I woke up this morning at 4:30am, so at least it was an extra two hours of sleep compared to the night before. I took my computer down to the lobby of the hotel at 5:30am and worked on the blog and some Inspire Travel Designers tasks while the city outside slowly woke up. As a group we didn’t get started until 10:30am, but once everyone was ready, we took the subway to Shinjuku. We were all pretty hungry, so…
I woke up this morning at 2:15am, which was not ideal. I laid in bed for about an hour trying to fall back asleep, but it wasn’t happening, so I decided to watch the Patriots game. I pulled it up on my phone, skipped through all the commercials, and watched the Pats beat the Saints. After the game finished, I grabbed my laptop and went downstairs to work on the blog until Vivi woke up. We checked out of our…
Vivi and I woke up around 5:30am, still feeling the effects of the jet lag. Being 14 hours ahead of Bogotá is no joke, but at least we’d both slept well and managed about seven full hours. By 7am we texted Bart and Ale to see if they were awake, and Bart was. Bart and I decided to go out for a quick walk and look for breakfast. Nothing nearby was open yet, so we ended up at a Lawson…
After weeks of preparation, our Japan trip finally began. Don José picked us up right on time at 9:45pm, and check-in at the airport went smoothly. We even made it to our gate with plenty of time to spare, which is a rare luxury when traveling. Of course, we had both forgotten our neck pillows, so a quick stop at Miniso solved that. We also packed a small bag of mini Cocosettes for the flight crew, and they were thrilled…
Today was yet another awesome day in Romania! I got up early this morning, packed up my stuff, loaded it into the car, and then caught an Uber down to the center of Brasov. I only had about an hour to see the city before I had to head out, but I wanted to see what I could. My first stop was at the Black Church (Biserica Neagra). This is a big church in the middle of the city, which…
Today was an awesome day! I got up early, packed up my stuff and got an Uber at 8:30am. We got to Payless car rental at 9:15am, and the guy that gave me the car couldn’t have been nicer. He gave me a bunch of recommendations on what to see on my way up to Brasov. I love a recommendation from a local! The weather in Bucharest was just like yesterday, really grey but not raining, but it got worse…
Despite the sky being greyer than the greyest sky I’ve seen in Edinburgh, I had an awesome first day here! Actually it started out last night, so I’ll cover that first. My Ryanair flight was delayed by about 20 minutes, and landed 10 minutes late in Bucharest. My plane landed at 9:45pm and I was in an Uber at 10:13pm. My driver was a little mental, but it was great because I got to my Airbnb apartment in 17 minutes,…
I had a good last day in Dubai today. I left the hotel around 8:30am and headed over to Old Dubai to check out some of the souks, and just to see what is on that end of town. Most of my time on this trip has been done between Bur Dubai and the south, so I wanted to make sure I got to see some of the north before I left. The first souk I went into was the…
I got up early this morning and packed my bags at the Sheraton. I took a taxi from the hotel down to the Al Alam Palace in the new part of Muscat. There are a couple of forts down there, which you aren’t allowed to go into, but you can see from the coast. I walked through the area and took a look at the nice buildings down there, but couldn’t go into any of them. I walked back toward…
Today was a great day of exploration! Danny met me at the hotel this morning and we had a car brought to us there. The company (NAB) brought the car, went over the details with us, and then we went on our way south. We hadn’t had breakfast yet so Danny found a small Coffee Shop (that was the actual name of the place) that was great! It was a small cafe kind of place on the side of the…