Day 3 started on arrival to Dubai International Airport. Not to sound grumpy, but zero ground service was offered. No golf cart to pick me up. No welcoming. Nothing. The VIP on the flight got a military and UN welcome,…
Day 2: Emirates First Class New York – Dubai
Since I’m flying premium on Emirates, I am entitled to their limo pickup service, which is excellent – considering my flight is out of JFK (Kennedy) airport, it’s easily a $65 ride from Manhattan. The only problem is … I…
Day 1: New York and Intercontinental Times Square
And thus begins the trip. First experience was in the airport, where I showed up very early for a change. But, as luck would have it, my flight was delayed by 1.5 hours. I already had barely an evening in…
Planning for the upcoming trip: Myanmar, here I come!
I can hardly sit still for more than two months at a time. Not being on a plane for more than that just seems improbably unpleasant. This is considering I just did a 7-month weekly flight project in Toronto where…
Random pics – winter trip
Wanted to share a few pictures from the winter trip we took down South. Since I was trying out a new camera (Canon EOS 6D), I tried to go out of my way to capture a few interesting shots, and…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – The Centre of Japan
After having seen it on some random TV show, I have been wanting to visit the “centre of Japan” – 日本のへそ. Honestly, I think nobody really cares about this, and I did get a number of raised eyebrows when mentioning…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Kyoto Arashiyama
After returning from Hokkaido, we spent most of our time in Kobe, as usual. We made a trip to my old stomping grounds, Kyoto, and to one of my favourite places there – Arashiyama (the other being Tetsugaku no michi,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 4
The next day, we were headed off deep into the woods – to Jacatra Pension, middle-of-nowhere Hokkaido, and so on. We were going to drive through the mountains in the center, which bode awesome for my driving enjoyment. But first,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 3
After we were done with Noboribetsu, we headed off to Sapporo. The plan was to cut through the mountains, going through some very, very fun roads (sadly, seeing as I didn’t have a Subaru WRX STi or a Lancer Evolution,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 2
After we picked up our little Honda Fit, we had a few hours to burn before we were heading to dinner at an izakaya by the sea. (Footnote: Hokkaido has amazing food. Its reputation is well-deserved). So I thought, what…