Living in California certainly has a bounty of benefits: the weather, the beach, the entertainment…but it’s not without its negatives. The two biggest bummers: Insane taxes and a complete and utter lack of Whataburger. I’ll save my detailed Whataburger rave for another time (it’s lengthy), and I won’t even entertain the In-N-Out vs. Whataburger silly…
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Am I the only one who gets nervous sending my passport off…in the mail…across the country??? It’s both a thrill and a concern at the same time. With your help, I’d like to keep an updated tally of visa processing times. Consulate websites are often outdated and incorrect. It’s my goal, with your help, to…
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It’s a Family Affair I’m sure no one wants to hear the details of someone else’s family tree, but nonetheless, I’m going to tell you a story. I will try and keep it short and concise, but I’m writing this with the hopes of inspiring others; others like me: who wondered about their distant ancestors…
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March 2019: I didn’t necessarily mean to fly all the way around the globe…but after all the flights were booked, it just kinda laid out that way. Here’s what the route looked like: San Francisco (west) to Singapore, to connect for the Maldives. Three nights in the Maldives, then a direct flight to Sri Lanka…
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Hong Kong Ding Dong I say “phooey!” because I visited Hong Kong in November of 2016…just before I started blogging seriously. So I have only a few pictures and even fewer notes. But here goes! I was on my way to the least-visited country in the world: Nauru—a speck in the vast Pacific that most…
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On a recent trip to Bahrain, I was amused by how many big American restaurant brands were all over the place! From pizza to burgers to donuts, apparently the Arabs really like their American junk food! How many of these eight American brands can you recognize from their iconic logos and fonts only? The answers…
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History, culture, camels…my afternoon in Bahrain chronicled. Route Canal The Maldives to Bahrain, with a few stops in between. It was an interesting route, one that would take me completely around the world in less than two weeks, but somehow it all made sense. Between every flight being direct (once I made it to the Maldives),…
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A warm breeze, a golden sunset, shiny buildings and clean roads. And lots of money. This was Kuwait. Extreme Layover: Kuwait City It was one of the best routed trips I’d ever managed to piece together. I used a credit card sign up bonus to fly business class from San Francisco to the Maldives, before…
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