Monday, September 17th, 2007 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney, Australia. The name of the city conjures up many world known landmarks located in the area - Sydney Opera House, the coat hanger Harbour Bridge, and Bondi Beach, to name a few. And some tanned Australians wandering around in their funny hat saying, ‘G’day’. Surprisingly, the more I read about Sydney, the more I realized that I had scratched only the surface of this bustling modern city. Sydney’s rapid expansion has only started in the past fifty years, with claiming to be the bigg [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, September 15th, 2007 - Milford Sound, World Heritage Fiordland NP, New Zealand Queenstown is named after the fact that 'it was a city that was fit for Queen Victoria'. It also happens to be the adventure capital of the world; the world famous bungee company A.J. Hackett's first bungee jumping was born here, just outside Queenstown in historic Kawarau Bridge. The aforementioned facts combined, I could only imagine Queen Victoria is dangling upside down doing bungee jumping. Queenstown is a premiere world class visitors destination on the South Island of New Zealand, a [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 - Rotorua, New Zealand “What is sheep’s favorite newspaper? The WOOL Street Journal!” I chuckled as I finished one of my favorite’s sheep jokes. Prior to the New Zealand trip, I’ve read many sheep jokes in my attempt to blend in with the Kiwis. Some people around me just rolled their sarcasm eyes, and some just smiled politely so they wouldn’t offend me. How can you ignore sheep while visiting this pristine country? It is the fact that the sheep population outnumbers humans by ten to one. And obviously it [View Full Entry]

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Monday, September 10th, 2007 - Auckland, New Zealand Qantas has lived up to my expectations, it provided excellent services and helps that we all needed during our 13 hrs flight. It was an interesting thought to think that we simply never existed on Sunday, September 9, 2007, as we crossed the International Date Line. Our flight left Los Angeles on Saturday, September 8th and arrived on Monday, September 10th. Haere mai. Welcome to New Zealand - New Zealand passenger arrival card We safely arrived in Auckland around 4:55 in the morning, and had to drag our g [View Full Entry]

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Friday, September 7th, 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia/Los Angeles, California My travel plan to the Down Under brought me to the City of Angels for a short time. The first leg of the trip was a three hour flight from Atlanta to Phoenix. I have to admit that I was impressed with the city as this was my first encounter with the state of Arizona, but I can name plenty of other airports in the nation than the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that have better appearance and service. I intentionally left my big backpack with the US Airways at LAX, with [View Full Entry]

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Friday, June 15, 2007 - Biloxi, Mississippi/New Orleans, Louisiana I touched down in Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi regional airport to start my New Orleans weekend getaway at 7:34pm. This was not my first time arriving in the State of Mississippi, but the stereotype of how the ‘poorest’ state in the Union would offer you was inevitably lingering on my mind. Of course the stereotype is not always what you find; Biloxi, Mississippi, for example, is glowing with wealth, as it is the gambling ‘Vegas’ capital in the Southeast United States. Biloxi is located wi [View Full Entry]

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Friday, June 8, 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia/North Charleston, South Carolina We left Atlanta, Georgia, a tad earlier than what originally had planned, but unfortunately the blight journey delivered us right into the middle of notorious ritual of Atlanta’s Friday afternoon traffic jam. It was another opportunity to put our patience to the test among Atlanta’s worst drivers. Or it might be because summer travel had already begun all across the continent. Fortunately I was occupied by simple tasks of observing U.S. flags and South Carolina facts. South Carolina has secu [View Full Entry]

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Friday, May 25th, 2007 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Gas prices are expected to reach its peak during this Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial starting date for 2007 summer traveling season for millions of Americans. According to today’s edition of USA Today, 1 out of 8 Americans are traveling more than 50 miles from their home this weekend; a staggering number of 38 millions travelers, of which 32 millions are driving with their gas-devouring motorized vehicles. I found myself being caught among the rest 6 millions American travelers who opted for air transportation this weekend. [View Full Entry]

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Friday, April 27th, 2007 - Miami, Florida - ‘… Welcome to Miami, Buenvenidos a Miami’ I finally made it to Miami, albeit a typo error problem on the Delta Airlines’s e-ticket in spelling my name (apparently an ‘F’ sounds like an ‘S’ over a phone reservation, but it was permuted rather quickly, thanks to Dustin’s Delta Platinum Member program). Upon our smooth landing at the Miami International Airport, an unrecognized language greeted me; judging by its nasal sound similarities to French and the speakers’ col [View Full Entry]

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Friday, April 20th, 2007 - Rincon and Savannah, Georgia: Earth Day Today is one of America’s significant days for two main reasons. One, it is the official World’s Earth Day, the day when everybody ought to plan something ‘green’ for supporting our earth’s collapsed lungs. However, it was merely a suggestion, a more symbolic task than a functional one, and it wasn’t a surprise that I couldn’t find anyone here planting anything, even for a flower, showing our society’s honest attitude towards our lovely earth. Two, it is the Reme [View Full Entry]

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