Hanging loose in Honolulu … DIPS back in the Pacific

Posted by on Jul 29, 2013 in USA | 0 comments   Our flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu got in around 9pm local time and we found the pre-booked direct shuttle our accommodation for the next two nights just two blocks from Waikiki Beach – a smallish but certainly adequate self-contained studio apartment on the 23rd floor with a queen bed and double sofa-bed.  When looking for accommodation we wanted something close to Waikiki...
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Las Vegas – what was I thinking!?

Posted by on Jul 22, 2013 in Mexico, USA | 0 comments For the first time during the whole trip, we hit a major delay. We set off from our hotel in Playa del Carmen after a quick breakfast at around 7.30am for the hour long drive to Cancun airport with the taxi driver that I had used the day before, running around getting some last minute things. We flew over the hugely built-up Cancun ‘Strip’ and knew we had made the right decision...
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