Two pictures of the same villa at Pompeii in different perspective. (This post has a lot of repetition…) So today a couple of things: An amazing experience seeing both Pompeii and Herculaneum. Stupendous. And then something else: Getting there and…
This is what it looks like… Air conditioning and insulation; modernity is heaven. We took breakfast in the hotel, included in the rate, then set out to explore. Hazy to begin with it was hot from the get go. A…
Here’s a pleasant diversion: Nearly a month in Italy. Leaving YVR Everything went pretty smoothly at YVR, the magic of leaving an Evo at Park N Fly and avoiding the hassle (and the meter) on a taxi brings some minor…
Four days in the city that never sleeps. Sort of a cultural exchange. Well I guess the first thing is that getting out of YVR wasn’t so easy, the perks of “Diamond” status with Aeroplan somewhat elusive and then…
It’s going to be two flights up to get away home: Japan Airlines 736 Hong Kong to Tokyo, Narita, then transfer to JL 18 Narita to Vancouver, overnight. We were packed and showered and out of the W shortly after…
It’s red knots, red balloons and miniature orange trees everywhere you go; Chinese New Year is just days away. As for us, it’s the end of the road less and more traveled. No more turndown service with pillow chocolates……
Saturday was quite beautiful (as the hazy weather in HK goes) and I was able to get a few decent view pics from the room, day and night. The mish-mash above is the ludicrous design in…
I shaved this morning and my Australia tan disintegrated into the sink. Ditto SS. This morning we woke up on the 33rd floor of the W Hong Kong. It’s an uneven brand, as hotel chains go, but by gosh…
Great picture. I forgot to post that the day after MONA in Hobart. I can’t recall the artist exactly, my recollection is he was into “architectural modelism” but had no architecture training. There were beautiful modernistic renderings of towns…
I neglected to write about our ferry trip yesterday (vis-à-vis BCF). There was one ferry employee at the island on departure (it’s a pay on the mainland free return like Salt Spring Crofton). There was one deckhand directing traffic on…