Two Delta SkyClubs in One, how uncommon for me. Following a quick trip to Miami, I had to go to Ontario for another spell. Luckily, Miami’s Metrorail started running right when I needed it, to get my early flight to LaGuardia. A quick transfer to the Skytrain, followed by a brief stop at check-in and […]
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Hotel Review: Novotel Miami Brickell
Disclaimer: Thanks to Vanessa Menkes Communications, I received a one-night stay at Novotel Miami Brickell. Following an underwhelming stay at DUA Miami, it was time to switch from Marriott to Accor. It was a short if humid hop along The Underline to Novotel Miami Brickell. Quite close to many restaurants, shops, and the Financial District, […]
Hotel Review: DUA Miami
Disclaimer: Thanks to Vanessa Menkes Communications, I received a one-night stay at DUA Miami. Although I could have just as easily looked at a map, I was barely familiar with Brickell, let alone Miami. However, given that it was just a few minutes walk from the Metro Rail station, by which you can easily get […]
Flight and Lounge Review: Condor Business Class Frankfurt to Miami
Disclaimer: I am writing this review with the support of Mardiks PR, who provided one Condor business class Frankfurt to Miami ticket. Condor is a German carrier specializing in leisure destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. I first learned about them years ago, being intrigued about their flight to Whitehorse, in […]
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn and Paternoster Lift
I have been a railfan for many years, but not traditional rail. Rather, it is more of an interest in metro systems and monorails. Depending on one’s point of view, that hobby reached its apex — or nadir — a few years ago, when I created a metro system ticket design for home and travel […]
The Wednesday Who of Airport Names: Jacqueline Cochran
In this week’s Wednesday Who of aviation history, we’ll be learning about the name behind Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Coachella Valley, California. Born on 11 May, 1906 in Muscogee, Florida, Bessie Lee Pittman grew up in poverty, and with very little in the way of schooling. At eight years old, her family moved to […]
Are Visas Required for United States Citizens to Enter Paraguay?
Chungking Mansions was part of a weekly ritual for me when I lived in Hong Kong, and to a lesser extent Shenzhen, right across the border. Chungking Mansions was a world unto itself, filled with West African “member’s only” restaurants, Turkish and Indian restaurants, Pakistani and Bengali phone vendors, and octogenarian tenants, either in cramped […]
Florida’s Brightline Adds Two Rail Stations, Expects to Connect to Orlando Later This Year
Having experienced hours upon hours of Amtrak delays in the United States — which has a lot to do with freight trains operating ~70% of the tracks on which Amtrak runs — I rarely ever think about train travel in this country. Undoubtedly, there are some beautiful rides — I remember thinking that parts of the […]
