I fly to the U.K. one way for $505 – direct Calgary to Gatwick on Thomas Cook.
I’m en route to Saudi Arabia where I will be teaching a 9 day gymnastics coaching clinic.
Category: travel
Virgin America to Los Cabos and Cancun CHEAP
I need to get to Cabo for some dental work.
hmm …
… fights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Los Cabos start Dec. 16, 2010, and flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cancun will start Jan. 19, 2011. ….
Virgin America announces nonstop flights to Los Cabos and Cancun from $129
home at last …
Land of Timmies.
DOH – car breakdown in Montana
My car is fixed, for now. About $500 total. The guys finished the repair just before closing.
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I was half hoping my old Honda would break down in Vegas. … Have it towed to the auto wrecker. Fly home to Calgary. Simple.
For my $1600 initial cost, I didn’t expect it to last forever.
Worst case scenario → break down in the middle of nowhere.
From Livingston, I still need to get home to Calgary. How do I do that without the Honda?
I gambled. About $500 (so far) to replace the fuel pump and filter, same day.
Livingston, I presume.
tire flies off boat trailer … I’m not nearly killed
You know those videos of tires flying off vehicles wrecking havoc?
I saw one yesterday.
I was driving near Searchlight, Nevada on a bleak desert highway. Temperature near 170 degrees F.
The vehicle in front of me was towing a boat. In front of my eyes the wheel broke off, rolling full-speed along the ditch. A couple of hundred yards later it crossed the highway and kept rolling off into the distance.
I swerved around the vehicle in a cloud of smoke and pieces of axle. … Yeesh.
On the bright side, my $1600 ’96 Honda, purchased in February, is still running.
swimming pool with 200m drop
marina bay sands skypark (Singapore)
breast cancer survivors can fly
University of Alberta researcher Margie McNeely says results from an international study she was part of indicate that certain precautions about the risk of lymphedema for breast cancer survivors are outdated. …
McNeely says women who’ve had breast cancer surgery are often warned that pressure changes in an airplane cabin could trigger lymphedema, chronic swelling in the arm. She adds that, until now, information about air travel and lymphedema risk has not been based on solid evidence. A study she did with an Australian research team, however, shows that the risk of developing lymphedema during flight is very low.
“We found that only five per cent of these women are likely at risk of developing any arm swelling when flying,” said McNeely. “This tells us that maybe we are scaring women a little bit too much about this.” …
Breast cancer survivors don’t need to be afraid of air travel: U of A study
Thanks Dale.
cycling Crested Butte, Colorado
I could live in Crested Butte, my favourite American Rockies town, a mecca for skiing and mountain biking.
The hostel is the best in Colorado, … so says Lonely Planet. It is awesome.
Between afternoon thunder showers I did a warm-up ride on the Snodgrass. Gageesh! It was tough. I was sucking wind at high altitude. Power sliding turns through mud and horse poop at the bottom of hills.
How was the much more famous 401 going to go, next day …
The 401 Trail is often listed as one of best singletrack mountain bike rides in the world, especially in the Spring wildflower season.
And I’m pleased to report that my 52yr-old self and my $500 bike both survived. I rode about 85% of the time both up and down the 401.
Keiran on the Slickrock Trail
From the Facebook album: Dying in the heat
The Slickrock Trail, located near Moab, Utah (USA), is a popular mountain biking destination with worldwide fame. This 10.5-mile (16.9 km) loop takes intrepid riders over a landscape of “petrified” sand dunes and the eroded remnants of ancient sea beds. The Slickrock Trail is one of the more difficult rides in the Moab area and possibly the U.S., both technically and cardiovascularly, and is not suitable for novice riders. …
Keiran took a spill into cactus, I hear. … Video to come.
When I was there a few years ago, I was thrilled to get through the Slickrock without hospitalization. It’s tough.
Jon Glaser in Singapore
Kaela and Jonathan have a blog: Rasa Yang Tidak Biasa
They are staging for a tour of Asia. Awesome.
Thanks Jude.
