A Look Back to Things We Missed

Happy New Year, everybody. Not everything done while traveling has made it to the blog, so here are a few random photos to fill you in on things you missed. On the USS Missouri, there was a computer room, with old Macs and even an ImageWriter 2 printer. On the Big Island of Hawaii, we […]

The Post In Which P Becomes Famous

P, apparently, is a local tourist attraction. Yup … I’m not kidding about this one. They love him here. EVERYBODY wants to have their picture taken with him. It all started at the temple this morning. I was looking at something, and turned around to find him taking a picture with people I didn’t know. […]

Finally At A Destination

We landed almost an hour late, got through immigration, got P’s bag, and made our way to the hotel, finally settling in at almost 2 am. I think P was a bit taken aback by the security guard at the gate of our hotel compound, whereas I was less surprised, having experienced something similar in […]

Who Would Put A Bar There???

We have been in the air 5 hours and 50 minutes, with 1 hour and 40 minutes to go, and I’m officially tired of flying. This time we are on an ANA 787. Yes I still like this plane, and since it’s night-time the unfortunate windows aren’t an issue. Not much to say about this […]

The Flight Attendant Is Out to Get Me

I am now 17 hours into this trip, and we still haven’t landed in Tokyo. We connect from there to an 8-hour flight on ANA that will take us to Jakarta. This flight is on United, which is a new thing for me. Usually I fly Delta or one of their partners, but this really […]

The Long Introductory Post Without Pictures

Yes, dear readers, as promised, I am back! Much like cold sores and shingles, Butterblogger has returned for one last expedition of 2014, and this one has the potential to be a train wreck, so you definitely won’t want to look away! What destination could evoke such a possibility? Well, many come to mind, but […]