at 1225 from Auckland after an overnight flight. We collected our rental car and despite not having tonnes of time, we did a drive around of San Fran to give Eric a look at the Golden Gate bridge. It’s his first time here and it seems cruel not to show him […]
30 April 2007
Above: Beach at Fort Lauderdale. Third and final timeshare presentation We took a light breakfast at the Welcome Centre. They didn’t have a toaster for a bagel and untoasted bagels are a little too stodgy. It was the standard two-hour presentation which started with a general chat lasting 1h, then a tour of the property, […]
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 […]