An oft believed myth which I did believe myself. However the data does not lie! Per this article on Quartz, it is not actually even all that close. I’ve heard elsewhere that summer typically has 5-10 days busier days than…
Exotics Racing Experience at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Made it to Vegas and finally made it out to Exotics Racing! Luckily they had a deal on some of the cars, although so many people signed up for the GT-R that they allowed people to choose among some upgrades.…
Playing Award Airport Roulette
Back before doing my thang, apparently one could play airport departure roulette – roll up to the airport with a bag and a sense of adventure and pick up an empty seat going to somewhere on the cheap. However with…
Paris, Already in the Christmas Spirit!
Lol check out this article from ciylab. Paris Erects an Unlikely ‘Christmas Tree’. It would be pretty hilarious to be walking down the street then come up upon this…
Avios Reward Redemptions from Chicago O’Hare ORD
British Airways has a distance based award chart with their avios (miles) plan. There are some real sweet spots in this plan for short trips and direct flights. For example, ORD to DCA, round trip, is only 9,000 avios and…
Cambio, Cambio… How to Get Pesos In Argentina with US Dollars on the Blue Market
The government of Argentina has made it illegal for citizens to hold US dollars, because governments like to apply stupid economic ideas all the time. So why not this silly and outdated one? For more on this topic here’s an article…
Airbnb in South America
So far I’ve had a great experience using airbnb in South America. My host’s place in Argentina was great; it was a nice place in the Palermo neighbordhood in Buenos Aires. Pictured above; I saw a few condos/apartment buildings like…
Researchers Get A Bunch of Weapons Through TSA Scanners
Surprise, yet another study finds a zillion ways to slip things by the TSA. Long ago the initial head of it already said the organization should be dismantled. All it does is inhale more and more money each year under…
Using Korean Air to Fly From Chicago to Anchorage
I posted an article on ways to use Korean Air miles – but how can I make this work for me? Hawaiian doesn’t fly out of my local city. How about getting to Alaska though? I’m flying out of O’Hare…
Kompong Phluk Floating Village – Siem Reap, Cambodia
There are a few floating villages noted on tripadvisor – our driver thankfully took us to this one as the others have rather poor reviews. So 1. you want to go to this one and 2. you want these mischievous…
