GETTING THERE...
Getting there is MORE than half the fun!!!
IF YOU ASK ME...
AVIATION/TRAVEL INFO
2020 has been a crazy year. Since I did a "Circle Asia First Class" trip in 2016, I have thought about sharing my experiences, blogging about what I have done. As I sit at home, working in the travel business (keeping a great company with a super team above water), I finally decided to start working on this project. We shall see how long this takes to get the site working, and I would love your feedback!
I hope that visitors here enjoy viewing this information as much as I have enjoyed collecting and presenting it!
Aviation has been a true love of mine since I was a kindergarten student (bringing in a recent trip safety card for show and tell), to twenty years ago this summer deciding to start flying myself, the theme of aviation and travel has weaved its way through my life!
It is time to share some of my most significant experiences and memories. This will be a little more technical, and hope that we can have some nice photo series, and highlight that "getting there can be more than half the fun" - looking as well at where I have been and where many enjoy going!
TRAVEL AS A HOBBY...
Can getting there really be
more than half the fun???
My favorite places? There are 6... Number 1: Japan!
Often I am asked: "Erik, what's the favorite place you have been?" The answer is most honest when I say without thinking: Japan! My fondness for the "Land of the Rising Sun" began on a short holiday weekend to Tokyo in 1998! (Getting there was definitely NOT the fun that trip!)...
Since then, I have visited Japan about 50 times! Many of my most special travel thoughts keep coming back here! The best part? There are still places here for me to visit! I have flown with many (taking along companions over 25 times) to NRT, KIX, NGO, FUK and even CTS - and most cities on the JR lines between them! I enjoy sharing what I know and love!
Other places where my thoughts go? Rounding out the top six are Madagascar, New Zealand, Easter Island, Alaska, Singapore!!!
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER VIEW THAN @ THE POINTY END!
A Trip by Airplane is something to enjoy... always!!! Easily my favorite mode of transport!!!
Cruises, Trains, Buses, etc... There are lother fun ways to get around! List of some stories/photos here.
OTHER TRANSPORT
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HOTELS
Swisshotel The Stamford is a favorite... here are some great residences!
LOUNGES
DESTINATIONS
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So once we get there, have to see something! Here is a compendium of stories about places I have been!
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I have visited over 200 lounges in airports around the world. I can share some facts and experiences!
One of my favorite airplanes is "Fat Albert" - AKA the Boeing 737-200... (some have been older than me!) What a plane!!! The photo is from my last ever "732" flight in 2012 in Chile...