Haleakala Crater
No, it is the Haleakala Crater in Maui (Hawai’i) – the answer to yesterday’s question.
Author: The Skeptical Traveler
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Photo – Is it Mars ?
The answer tomorrow
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Giveaway – 12 Air Canada eUpgrades
I have too many of them and they expire on February 29. I said 12 but there might be more; it depends on whether I will use some of the eUpgrades for myself but I’ll try not to as my flights are usually not more than 3 hours. Also, there might be a second prize…
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Las Vegas – Hooters Casino Hotel
Yes, I stayed at Hooters, the price was too god to resist not to mention that the reviews on TripAdvisor did not seem to be as bad as the name would have implied. Actually some incredible prices were mentioned so I wondered whether I could get the same. “On my annual trip to Vegas for…
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A Photo – The Dog
The dog was at the bike rack. He seemed peaceful, but I put the bike somewhere else.
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Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Speech “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. ……………………………………………………… With confidence in our armed forces – with the unbounded determination of our people – we will…
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A Photo – The Orange
Art at Tate Britain: “Oranges, wood sculpture; this work is created from 5800 oranges, and raises questions about ephemerality, time and decay. Visitors are invited to take an orange and as a result the piece literally dematerialises and changes through visitor participation.” I’d had two oranges (my wife’s and mine), but I ate one before I…
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17 eUpgrades Air Canada to the reader who opened an ING Account using my Orange Key
The campaign* has been very successful (three times what I had expected, in fact). Apart from my wife – they do say to put money where your mouth is, right? – there was at least one reader (I posted on Facebook late so less likely to be a friend) who used my Orange Key. As a thank-you, I am…
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‘Report suspicious activity to local authorities’
The following recording is on the ‘default’ TV channel (if I might call like that) at the Courtyard by Marriott Waikiki Beach hotel in Honolulu. This is what that channel displays all day long, nothing else: I found it very strange.
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‘Boycott Hyatt’
Just last week I was in Waikiki, Oahu (Hawai’i) and in the bus I saw the following ad: I suppose they meant Hyatt in general and the Hyatt from Waikiki in particular. I wonder, how many people who stayed there saw the ad, not to mention that if you see it for the first time…