Holiday to Pacific West Coast in Aug 2006

In Aug 2006 we explored the west coast of the US, starting in Vancouver, down over the border to Seattle, down the Pacific Coast Highway, to Los Angeles, over to the Grand Canyon and finished off at Las Vegas.

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Tag Archive for Hawaii

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Hawaii is a collection of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the USA

Waiting at Gate A45 for my BA flight back to Heathrow
Waiting at Gate A45 for my BA flight back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Paris CDG to Heathrow

By Nige on November 12, 2021 at 6:54 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | LHR | London | Paris | Trips

When the sun rose, it became clear that the mist had stuck around overnight.  I wondered whether that might have an impact on flights.   As it happens it seemed to have absolutely no effect on flights into or out of CDG.  Perhaps partly due to having fewer scheduled flights just now? I wandered back to […]

The station at Roissypole
The station at Roissypole

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Early Morning in Paris

By Nige on November 12, 2021 at 6:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: CDG | France | Hawaii | Hilton | Paris | Trips

Woke at 6am – I had set my alarm for 7am.  Felt fairly rested even considering the very soft mattress. The hotel is fairly worn, but has big rooms.  It doesn’t seem too busy, but there were a lot of rooms on floor 4 which were being used – I could tell by all of […]

Heathrow T5
Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Prep

By Nige on November 10, 2021 at 7:02 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips | USA

Preparations Nice quiet day today ahead of the start of my first trip in 18 months or so. Not flying until late in the day, but decided to take the day off to avoid any last-minute stress and to make sure I’ve got everything in order, including all of the covid testing procedures. I took […]

Waikiki Beach in Hawaii
Waikiki Beach in Hawaii

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021

By Nige on November 1, 2021 at 12:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Announcements | British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips | USA

Really looking forward to my trip which takes me to Hawaii for 2 nights.

San Juan
San Juan

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014

By Nige on February 25, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | BRU | Brussels | EWR | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LCY | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Shouldn’t be scary this one - I’ve done overseas trips on my own before (well once), and I’ve worn the t-shirt, and watched the video, and read the book etc. No big deal.

A beautiful view of Hawaii
A beautiful view of Hawaii

Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013: Hand Luggage Only

By Nige on August 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: Hawaii | USA

I hate putting luggage in the hold. I worry that it won’t arrive at the same time and place as we have. We have experienced this before when we flew to Dallas.

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