At the Expedition Idaho Race.
Category: travel
travel the world in 1min
Rick (not me), Tim and Andrew, three ordinary guys, decided to take a trip of a lifetime: 11 countries in 44 days. 18 flights and 38,000 miles later they have three 1-minute videos showing what life is like around the world. …
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
That’s called Move.
They broke down their trip into three parts: Move, which shows them walking around, Eat, which shows the delectable food they ate, and Learn, which shows all the amazing things they did.
Click on the links above to see the other two movies.
Lausanne, Switzerland
My laptop returned, I’ve finally been able to post 100 photos from 9+ days in Lausanne for the World Gymnaestrada.
I tented for about $25 / night at Camping Vidy.
Aside from Gymnaestrada, the biggest highlight is the Olympic Museum. Very well done.
It’s a real city of fitness opportunities.
The Metropolitan Area of Lausanne-Geneva is over 1.2 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee are located in Lausanne – the IOC officially recognises the city as the Capitale Olympique …
Fond memories …
See more photos.
booking Aeroplan?
Any tips for booking a flight with Air Canada AEROPLAN points ?? …
I tried booking a trip to Asia online via the link above.
First attempt was 75,000 points AND $778.68 CAD taxes. … I’m guessing that’s normal for Aeroplan.
But what’s the advantage of using my points again? … I might find a NEW return flight for $778.68.
Once I use these points, I’ll completely abandon frequent flyer programs. I don’t use any one airline enough to make it worthwhile.
app – which flights have Wi-Fi?
Warren sent me a link to this terrific new service.
… flight search service Hipmunk just updated its iPhone and iPad apps to show you which of the flights you’ve searched for have Wi-Fi on-board….
LifeHacker – Hipmunk Flight Search App Shows Which Flights Have Wi-Fi
Hipmunk has by far the best interface for seeing what flights are available. Sadly, however, I’m finding the actual results worse and worse over the past few months. The best deals are not showing up.
MacWoes
Let’s say you’re a hiker in Lausanne, Switzerland in July. Those mountains look very appealing from Lake Geneva.
Would you go … HIKING? … Or pop in to the nearest Travel Agent to buy an expensive flight home. (Double the cost of the same plane flying the other direction.)
If you have the MacBook Blues …
arrived Lausanne …
I am here all week. Open ceremonies of Gymnastrada begin in 1hr.
I met up with the 600 Canadians last night for the TEAM CAN photo.
survived Corsica’s GR 20 …
I grossly underestimated the difficulty of “Europe’s toughest trek“, the 180km long GR 20.
The second night was my low point, both hamstrings cramped. … I thought I’d need to quit, following two other hikers who decided to limp out due to blisters.
But each day I got stronger, the pack lighter. I ended up doing the tougher ‘half’ of the total route over 6 challenging days.
The last day was a long scramble to the summit of Monte d’Oro.
That was FUN. Perfect weather.
Less fun, from there (7837ft / 2389m) … it’s about 1400m straight down to the narrow gauge railway line at Vizzavona, where I made my escape.
That’s my toughest hike ever, by far.
airports: Dublin v Geneva
International jet-setters like moiself spend a lot of time cursing airports. (The terrorists have already won).
Ultra-modern airport in Dublin is a superb … shopping mall. I spent 20 minutes walking through shops carrying near identical over-priced product just to get to my departure gate. Do many travelers make impulse buys out of boredom?
I assume they do.
By contrast, the Geneva airport needed a serious renovation … in 1995. How can one of the richest cities in the world have such a crappy airport?
For the first time ever in an airport, I saw a fellow going from rubbish bin-to-bin collecting recyclables. Do homeless people (aside from me) live there?
… But I experienced a magical incident in the Geneva airport. Confused hovering over a ticket machine, trying to navigate my way by train to the centre of town, an elderly German gentleman appeared my shoulder. He quickly got a ticket (from another machine) and delivered me to the departing train. … With specific instructions on how to get to the Hostel.
By the time I’d lifted my suitcase on board, he was gone.
I write from City Hostel Geneva, one of most enjoyable in years. UPDATE: By the end of my 2-day stay hostel staff had bungled my reservation, the washing machine flooded and the promised long term luggage storage turned out to be a myth.
Geneva is ranked as the fourth most expensive city in the world, though. I find it surprisingly run down and disorganized. It’s not my 4th favourite city in the world.
I’m organizing to travel to Corsica for hiking next.
