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[Amsterdam / Zaanse Schans, NL, May 27, 2024] I couldn’t sleep last night, so I started looking at the Rick Steves Audio Europe app to familiarize myself with the Jordaan neighborhood walk. It turned out the walk goes right by the Anne Frank House, which I had a 9 am ticket for. So I decided to start the walk, pause for my Anne Frank House visit, then finish it. I was glad… Read More
[London, UK, Jan 20, 2024] On our last day in London, we took things pretty easy. We had booked a James Bond movie tour with our London City Card. It was a hack we discovered to help “extend” the card’s validity. Although our cards were only valid for 3 days, we booked this tour for after the card’s expiration. Besides, even though we aren’t huge Bond fans, we thought the tour would… Read More
[Haleakala National Park, Nov 25, 2022] Finally, a clear day on Haleakala! I didn’t even bother checking the summit webcam. I hightailed it to the top of the volcano, which was now over an hour away that I was staying down by the beach. Oh, well. Even the best planned trips can encounter hiccups and I was just glad I was going to get my hike in! I was planning on 11.2… Read More
[West Maui, HI, Nov 24, 2022] For my 5th day on Maui, I planned on taking a tour of the west side of the island. The towns of Kaanapali and Lahaina are the most popular and are home to most of the resorts on the island. But I planned on taking the scenic route there, starting with a hike on Waihee Ridge (A on the map below), then continuing on another precarious… Read More
[Maui, Hawaii, Nov 19, 2022] Thanks to remote work, the time around Thanksgiving was the perfect opportunity to do a slightly longer trip. I was eyeing Hawaii, which I hadn’t been to since 2018. Maui was home to Haleakala National Park, which I hadn’t been to before, and Oahu, which was home to my friends Vanya and Deyan. They had just returned to Hawaii that summer after a couple of years on… Read More
