Larry's Travels
January 11
Well this blogging isn’t the greatest unless you have access to the internet all the time. We were in many remote places and since I was a novice at this program, I had a lot of trouble posting. Either the password wouldn’t take or couldn’t find the blog because it was so slow or just got fed up with trying to post when is was so slow.
Anyway, I am home now, safe and ready to go to work, I guess. A long vacation has its pros and cons. The pros are many but the cons are “you really aren’t interested in getting back to a schedule!” I am working with that con right now!
The flight home was really nice. Eva Air does a very nice job of making your travel enjoyable. They have four classes: Economy, Evergreen, Business, and First. Most airlines just have the three. Evergreen is a class between Economy and Business. You have a wider seat, which is all I am interested in and it is reasonably priced. I have the perks of using the lounge while in the airport and priority loading but not the high price of Business class. My routine is that I leave Bangkok at 4:55 pm (not the 6am flight of Northwest) and have dinner and watch a movie for the 3 hours to Taiwan, spend some time in the lounge and walk around in Taiwan, and then on the long leg home, I take two Ambien sleeping pills and sleep for 8 hours, wake up and in an hour or two land and I get my rental car and drive home. Last night I was home by 10:15 pm. The plane landed at 7:30 pm, went through immigration and customs and out by 8:15, no traffic going home and in bed by midnight.
Allen tried to get on the same flight but Eva was booked on the leg from Taiwan to LA until January 24. He really didn’t want to wait so tried the internet and unbelievably he got a flight the next day. He is incredible when it comes to travel details. He checked the internet and found that by using some miles he could upgrade to business class and get a flight, and then checked by phone and the people there said, “no possible seats in January, February, and March. He didn’t take no for an answer, went downstairs again to the internet and ½ hour later he had the flight. The ticket from Eva is refundable so he had to pay very little and was treated to a flight direct through San Francisco to Palm Springs. It really pays to not take no for an answer. It is crazy what games the airlines play!! No wonder they are all failing. Really stupid to call and be told no flights and then get one by yourself, so much for customer service.
We are now home, Allen is sleeping having arrived at 12:30 pm. It will take a few days to get up back in the swing of things but that is fine, we had an enjoyable time.
Grama is fine, still has some pain but looks great and the pills are working so she is getting around with her walker. Richard said she is weak but sure doesn’t look like it. Eating a lot of ice cream and maintains her appetite. Blood pressure is under control and she seems fine. She keeps saying “she is ready to go but no one wants her.” Her favorite joke! She will probably outlive her mother at 104.
Before our next trip, I will look for another blogging program and maybe just do a website instead. We will see.
January 11
Well this blogging isn’t the greatest unless you have access to the internet all the time. We were in many remote places and since I was a novice at this program, I had a lot of trouble posting. Either the password wouldn’t take or couldn’t find the blog because it was so slow or just got fed up with trying to post when is was so slow.
Anyway, I am home now, safe and ready to go to work, I guess. A long vacation has its pros and cons. The pros are many but the cons are “you really aren’t interested in getting back to a schedule!” I am working with that con right now!
The flight home was really nice. Eva Air does a very nice job of making your travel enjoyable. They have four classes: Economy, Evergreen, Business, and First. Most airlines just have the three. Evergreen is a class between Economy and Business. You have a wider seat, which is all I am interested in and it is reasonably priced. I have the perks of using the lounge while in the airport and priority loading but not the high price of Business class. My routine is that I leave Bangkok at 4:55 pm (not the 6am flight of Northwest) and have dinner and watch a movie for the 3 hours to Taiwan, spend some time in the lounge and walk around in Taiwan, and then on the long leg home, I take two Ambien sleeping pills and sleep for 8 hours, wake up and in an hour or two land and I get my rental car and drive home. Last night I was home by 10:15 pm. The plane landed at 7:30 pm, went through immigration and customs and out by 8:15, no traffic going home and in bed by midnight.
Allen tried to get on the same flight but Eva was booked on the leg from Taiwan to LA until January 24. He really didn’t want to wait so tried the internet and unbelievably he got a flight the next day. He is incredible when it comes to travel details. He checked the internet and found that by using some miles he could upgrade to business class and get a flight, and then checked by phone and the people there said, “no possible seats in January, February, and March. He didn’t take no for an answer, went downstairs again to the internet and ½ hour later he had the flight. The ticket from Eva is refundable so he had to pay very little and was treated to a flight direct through San Francisco to Palm Springs. It really pays to not take no for an answer. It is crazy what games the airlines play!! No wonder they are all failing. Really stupid to call and be told no flights and then get one by yourself, so much for customer service.
We are now home, Allen is sleeping having arrived at 12:30 pm. It will take a few days to get up back in the swing of things but that is fine, we had an enjoyable time.
Grama is fine, still has some pain but looks great and the pills are working so she is getting around with her walker. Richard said she is weak but sure doesn’t look like it. Eating a lot of ice cream and maintains her appetite. Blood pressure is under control and she seems fine. She keeps saying “she is ready to go but no one wants her.” Her favorite joke! She will probably outlive her mother at 104.
Before our next trip, I will look for another blogging program and maybe just do a website instead. We will see.
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