Customer service
This may come across as odd, but the service and politeness of the people of Sri Lanka are embarrassing. Embarrassinly nice. They don't expect tips. They are happy to help and in my opinion, people get to work, not have to work. The young lady who made up my hotel room folded my cloths, left me a no...
City Tour
Self guides city tour this morning after a few hours sleep. Uber makes it easy to grab a tuk-tuk for under a dollar and scoot around the city. Visited the Lotus Tower, highest in central Asia, nice view of city. On to national museum. Seems the Portuguese was here first, then the Dutch and then the...
Slight detour
We have a lot of unrest in Dhaka Bangladesh with students and the population rioting over jobs and the fact the ruling party saves the best job for…the ruling party. I was told I would need to stay in the airport or if I was able to make it to the hotel, not leave, so headed for Sri Lanka tonight. H...
Singapore.
Wonderful 17 hour flight to Singapore. Took the MRT or train in from airport and got an early check in at 8:30 am. Because of the IT mix up it looked like 24 hours here, but some fancy footwork with United desk and the hotel shuffle, I get three days here. This is a magnificent, well groomed city wi...
Blue Screen of Death
Sitting on the Plane to Singapore last night when after boarding twice and sitting for three hours at the gate, we get the work that due to a computer error, all flights are grounded. So, at 2 in the morning, it’s a mad scramble to not only rebook flights, but to find a hotel. As you can imagine, ho...
Venice Beach
One day layover in LA California and a run to one of my favorite beaches. Venice Beach and Santa Monica. It’s a wonderful walk from Marina Del Rey to Santa Monica while walking through wanky Venice beach, home of the fruits and nuts of the world. I have been here dozens of times, and enjoy the 4-5 m...
Full Day of Travel
Yesterday was Bogota to Houston to Denver to Los Angeles. Thankfully in seat 1-A all the way. Going to tour Venice beach today, one of my favorite spots in the Los Angeles area, and I like both Marina Del Rey at the beginning and the long walk to Santa Monica. Pictures to follow.
Travel Day Bogota-Houston-Denver-LAX
Gotta love travel. Moved hotels to the Marriott closer to the airport for an early flight. Not much sleep. Up at 3:30 and the water was shut off at the hotel for a maintenance issue. Bathed and brushed teeth from a water bottle and hit the road for a full day of travel. Met a nice man who is the hea...
Bogata
Bogotá is the third-highest capital in South America and in the world after Quito and La Paz, at an average of 2,640 meters (8,660 ft) above sea level. There are 7.2 million residents.