http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/FC/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from FC en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:10:39 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:10:39 +0000 The sun was shining on the last day and we decided to head to the top of the world. Unfortunately the line to get to the tallest building was ridiculous. Lucky for us the second tallest was right next door and the line was practically nonexistent. So up we went. The views were amazing. We even managed to send a few postcards from the worlds highest post office The tallest lobby Hyattal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-335319.html After work Linda and I headed to the shops. The guys eventually met up with us but not until after we did loads of damage. Although truly on a timequantity basis Colin kicked my butt. The deals to be had in Shanghai are like no other. Everyone is selling the same crap which is actually of ok quality. Not great but really not bad considering you are paying less than 10 for just about eve http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-335314.html Talk about a whirlwind. Had an interesting flight in Business Class on China Eastern. Needless to say I was the only Caucasian in business class. I was looking forward to relaxing but the state of the plane and the fact that the flight attendants struggled with English made for an interesting ride. Eventually I did arrive safe and sound so no complaints. The hotel was gorgeous. If ever in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-335307.html Pictures can be found at www.flickr.comphotoscutaia WarningI have not weeded through them...there are bound to be way way way too many. Will weed through once I get back home. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-214635.html 10262007 Snow CanyonWoke up to smoke coming over the ridge from California. We decided webetter head out on the Grand Canyon tour sooner rather than laterbecause the smoke was only going to get worse. So off we went. Greatday for flying and Dave was a wonderful pilot as always. Forgot howcomfortable and safe the Cirrus felt. We headed out over the canyon.The smell from the smoke was very st http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-214634.html 10252007 ZionWhat a trip. About 1 hr from Dave and Eileen's place. Nice scenicdrive...I had no idea what was in store We got to the bottom of thismountain and Dave said we will be at the top soon. Where is thefunicular Where is the gondola I think Dave thought I was kidding.Nope not kidding. Seriously We are going to scale Mt Everest hereHoly crap. So off we start. After abou http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-214633.html Will write more... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Brunei/Bandar-Seri-Begawan/blog-49682.html Will write more soon... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Brunei/Bandar-Seri-Begawan/blog-49677.html Haven't finished this yet...I have been busy doing nothing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Brunei/Bandar-Seri-Begawan/blog-49673.html Joeny came to pick me up again so we had a wonderful drive in to the Airport. We went past the Grand Hotel again and I got a few great shots of the hotel from a distance. It really is Grand. What a perfect name. I got to the airport early and headed to the Evergreen lounge. They have a wonderful buffet and I suddenly realized that I had forgotten breakfast. The food was very Asian without th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-49668.html So the week of work was hectic and successful. I headed up to Taipei to spend the day on Saturday before I fly to the island of Borneo. I had breakfast with the gang from Pamir. What a great team of people. They found out I was headed to Taipei and planned my whole day for me I canrsquot wait to get there nowsounds wonderful. I got carried away with talking who me 61514 and headed http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/Ruifang-Scenic-Area/blog-49664.html Last few days have been a bit of a blur. I couldn't sleep much yesterday. Only 4 hours...seriously not enough for me. Work has taken overare you shocked I have experimented with more interesting food...I had some kind of soup with pork meat battered in a fish coating. Ok not something for me. I know that for sure Also I had the rice sticks Hsinchu is also well known for thisbig exp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-48163.html People actually travel here and manage to go to work the next day As predicted I started melting around 6pm here. By 8pm I was in a strange fog. Not sure if I was walking forward or standing still. Either way a good nights sleep was all I longed for. But alas there was work to be done I crawled into bed around midnight and when my alarm went off at 530 let's just say it is a good thing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-47801.html Hi everyoneI made it. 20 hours and two days later I am here in Taiwan. Somehow the math doesn't work but you know what I mean. Hope everyone is doing well. I need to head to work but will update this after. I have attached a few pics from the flight over to Japan on the way here. We had a perfectly clear albeit very windy day. Mt. Fuji was just a sight to see. Beautiful and majestic an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Aichi/Nagoya/blog-47593.html