Category: Everything Travel

  • Beachcombing at Miramar

    Thank you, Mike, Ben and Al for sharing this wonderful quote: I have a choice, the same choice that faces every man. I can live a frivolous life, trying to impress others with the house I live in, the clothes I wear, the car I drive. I can strive to be a success in the…

  • Boris’ dilemma

    Travel-junkie Boris raises an interesting question in his latest entry: Is it alright as a traveler to pay for damage you did not cause, but were involved in, so that a local family in a third world country does not have an additional burden on their wallet? Basically, what happened is that he got into…

  • Google flight search

    I love Google. I use Google search more than 10 times a day. One of my most used Google search feature is using define: to search for definition of words. Looking through my counter logs, I checked out some searches that lead to my site and discovered yet another nifty Google feature: Basically, you type…

  • Back from computer hell

    Ugh, that’s one trip I don’t want to go through again. I’ve been with my beloved computer, an IBM Netvista since 2002. It’s been good to me throughout the years, but last Saturday, something overloaded my AVR, busting its fuse. Three AVRs and 5 busted fuses later, I thought I finally figured out the problem.…

  • Gold Coast in my mind

    I’ve been thinking about the Gold Coast for a couple of days now. It’s like I have this craving to be there or visit again, which is odd because I didn’t like the place. Well, it’s not like I hated it, but for me, it seemed that the Gold Coast lacked character. I guess this…

  • Just Wandering’s new look

    Surprised much? 😀 (If you’re new to Just Wandering, please don’t mind this geeky post. Do check out my other entries. There’s a handy list to your right, listing my 10 most wanted posts.) As much as I love Chris Frazier’s Subtle theme, it was time for a change. I originally intended this theme for…

  • You’re China. I’m Vatican City.

    I was lurking at the BnA boards and found this “What country are you?” quiz. You’re Vatican City! You’re pretty sure that you’re infallible in all that you do or say, and it’s hard to say whether you’re right. You have a lot of followers, most of whom will do whatever you say without question,…

  • Vagabondish.com

    If you think I post a lot of travel news and links, wait till you read Mike’s Vagabondish blog. He shares my fascination with odd/funny/weird/interesting travel news. There’s that post about a plane getting hit by lightning and the pilot who taped his scalp back on after surving a plane crash. He also shares interesting…

  • Bird flies into plane

    I’ve always wondered if it’s possible for airplanes to “run over” birds in flight. It appears that it IS possible. Though in this case, the bird ran flies into the plane. A Southwest Airlines jet has been fixed and returned to service after a bird strike tore a 6-inch hole in the skin of the…