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April can drive
Judy April and I left Boston two hours later than intended but with April's mad jetta skills we made good time. Got to hotel, napped, made a Dunkin's run and, ironically, watched a NAt Geo show about Jeb the Giant Catfish hunter on the Mekong in ...
Trains, planes and automobiles
So this was my day. Taxi to the SONO train station. Metro North train to Grand Central Terminal. Shuttle bus to the airport. Airplane to Beijing. All I needed was a boat thrown in for good measure I would have had the global ...
The Travel Slut cruises on the Coral Princess
... the Coral Princess in early March 2007 on a cruise that took me from the port of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Ocho Rios Jamaica, The Panama Canal (and Gatun Locks), Colon, Panama, Limon and the rainforests of Costa Rica, Georgetown, Grand Cayman and ...
T-0 days
Up until now, this whole trip has been just an academic exercise. It's as if I'm planning this surreal trip but not actually going on it. Today that changed: I'M REALLY DOING THIS CRAZY THING! Hopefully I have everything. There ...
The Big Apple!!
Day 339 ; You guessed it, more clothes shopping..... But we killed two birds, we checked out SoHo at the same time. Went round the deli [newsagents] this morning, got a huge dollar coffee that you pour yourself from pots on the heat, loads of ...
NU YOIK!!!
... !!! Plus, no in flight food or film choice so yeah, glad when we finally touched down in JFK. Out within minutes and jumped into a taxi which took us to our new home!!! In Queens, not far from Jamaica.... Off to sleep, excited about ...
Nuu Yonkers!!!
... with that! Got ourselves a metro card each which gives us unlimited use of the Mta and jumped onto a bus which took us to Jamaica central, twenty minute ride and there we go underground! and onto the subway, we take the E line, "world trade centre bound ...
NYC!!!!
Day 338 ; Today was Central Park day!! Being Sunday , what better to do?? Plus, no way we could handle shopping two days in a row! Made our way in from Queens again by bus and train , and emerged on 50th and Seventh, walked north the nine blocks ...
Intrepid
The last full day in the US and the Holiday coming to an end. We spent the day in New York, visiting the Intrepid Aircraft carrier. http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ Then walking to Central Park before making our way back to the Hotel. ...
Climb to the top of Lady Liberty
Well jet lag set in this morning, both Caroline and I was wide awake at 3am. So an early start for Breakfast and then into Manhattan. We had reserved ticket for the Statue of Liberty way back in February, and again we planned to climb to the ...
Vanderbilt Mansion then to JFK and home....
Couldn't leave Hyde Park without a tour of the Vanderbilt Mansion. WOW....it was lovely. Sitting high on a bluff overlooking the Hudson, and boasting 55,000 sq feet...it was huge! Tons of Italian marble, and ceilings, tapestries, ...
Back to New York
Today was a travelling day, starting off in Virginia - we travelled to Washington DC and then used the Amtrak to New York. The car was returned back to the Airport - we travelled over 1800 miles in the time we had it. Not much in the way of ...
The Journey Begins
Our journey started way back in Connecticut. We got an early start, leaving around 11:00. In fact, we began the day with breakfast at our favorite place, Harvest Café & Bakery. As usual, the food was so good and there was so much of it, we were ...
Arrived Safely
The flight went well, arrived about 15 minutes late into JFK. Luggage located, and to the hotel. Not much to report about today, just a couple of pictures from along the way. Tomorrow we are off to Climb to the top of the Statue of Liberty ...
wreszcie w USA
Dotarlismy wreszcie do USA. Podroz nie nalezala niestety do najprzyjemniejszych. To znaczy odcinek Monachium-Paryz bez zarzutu, szybko i wygodnie, ale pozniej nie bylo juz tak dobrze. Na lotnisku w Paryzu szybko przemiescilismy sie do wlasciwego ...
Boston to Toronto
So I haven't bought my ticket to Toronto just yet, but my hotel stay has been booked. I'm 1 ticket away from having everything planned. Can't ...
Mount Corbett--An Estate Fit for Royalty
My first visit to Mount Corbett was in 2006. Our company went on a corporate retreat to a wonderful vacation villa in Jamaica. We were greeted by a gracious staff under the beautiful porte coche.My first visit to Mount Corbett was in 2006. Our company ...
Time to Hit the Hay!
It was about 11:45pm when we arrived at the Best Western Kennedy Airport. The check in process went smoothly and the desk clerk was extremely pleasant. Our room was very clean and comfortable ... but very small. It is obvious that ...
Day 23
Still in Galveston...we toured the downtown area The Strand...the historic district. Lots of old buildings made into stores. Good time and very interesting. Many stores not open due to Hurricane Ike in September 2008. The water ...
Scary ride to our hotel
The sky was just starting to look ominous when the car arrived to take my daughter Maggie and I to New York. Living only twenty minutes away from Bradley Airport, we normally fly out from there but for this trip I had opted to fly out of JFK. ...
Departure from USA
We are scheduled to depart from the Messiah College Kline/Jordan parking lot at 12 noon. We chartered a Motor Coach from the Red Lion Bus Company. Why not leave in luxury? We found out that the students enrolled in the "Thailand For a Semester" program ...
over night.. that's all
So the adventure really starts the minute you leave the plane. The long walk to the immigration area. 4 US passports and 1 Barbados passport with a US Visa puts us into the Visitors queue. NO problem.. until the guy walks through ...
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