Category: Travel
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First Impressions
Comedians always joke about air travel, probably because it’s so easy. Two flights — a seven-hour red eye followed by a four-hour layover topped with the final eight hours sitting in a tin can — and we weren’t laughing much. But we survived. We arrived in Nairobi at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday local time. The…
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A Small Journey To Africa
Later this week, Jennifer and I are traveling to Nairobi Kenya for practically the rest of the month. There was an opportunity at work for me to help out with setting up a datacenter at IBM’s research lab just outside the city. After hearing about it, I went after it and was picked to go.…
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Beach Break
The beach in February. Doesn’t sound like a great idea. But for Leo and I, it’s the perfect getaway. Carolina Beach is a quiet (empty) beach town this time of year, with nothing to do except forget work stress, take a walk, read a book and take comfort in the fact that bikini season is…
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Home, Former Home
They say you can’t go home again. In this case, they were right. The road right by “Wig’s Heap,” my childhood home, was undergoing construction and Leo and I couldn’t navigate the large gravel chunks in our rental car. I settled for pointing out the top of the house and the catalpa tree peeping over…
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Australia Redux
Now that Leo and I are officially back and coherent, we’ve put together a video to display his photos. I cut some, but included most so you can get an idea. This means it’s a bit long, so feel free to FF. 🙂
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What I Learned In Australia
Our Australia trip was amazing. Communicating was easy since everyone spoke English, well maybe not in Chinatown, but there are still some differences between America and Australia. Here’s a quick list of things I learned while being in Australia for three weeks. People and The Country The country is spread across three time zones. From…