Travel is rarely “perfect”. The careful plans one makes at the start of a trip can easily go awry. Whether its a delayed flight, a less than perfect meal, a rude hotel clerk, a stomach upset or a storm, your holiday or business travels can be quickly impacted. Best-selling author H. Jackson Brown, Jr. in a book titled “Live and Learn and Pass It On: People ages 5 to 95 share what they’ve discovered about life, love, and other good stuff” printed a quote by an unknown 52 year old who said: I’ve learned that you…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for June 2015.
My 300th time thru Sydney
This week I celebrate another geeky milestone! I have now flown into or out of SYD Sydney’s (Kingsford Smith) Airport 300 times! Of the 212 airports I have travelled through in my life, this Australian airport is my second most visited: 1 MEL Melbourne 328 15.7 % 4.2 2 SYD Sydney 300 14.3 % 2.9 3 LAX Los Angeles 99 4.7 % 1.7 4 ADL Adelaide 78 3.7 % 4.4 5 AKL Auckland 78 3.7 % 3.2 Since my first flight into Sydney on 3rd July 1971 on a Pan Am 747, I have now travelled to…
Learn Some History
I cringe on tours when people say the stupidest things or ask the most embarrassing questions that show the traveller has not taken one minute to learn about their destination. As an Australian, one gets tired of the jibes “all of Australia came from convicts” which ignores the 60 000 years of human settlement followed by the waves of migration from Europe and Asia in the last 230 years. Standing in the Forum in Rome listening to people confuse Greece and Rome or ask if the Colosseum was built in the Middle Ages is enlightening…
Trip Advisor is my friend!
I am a huge fan of Trip advisor. I read Trip advisor reviews for pleasure either as a way of armchair travelling or to see what weird and wonderful things people add. I also glean vital information when making decisions about hotels. Trip Advisor reviews have given me great advice on the best services, hotels and restaurants from New York to Seattle to Myanmar,to Sydney. I was interested that at my last hotel in Rangoon, Myanmar, every staff member implored me to leave a positive review on Tripadvisor about the hotel. There seem to me there are five types of reviews on…
Lindisfarne – The Holy Island
One of my fascinations is tidal islands-islands that are cut off for part of the day. I am not sure how many there are in the world but I have now visited three: Mont St Muchel in France Mount st Michael in Cornwall Most recently Lindisfarne off the North East Coast of England I was so excited to travel 1.6km (1 mile) from the British mainland to the island via a causeway that goes under water twice a day when the North Sea sweeps in and cuts Lindisfarne off from England. We went past warning…
2015 Handy Tipping Guide
Tipping is confusing across the globe but nowhere is it more confusing than the USA. I discovered recently that the American Hotel and Lodging Association has an official guide to tipping. It can be easily printed out and carried with one or downloaded as a photo or bookmark on my phone. Related Posts Know Your Tipping Treat People with Respect
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