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Travel Blogs from Houston
And We're Off!
Heading off to the airport, IAH! Next Stop Atlanta, then a straight 15 hrs to Joburg, where we'll catch another plane to Gaborone! We have a room at a casino resort to relax and unwind before we head out to the white hot sands of the Kalahari. Im taking a duffel bag and a backpack, with mostly clean clothes and books. 36 Days will be over in the blink of an eye! ...
Not much to write about...
My only reason to come to Houston was to visit the NASA space center. Frankly, it was unimpressive at best.
Houston downtown looked very busy, huge and un-inviting and I felt very tired at the same time. So I decided not to do anything else in Houston. I checked into a motel close to NASA and crashed.
Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Bayou country in Louisiana. My destinations are going to be Lafayette, Avery Island, New Orleans and anywhere else that looks ...
Cancelled flight and problem solving
... another call: the flight was cancelled. Not only that, but Paul and I, checking our email, realized that we had been booked on different flights. I was scheduled to leave around 11pm, go through Houston, and arrive at 6am. Paul was schedule to leave around midnight, go through Chicago, and arrive around noon.
When we reached the airport, we went to the check-in desk to see if we could get on different flights. We were told no, and that we should call the ...
Houston "we have a problem"
... were great...couple of bottles (small!!) of wine and the last 3 current 'new release' movies available...turns out I have flown so much of late that I have watched them all!! Arrived in Houston and this time got through border patrol with no problems...my luck was in...clearly Esky had been the dodgy looking one in Miami! BUT since America is determined to show me that their borders are full of gun wielding power tripping bureaucrats I ...
Remember the ALAMO!
... towards San Antonio.
On the way we stopped by the White Elephant Flee Market. Of course there wasn't much open that early in the morning and on Christmas Eve. I walked around and Randy came looking for me and he found some smelly stuff that was less then half price from department stores, so we got it.
We arrived in San Antonio around 3:30pm, checked in and realized that they only have a ...