by Andy | Jun 13, 2014 | Asia, Travel, Trip Reports, Vietnam
I arrived late at night to Hanoi aboard a Dragonair A330. It was a short flight, and like I mentioned in my last post I was so exhausted that I fell asleep when I first sat in my seat and had to be lightly shaken awake by the flight attendant after we had...
by Andy | Jun 12, 2014 | Asia, Hong Kong, Travel, Trip Reports
Hong Kong is an energetic melting pot of the western world and the Far East. There’s no city quite like it. I don’t think it’d be out of bounds to call it a gateway to modern Asia in fact. A British colony until 1999, it is now...
by Andy | Jun 11, 2014 | Asia, Cathay Pacific, First, Hong Kong, Travel, Trip Reports
Back in 2012 I decided to get into the points and miles game. I had many e-mentors in my journey, among them Gary Leff, Ben, and Chris Guillebeau (I talk more about my travel inspiration in this post). I had taken a few small trips here and there, and,...
by Andy | May 21, 2014 | Travel, Trip Reports
Well this all escalated quickly. I won’t bore you with the details yet (you’ll have to wait until the trip report for that) but I’m heading out Sunday for what was originally going to be a couple of days in Europe. At the last minute I decided to...
by Andy | Apr 24, 2014 | South America, Travel, Trip Reports
I could go on and on about the mystery and intrigue of Easter Island, but I think I beat the topic to death in Part I of this report. People tend to visit Easter Island for one solitary reason: to see the Moai. There is a lot of mystery about these...
