Getting to New Zealand was a goal – and we made it! After our couple days in Auckland, we headed back to the airport for a flight to the South Island town of Queenstown. Check-out time in the apartment was 10am and our flight wasn’t until 2:30, so we had some time to kill. As […]
East to Auckland
We started following the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in January, when it was declared a World Health Emergency. By chance we left Italy just before the outbreak started there, and we kept an eye on the news as we traveled in Africa. During our safari we had occasional (and very slow) Wi-Fi access at strategically-placed […]
Nates Review of Dubai
Food The food in Dubai was great. Near our hotel was my favorite fast food chain, Wendy’s, and a good sandwich place next to it. There was only one fast food chain I like that was not in Dubai, Chipotle. That is my my second favorite chain. Luckily we found a place just like Chipotle […]
Nate’s Review of Safari
The Food. The food on the safari was ok. There was some bad soup and some good bread. There was also some really bad meat. There was some ok breakfast. Sights The sights on the safari were good. There were lions, leopards, Rhinos, Gazelles, Zebra and giraffes. Also there were fun trucks. Hotel The tents […]
Dubai
As a kid I don’t recall hearing much at all about the United Arab Emirates, but in the last 15 years the UAE (and Dubai in particular) has been all over the business press. All those articles and ads in the Economist made me curious: what’s the big deal about this giant city that’s risen […]
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