United States -> Louisiana + Mississippi Same friends’ same wedding celebration, but the US-home edition, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, only a couple hours’ drive from New Orleans. I flew in from NY. Took the shuttle to the rental car place. The shuttle driver was so friendly and helpful and cheerful throughout the drive, giving all of these… Continue reading New Orleans (USA), Fall 2023
Rented a car for a day to drive from the Cancún Zona Hotelera to Chichén Itzá. I had a refundable booking online which I cancelled after checking that the deal from the hotel was actually better. It was a new and interesting experience for me, to be able to just sign the papers at the concierge… Continue reading Chichén Itzá (Mexico) – October 2022
The day before our travel from London to San Francisco via Munich was the day that airlines in Europe started cancelling some flights due to COVID-19. Our flight from Munich to San Francisco was already cancelled at least 20 hours before the flight so we were automatically rebooked onto a direct London to San Francisco… Continue reading March 2020: California, Nevada, Utah & COVID-19
Friday 26th – (Cont’d from Monteverde – we drove to Montezuma) We chose to drive overland to the Nicoya Peninsula rather than go South from Monteverde and then take the ferry across. We had heard, as everyone does that the roads in the Nicoya Peninsula are the worst in Costa Rica. So far we were very impressed… Continue reading Montezuma, Costa Rica – April 2019
Tuesday 23rd – landed in San José, picked up rental car, went to Walmart, then drove 2.5 hours to Monteverde (Santa Elena) where our friend lives – arrived by 20:30. The roads were actually a lot better than I expected – there was only a 14 km stretch of unpaved roads which started about 20… Continue reading Monteverde, Costa Rica – April 2019
I was in the Bay Area from Thursday night to Tuesday morning. This is more of a diary entry than a travelling tips/places to go type of one because it was a family/recovery weekend after Japan. On Thursday I landed from LA. My flight from LAX to SFO cost $39 and my Lyft Line (taxi… Continue reading Bay Area, CA – April 2018
In order to get to Tokyo from London I transited in Geneva, New York, Chicago and LA, and on the way back LA, San Francisco/San Jose, Chicago and New York. Chicago was the only place where I didn’t get out of the airport and I didn’t meet up with family/friends. I had never been to… Continue reading LA, CA – April 2018
First time back in NY after turning 21… Art Bar – 52 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10014 My mother took her daughters here for a girls’ night pre-drink. It has great happy hour, very good prices, the ambience was very cool, and the nachos we had were great too. We managed to get there right… Continue reading 21 and over
I lived in NY through what I could call my formative years – I was there for a year when I was 10 (for 3rd grade), and then from the age of 13 to the the age of 17 (from 8th grade to 10th grade, and my family was still there while I was in… Continue reading NYC – 2013
Email to Dadu-Dida 9th July 2011, pictures added on I haven’t written in a very very long time but for the past week I’ve had to write to Baba and Ma as well – the long detailed emails that I usually only send to you! I’ve been in Boston for the past week – I’m… Continue reading Boston: OSC Pre-IB Summer 2011
The Spill Queen 