Hilton Albuquerque Hotel

Am surveying others on how they attempt to stay healthy when traveling in airports and on planes? I have traveled almost every week for over 13 years and have found some ways to cope but am interested in what others have found works for them?

Thanks!

On October 1, 2009 friends of over 50 years will be meeting in New Mexico to celebrate our 70th birthday. The last trip we took together was 20 years ago on our 50th birthday. We went to British Columbia, Canada and had the time of our lives.
It has taken us 20 years to decide to take another birthday trip together. We'll toast the friends we've lost and the ones who could not join us.
Stay tuned as we take this wonderful journey together.

Mazda S6 car, Route 66, Arizona

One of the more adventurous parts of our trip has begun! We now have reinforcements in the form of Benji (Max's friend from Brussels) and his girlfriend Catherine, who travelled down from Detroit to drive down the historic interstate institution that is R66.

Our last 2 days in New York/NJ were action-packed and as memorable as the first 5. We spent almost all of Tuesday visiting the iconic Statue of Liberty and the ...

... woman. How about that.

Then I roamed around town and went in to some of the shops. This area is very much into chili peppers. So you see them everywhere. There were several Native Americans on the Plaza selling their wares. No, I am not going to tell you what I bought.

Time for a Trolley Tour. It gives you a nice ...

... of the day is "Better an old mans sweetheart than a young mans fool"
Ran errands w/LEE then went to the office w/her to study
St. Claires for dinner
Dillards - bought Armik a flowery dress
Marble brewery - red beer & blond - met Miguel (peace corp!!!) & Ken

DAY 6: Tue August 11
Frontier - had the world famous sweet roll & over easy eggs
UNM - took pictures by the imitation old man on bench, walked around the student union, and the library
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... of the group. At one stage Adrian and myself decided that it would be a fantastic idea to let some of the girls write all over us with permanent markers. Seemed like a good idea at the time! A group of us (can't remember exactly who, but the photos from the end of the night implicate me, Kelsie, Fiona, Ben and Adrian) kicked on until about 3 a.m. at which point we realised we should probably call it a night since we had to be up at 5:30 a.m. for hot air ballooning!!

... Peņita. It's on the beach, surrounded by rolling mountains. I know, life is tough, eh? I'll be teaching English down there for a year! So keep in tune everyone, for I will be sharing my adventures whenever I get the chance, starting in less than two weeks. I leave August 1st! Besos.

Today was the last orientation before the group leaves for Buenos Aires. I will not get to see the group again until we meet at the airport on in Buenos Aires on Wednesday! The orientation was pretty general... just a lot of information about the excursions, what to expect, etc. We have three group leaders and the head one is a woman named Alejandra who is a professor at UNM in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She is from Buenos ...

... There are preserved ruins of the ground houses and cliff dwellings, including several kivas (ceremonial houses), petroglyphs, and an elevated ceremonial cave. We walked along the guided path around the ruins and up to some of the preserved cliff dwellings first, taking TONS of pictures. Afterwards, we decided take the hike and climb up to the ceremonial cave, which is located 140 feet up from the canyon floor. A nice ...

... of the Dead statues. Given my fascination with relics and religious icons, I thought I was in a candy store. My impression was made even stronger after talking to the owner. It was pretty clear from our talk that he wasn’t a “hands off” proprietor. He had several fascinating stories about the pieces in the store. We also swapped tales about various relics that each of us had seen. It was great to learn something from an expert in the field ...