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Honeymoon Planning
Travel

Honeymoon Planning

For our honeymoon, K & I were cashing in the miles that I’d accumulated during my milage runs outlined Here, Here, Here, and Here, as well as those earned for traveling for work. All in all we had enough miles to get us to and from Asia in first class (traveling on OneWorld partners), so I started looking at options. After a decent amount of research we had settled on Hanoi and Bali. Now, that might seem like an odd choice, but we wanted to go someplace and do touristy stuff, and then go someplace to relax. Our 4 days in Hanoi would let us see some of the city (hit the highlights) and then 9 days in Bali (split between Ubud and Seminyak) would give us quite a lot of time to move at a slower pace. Continue reading “Honeymoon Planning”

A Day In Jakarta
Travel

A Day In Jakarta

AA domestic first class hard product has gotten pretty good (especially compared to the legacy US first class. I mean come on, no power outlets at all?), but the soft is still lacking a little (mostly in the food), so I was still hoping to make the upgrade list. Before checking in for my flight I took a glance at the upgrade list and found it was 12-15 people long… Not a good sign. However, apparently this status thing is paying off since I jumped to first, and was able to clear along with two other people.

It was lunch time on the east coast when I arrived in Chicago, so I immediately headed for a torta from Tortas Frontera (one of Rick Bayless’ joints), and was not disappointed (though I never have been with any of the food I’ve had from there).

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Around The World Trip

Around The World in 30 Days: From the Great Wall to Tokyo!

Day 21: The Great Wall and Forbidden City

This day had been reserved solely for sightseeing. After breakfast we headed towards the Balading section of the great wall. If you’ve never been to the great wall, it truly is as amazing as everyone says. Just thinking about how it was built without any of the modern advances is astounding. We had been told that taking a left after the stairs was the easier section of the wall to climb, so the majority of the people went that way. The walkway was packed with people, which made getting through the narrower guardhouses somewhat tricky. A group of us managed to make it all the way to the 6th guardhouse before we had to turn around and get back to the bus. Continue reading “Around The World in 30 Days: From the Great Wall to Tokyo!”