Review: Hyatt House Seattle/Downtown
I booked the Hyatt House Seattle/Downtown using my annual Hyatt free night certificate for 1 night. The hotel is a category 4 and normally costs 15,000 points per night.
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My Top 10 Must-See Places on Maui (A Pictorial Journey)
Since 2009, when my parents bought an ill advised timeshare with Starwood Hotels (now Vistana owned by Marriott), Maui has sort of become a second home to us. Though we don’t go back to the island as often as we would like (there are far too many places to see …
Review: Westin Nanea Ocean Villas – Maui (PANDEMIC Edition)
The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas are located on Maui’s western coast along Kaanapali Beach. I booked two 2 bedroom suites for 10 nights at this hotel using my parents’. vacation rental weeks which we haven’t used in ages due to the pandemic. It’s a long story but they pretty much …
Traveling to Hawaii during the Pandemic: My First Flight in 400 days
It’s been over 400 days since I last boarded a flight to anywhere or left the state of Texas for that matter. I know many of you have kept on traveling throughout the pandemic, for work or other purposes. While your bravery certainly made me want to venture out more …
My Favorite Air Show in the World
After freezing out in the snow for the greater part of the morning to capture the image of the year (in my mind), I began to wish for some hot chocolate and the warmth of a fireplace. Nevertheless we (my cousin and I) waited out in the cold for a …
Winter Driving in Switzerland: Our Car Got Stuck
If you follow this blog regularly you probably know that the only trip I have taken in 2020 was a weekend trip to Switzerland back at the end of January before COVID-19 started dominating our lives. I have been wanting to finish writing about it for quite some time, but …
Trip Report: Stuck in an Icelandic Storm (Part 1)
I’m currently in the midst of isolation out in West Texas at my parents house. Most of my work is now done from home and I can’t help but feel a bit introspective and reminiscent of my travels over the last two years. Never will I ever take travel for …
10 Movies to Satisfy Your Wanderlust During This Pandemic
Hello everyone, I am assuming like me, most of you are at home snuggled up in bed and binging Netflix or Disney Plus (hopefully). Nevertheless it dawned on me that I could vicariously live through movies to witness the beautiful scenery from around the world. Okay yes, I am definitely …
World’s Most Beautiful Drives: Zurich to St. Moritz in the Winter
Our flight to Zurich departed Newark at 7 pm, which put our arrival into Zurich at 9 am local time. While I sometimes prefer to sit on the left side of the aircraft (left side when facing the cockpit) for a chance to capture stars or have glimpse at the …
Intro Trip Report: ~48 Hours in Switzerland
My cousin and I were debating last Tuesday on where we could go for the weekend to do some winter landscape photography.