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Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Beijing Airport

montanaron — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:16:20 +0000

Beijing’s Capital City Airport (BCIA) is a bit of a contrast to Incheon Airport, although it is a huge, bright gleaming facility. On my departure to and return from Thailand, I had the opportunity to browse around Terminal 3, which could be described as cavernous. T3 is kind of in the shape of a 3-bladed [...] Related posts:

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Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Incheon Airport

montanaron — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:24:15 +0000

The weather here in Yeosu has been great lately, with abundant sunshine and temperatures around 6 or 8 C (mid-forties fahrenheit); however, the big factor is that the wind hasn’t been howling, like it usually does this time of year. I even managed to get a few jogging sessions in this past weekend. If it [...] Related posts:

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In Hanoi

montanaron — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:28:56 +0000

I arrived in Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport with nothing extremely noteworthy happening on the flight here. Viet Nam Airlines still leaves a lot to be desired–just so-so food and absolutely no in-flight entertainment. (They said that the system had a mechanical/electrical failure of some sort.) Mostly the cabin attendants were polite and attentive, but one [...] Related posts:

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Laos Pride

montanaron — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:29 +0000

I just called my friend Nai in Laos. The entire family was gathered around the TV, watching the opening ceremonies of the Southeast Asia games and they (and probably most of Laos) were very excited about the event. As far as I know, Laos has never hosted anything like this before, so the country has [...] Related posts:

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Out of Korea

montanaron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:57:09 +0000

Written June 13th.

I saw on CNN a few days before I made my flight to Bangkok that Incheon Airport, outside of Seoul, was rated the overall best airport in the world, beating out perennial front runner Singapore. It’s certainly a huge, spacious, orderly and clean facility, and the personnel are mostly friendly. However, I [...] Related posts:

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In Transit

montanaron — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:54:48 +0000

It’s now 2 p.m., Vietnam time, and I’m sitting in a restaurant/internet cafe, one of two in the transit area of the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi. Incongruously, for this Communist country, it would seem, Christmas decorations abound in the restaurant–tinsel, fake candy canes, a plastic tree with blinking lights, and Santas and other decorations [...] Related posts:

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Fire and Ice

montanaron — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:05:44 +0000

I managed to get through another birthday last week, and my mother sent me an e-card which featured animated fireworks. Coincidentally, Yeosu held a Fireworks Festival the evening before, featuring a contest between teams from 4 countries–Korea, China, the Netherlands and France. (I don’t know who won.) Unfortunately, I had a night class to teach. [...] Related posts:

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In Thailand and Laos

montanaron — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:28:11 +0000

It’s been an uneventful trip so far. The flight over to Thailand was long, but there were plenty of entertainment options (movies, games, music) on board the China Air plane, though the food wasn’t up to the standards of my usual carrier, Thai Airlines. I learned that the Taipei airport was shut down several hours [...] Related posts:

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Back in the USA

montanaron — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:05:45 +0000

Yes, I’m back in very hot Montana. The temperatures here in Great Falls and elsewhere in Big Sky Country have been over or near 100 degrees for a week now and the long range forecast isn’t calling for much relief. Global warming? Is there any doubt?

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