Note: I did not take this picture. Picture of Nairobi Bus Station. We’re arrived safe and sound in NAIROBI, sometimes known as “Nairobbery” but the volunteer organizer, Jamie-lee, this peppy blond New Zealander, said it is all media hype (though I’m still wary). After a long haul flight to Addis Ababa via Rome (where nobody [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘On My Itinerary’
July 29, 2010
Wanderings: traveling light to Africa
I’m fairly swamped today with last-minute preparations/ cleaning/ deadlines/ etc. before we take off for Africa, but I’m pretty impressed with our minimalist packing. This is an entire week of clothing (well, we each get two pairs of pants or shorts and I have a skirt), plus two bedsheets (from Ikea, $2), quick-drying hiking towels, [...]
July 20, 2010
On My Itinerary: we’re driving to Chicago
View Larger Map Hark. We’re driving to Chicago. In a car. From Baltimore. I don’t know why this is such news, considering I did this route many times between St. Louis – New York during college, and Chicago- New York during graduate school, and even Los Angeles- New York when I moved out west. But [...]
May 5, 2010
On My Itinerary: Africa!
It’s official: we booked tickets to Africa! Believe me, it was NOT cheap, though it was significantly cheaper than other flights (thank Kayak.com for a great find, and cheaptickets.com for carrying the same itinerary because not all engines do, and for $10 less, and upromise.com for allowing me to earn 1% of the ticket price towards my [...]
March 1, 2010
On My Itinerary: Kilimanjaro?
Jon and I are starting to plan out the details of going to southern Africa this summer for an entire fortnight (i.e. 14 days for non-Shakespeare fans; also a LOT of time for American travelers! two whole weeks!). We’ve decided on a five-day safari that would zoom us around the major parks of northern Tanzania, [...]
December 14, 2009
On My Itinerary: I’m going skiing, somewhere, this winter
Jon took off to Tahoe for the weekend for a friend’s bachelor party. All week, it had been storming snow in the Tahoe/ Reno area, and he flew right into one and managed to hop a free shuttle from Reno to Harrah’s in South Tahoe. From there, someone picked him up to the giant ski [...]
October 20, 2009
On My Itinerary: Los Angeles!
It was about time I gave tribute to my former home, one that fulfilled the California Dream so many have and so few bother to pursue. Believe me, picking up and moving to California was a great and excellent decision. Los Angeles gets a bad rap from Northeasterners, many of whom actually have never even [...]
October 14, 2009
In The Suitcase: Car rentals
It’s actually been an entire year since I’ve been back to my beloved Los Angeles, and even longer for Jon. Now when I go back, I like being super touristy and renting a convertible to cruise around in, even though I was fairly anti-convertible when I lived there. Mostly because my HR told me stories about [...]
October 6, 2009
On My Itinerary: Old Rag Mountain, VA
Above: Old Rag Mountain Summit at sunrise. For my upcoming birthday this weekend, as I stumble well into my 30′s, we’ll be proving that I can still be as awesome as I was in my 20′s and hiking up one of the most popular climbs in the mid-Atlantic region. Otherwise known as Old Rag, which [...]
