As my sleep patterns are completely smashed after a 5 day trip to the USA (5 days to wreck my sleep pattern? It's getting worse I tell you...), I've decided to get the pictures from my trip report up. For those of you new to GhettoIFE and how things are done with trip reports, this is how I sort of do it (and there's a bigger document I wrote and must publish in the near … [Read more...]
ORDXI: Last post till London – Greetings from the Udvar-Hazy Centre…
... as United seem to run out of Free WiFi cards for T-Mobile. Is it a change I like? I'll let you all figure that one out. How.... inconvenient. And I'm not spending $9.95 for Interweb access at IAD. UPDATE: FREE WIFI in IAD... in the public zones. Will see if it scretches to C7 Lounge.... Speaking of which... 382 to IAD was... busy. Nothing special... which is … [Read more...]
ORD XI: 6am already? But WHY do people hate Hyatt’s White Ginger?
Well I'm preparing to break camp after a good weekend in Chicago, and I'll have a review of the Hyatt Regency O'Hare a bit later (Key points - don't carry your room key next to your phone or you'll be stuck waiting 30 minutes to be let back into it, and avoid the King Rooms) But as I'm off to DC for a bit, then off home it's time for me to open up a point of contention and … [Read more...]
ORD XI: Lounging around LHR
Well you've heard of Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities"... well this is a Tale of Two LHR T1 Lounges. I'll leave you to fill in the names of which is which ;) One is bright, yet the other is is a dingy place One has edible food, one has a joke One is on one side of the airport, the other another. One seems to have plenty of staff floating around, one … [Read more...]
ORD XI: On the Road again…
Well it's almost that time. It's nearing 2am, my mobile phones that are resembling alarm clocks are buzzing, and therefore it must be time to get going again. For those unfamiliar, this is where travel news is put aside for a few days along with most insightful comment, and I go into full travellers venting mode, as I do this flying and hoteling thing for a few days - and it … [Read more...]
