Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11737210)

Very cool! ^

I know you have tons of your own (excellent) photos, but let me know if you'd ever like to use one of mine in the course of this gig.

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11737373)

I'll extend the same off too if I have anything you want to use.

Originally Posted by COFreqFlyer (Post 11732353)

Actually FST, but there's no commercial air service there... so I drive the 100mi to MAF... or drive the 180mi to DRT... or drive the 250mi to ELP... you get the idea. :)

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11737438)

I'm wondering if there's an airport more dismal than GRU to be stuck in for a prolonged period without lounge access. At least when it has served out its useful life, they can convert it into a supermax prison with little effort.

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11737455)

I was connecting thru GRU once and watched people riot as their Alitalia flight was delayed for 10 hours for crew rest issues.

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11737455)

I was connecting thru GRU once and watched people riot as their Alitalia flight was delayed for 10 hours for crew rest issues.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11737477)

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I wouldn't mind being stuck in SCL for days. ^^^ to that airport.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11735694)

No kidding.

The place where the lack of free Wi-Fi really gets to me is in hotels. If I'm paying a few hundred to stay there each night why should I have to pay another $10-$20 a day (sometimes more) for Internet access? :mad:

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11735940)

Y'all think Colgan is up a creek with this one?

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11736130)

At least Guinea Pigs can double as dinner.

Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 11736196)

My guinea pigs made cute little sounds. And in some countries dogs are dinner. :eek:

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11737210)

Very cool! ^

I know you have tons of your own (excellent) photos, but let me know if you'd ever like to use one of mine in the course of this gig.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11737445)

Thanks!

Right now my target medium is the Kindle and other eBook readers so photos go B&W in a hurry. That limits a lot of things, even with the K2 and 16 shades of gray.

I will hopefully soon be in the market for some additional writers, too. There is a very liberal profit sharing potential, though it assumes that anyone buys this crap. :p

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11737477)

^^^^ to that airport.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11737200)

The good news is that I'm now inching closer to a travel publishing career.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11737532)

I quickly fell in love with AMS. Not a lot of sinking required to see why it wins the awards that it does.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11737579)

Interesting... What did you like about AMS?

Personally, I'm not sure I was a big fan of AMS. We came across many narrow areas that seemed to slow foot traffic and the lack of moving walkways seemed to further slow the process of transiting the airport. The regional aircraft area was annoying and the bus ride to the main terminal seemed to go on forever.

On the plus side, the architecture was nice (in most areas), the options for shopping and eating looked very good (although, I did not partake in either) and the newer KL lounge was quite nice.

I'd have to spend more time there to formulate a complete opinion of it, but I'm just curious to hear what, specifically, you liked about it.

Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 11737556)

I've curtailed all my travel so I can save up for a $5:rolleyes::rolleyes: tripod.:D;)

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11735630)

Just now catching up on FT for the first time since Friday. It's been a crazy few days, starting with getting home Friday afternoon. About an hour after I arrived, my partner shows up home from work two hours before I expected him. Turns out he's sick again with what at first appeared to be the same stomach virus he had a month ago while we were in New York. As the evening progressed on, he got progressively worse, and we ended up making a trip to the ER around 10:30 PM. We were there until 9:15 AM Saturday morning, with him getting a couple of hours of sleep after we ended up with a room in the ER where he had a bed, and me sitting in the world's most uncomfortable chair. By the time we got home I had managed about 30-45 minutes of sleep (mainly because my body was just shutting down at that point from exhaustion). I had been up nearly 30 hours when we arrived back home, and Thursday night I had less than five hours of sleep. Saturday was a wash, with us sleeping most of the day. We thought he was stable, but late Saturday night he got worse again, and we were both up half the night dealing with that. Fortunately by Sunday morning he seemed to be on the mend, and yesterday he went back to work a little late, after getting an appointment with his primary care physician for ASAP so we can find out what's really going on. Since he was feeling well enough to do a partial day at work yesterday, and was showing signs of keeping solid food down, we decided I could go ahead and make my work trip this week.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11737200)

Just found a decent source for affordable maps - stockmaps.com. They've got city-center details for ~$50 royalty free. That seems to be within my budget. And I just registered to have my own block of ISBN numbers. That is a racket if ever I've seen one. The good news is that I'm now inching closer to a travel publishing career. The bad news is that the costs mean no HNL turn first week of June. But I'll get over that.