My Travels

Went out to Vegas on a personal errand and took Lux Bus America for the trip. Normally, driving is the cheapest option but the bus is great is you are travelling alone. Pickups are throughout the major areas of Southern California. Caught the bus at the Anaheim location, the parking facilities does charge $5 per day. Almost like airport parking! The bus was your typical tour bus with TVs interspersed throughout and individual sound ports trays and power ports. Beverage, snacks, and restroom facilities too. In some ways, it felt like an airplane but on wheels. The company must attract a lot of tourists as most of the passengers were from Europe, India or Australia. The bus was packed in both directions even though it was a weekday. Maybe I was catching the spring break crowd. From My Travels The trip does make one pit stop at the Barstow station. I've occassionally stopped in the area because of Popeye's . I've never walked into the station but it is an interesting place to

With the heavy rains, ran up to Mammoth Mountain resort to catch some spring snowboarding before the end of the season. It also helped that I had to use a discounted ticket. Took off for Bishop after work because I definitely wouldn't have made it all the way to Mammoth and I didn't want to drive in icy roads on the mountains at 2 am. Stayed at the Super 8 Bishop which is my typical spot to stay while in Bishop. The rooms are clean, serviceable, roomy and comes with a mini-fridge. Drove the final 30 miles to Mammoth the next morning. Before leaving Bishop, grabbed some coffee from Starbucks and doughnuts from the shop next at 905 N Main St, Bishop, CA. The donut shop sells jalapeno ham and cheese croissants and were tasty. Not a combination I normally see in this kind of shop. The actual doughnuts, I could have saved my $2 and not bought any. Romped around the mountain for most of the day, conditions were excellent even though winds were strong and the top half of the mounta

Travelling to Shanghai and checking out the expat lifestyle. United Airlines is advertising direct flights from LAX to Shanghai but I will have to wait until May. On this trip, I had hoped to upgrade to Business using miles but it wasn’t meant to be. :( At least there was free food and booze to make the time fly faster in Economy. It also helped that I didn't sleep the night before which made me super tired on the plane. Pudong Airport is the airport for Shanghai. From my understanding, it is a relatively new airport due to the growing economies in Shanghai. Went through customs fairly easily and the process was efficient. Free wireless in the airport which is great as long as you want to read email only. With the "great firewall", many popular Western websites can be blocked here. Since I was visiting a corporate expat, a driver picked us up and drove out to the Luwan district staying at Legend Apartments, a popular apartment tower with expats and affluent Shangainese.