Los Angels, California, U.S.A. [October, 2005 Los Angels, California, U.S.A.] The last place to stay in the U.S. mainland was Los Angels, California. We could arrive there in about 4 hours from New York and there is 3 hours time difference…

Empire State Building, New York [October, 2005 Manhattan, New York] New York was the next visit after Chicago. I luckily got some time to walk around Manhattan. I chose Pennsylvania Station to get off the underground, where was just the en…

Bordentown, New Jersey (I think...) [October, 2005 Chicago, U.S.A.] The U.S. is one of the countries that advocate strictly for smoking cessation from early time. In-door like restaurants, airports, offices … etc. was no smoking and the ac…

Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey [October, 2005 Chicago, U.S.A.] I definitely transferred at the airports in the mainland of the U.S. on the way to Canada and/or the Latin America, and even if I stayed there it was only one…

Morning in Taipei, Taiwan [August, 2005 Taipei -> Taichung, Taiwan] My first visit of Taiwan in 2005. It was the nearest foreign country where I’d ever visited. I thought this trip might have been postponed because a typhoon was approachin…

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport [September, 1999 Dallas, Texas] Arrived at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport without any troubles. Some troubles happened at some places in the Latin America. I’d returned to the U.S., where I …

A view of Port of Spain similar to that of San Juan (from the hotel) [September, 1999 San Juan, Puerto Rico] Forgetting the flood of my room at the hotel, I would fly to Dallas, Texas via San Juan, Puerto Rico, American territory this day.…

The national flag of Trinidad and Tobago, and $20 bank note with the steel pan [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] Our job went mostly well as scheduled and the travelling day came. My colleague went back to the U.S. by an…

Maracas bay beach, Trinidad [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] We ordered lunch at the restaurant next day. I don’t remember the details well, but Peter asked me of about the dressing or topping and I answered xxx. I don’…

At the burger shop, Port of Spain [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] Once I went to the hotel to check in first, and was taken to Maracas bay beach located in the north of the island to kill time. It was a scenic coast wi…