Posts Tagged ‘ travel ’

35,000 feet with 5 hours to go

I knew I had to try the inflight wifi while going to New York. For this trip, the wifi was free. I quickly checked in foursquare and got the Mile High badge. Gogoinflight provides the service on this Delta flight who also services other airlines such as Virgin America and American Airlines. Internet is provided [ READ MORE ]

Japanese washing machine and bidet

I’ve been able to do my share of laundry and seen all sorts of laundromats during my time but this takes the cake. I can assume that this is a large heavy duty washing machine where you can select the load on the left side and adjust for time and temperature of the water and [ READ MORE ]

Seen in Macau: Granite sidewalks

Seen in Macau: Granite sidewalks, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. The old sidewalks of Macau are covered in these black and white granite tiles. It’s quite fascinating to look at but what heppens when it rains? Doesn’t it get all slippery and you fall down? Especially on the downward slope of the hills[ READ MORE ]

Seen in Macau: Ruins of St. Paul

Seen in Macau: Ruins of St. Paul, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. We took a taxi from the hotel to one of the major landmarks of the city which is the ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral. According to Wikipedia, the Jesuit cathedral was built in 1582 and was then the largest Catholic church in Asia. It [ READ MORE ]

Seen in Macau: LED Billboards

Seen in Macau: LED Billboards, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. Not too far from the Ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral is this LED billboard[ READ MORE ]

Going home

Going home, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. Ah yes. It’s been a glorious 3 days of vacation in Macau but all good things must come to an end. I will be mass posting as much as I can before I board that plane to go back to Manila. University classes start on Tuesday so this vacation [ READ MORE ]

WiFi does belong in the sky

Google sponsors free Wi-Fi on Virgin’s US flights | Electronista Starting on Virgin America flights on November 15 to January 15, passengers will experience free inflight wifi courtesy of Google. Google sees wifi as a way of easing stress during the holiday seasons. Normally, passengers would have to pay $8 – $13 for wifi on [ READ MORE ]

On the A380

My friends and I were fortunate enough to get the upper deck. Sadly we were not in business class whose seats were incredible. Now those are really wide seats. So here I was stuck in largest airplane in the world for the next 11 hours and here goes the experience. My  mother had made it [ READ MORE ]

It’s hard to blog while on vacation

Yes being at home in the Bay Area makes blogging a lot difficult. With the clean air and the warm weather (at least until the weekend), one can easily forget what to do for the day. Not to mention that my RSS feed is now 2000 unread and counting. Will try to post something later[ READ MORE ]

Would you use one of these?

Futuristic public toilet in London – Boing Boing Cory Doctorow has posted on Boing Boing a picture of a public toilet in London. I saw a similar device in my travels in Paris last year. Over there it costs around 10 Euros to use and you only have 15 minutes before the door automatically opens. [ READ MORE ]

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