A day trip to Rio – Views from above
After spending my first several hours in Rio on the beach it was time to expand my horizons. Literally. There are two main attractions other...
Trip Reports
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A day trip to Rio – Beaching it up
It is quite easy to see why sitting on the beach in Rio is a compelling way to pass the day. Both the Ipanema and...
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A day trip to Rio – the flights
My trip to Rio was pretty ridiculous. I was scheduled to be on the ground only about 12 hours in total, with a travel time...
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A 20 hour trip, condensed into 2 minutes
Lots of folks have dinner in Portland, Oregon on any given night. Or course, most of them actually live in Portland and aren’t visiting from...
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In flight: Across the Pond on PrivatAir’s 737
Many warned me about the PrivatAir 737 operating as Swiss for the flight between Zurich and Newark. Beyond the geek factor of an all-business class...
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Celebrating the arrival of Spring in Zurich
Got a five hour layover in Zurich?? That’s plenty of time to get out of the airport and in to downtown. When I made that...
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In flight: Short-haul business class on Swiss
Continuing the long trek home from Singapore, I transferred in Rome from Thai Airways to Swiss for the last bit of the trip. First up...
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In flight: Smooth as Silk with Thai
Booking my award flight on the non-stop Newark to Singapore flight was a huge win and opened up a ton of opportunities for me. Among...
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Spending 30 minutes on the runway at JFK…and loving it!
Most days spending 30 minutes on the runway at JFK is just another typical taxi time situation, waiting for your turn to take off. Not...
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Checking in: Wishing I hadn’t fallen for EuroStars
Back in January during my Euro-hopping week of basically a different city in Europe every night I fell for the EuroStars Berlin. It was a...