After last evening exploring Belfast and dining at Ox, we returned the next morning to Established Coffee for a quick breakfast: Then we were picked up by Paddy Campbell’s Famous Black Cab Tours by the legendary Paddy Campbell himself at 8:30am and was...
After 2 nights and 2 days in the Isle Of Man, our gang headed out early for our morning flights out. A twice-a-week ferry does run between Isle Of Man and Belfast, but it runs at midnight and 2:30am in the morning and costs almost as much as a flight. Given we...
What a cool name for a country — “Hey, I live on ‘The Isle Of Man.'” It first appeared on my layman American radar when it was referenced as a penal colony in the dystopian Children Of Men, but otherwise has also become — at least for...
On my way to Isle Of Man this evening, I enjoyed an unexpected 8 hour layover in lovely Manchester. Taking the 10pm Thomas Cook Airlines flight from JFK Airport in NYC, I arrived 7 hours later at 9:55am local time at Manchester Airport. My morning started with...
After our first day in Antigua, we woke up this morning at 7am and drove back towards Saint John’s Cruise Port for our pre-arranged 8:30am Barbuda Express ferry to Barbuda. We checked in with our passports at 8am and paid the $200 per person deposit at the...
It’s remarkable how many people simply just want to get away. Evan joined me for a last minute trip to Barbados last month, and now a group of 5 are joining me for a 2 day trip in Antigua & Barbuda — which, by the way, almost didn’t happen...
Needless to say, the visa to get into Afghanistan is not as straightforward. For USA passport holders, single entry tourist visas have a maximum 3 month validity, so the earliest you can apply is 3 months ahead. With an opportunity to go there later this June, I...
