Hi C, D. A post card from Honoka’a, HI. Honoka’a is on this map. Is your home on the map?
Category: Place
Hawaii, Japan 2014
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Castles in the Air
Poster on my office wallIt’s hard to beat a journey that starts with deicing fluid rumbling onto hollow metal. Before you know it you’re six miles above a perfectly blue Pacific. Then, just as the sun is thinking of setting, you arrive in HNL (Honolulu) to a terminal with walls open to fragrant tropical vegetation.The…… Continue reading Castles in the Air
Exploring Nordeast with Audio Guides
Used audio guides to explore Nordeast Minneapolis.
Walking into Forbidden Places
We were riding the Delhi metro when we became aware of dirty looks, and, oddly, all the other passengers were female. Then it dawned on us we had stumbled into the women-only coach. The fine for this infraction was higher than for riding on the roof, and it was being regularly enforced. The subway train was moving, we…… Continue reading Walking into Forbidden Places
Peace Crane Sculpture
Walked to Lake Harriet then Lyndale Park Peace Garden. Paused at sculpture depicting folding of origami peace crane.
This and That
Lunch special at Tao Natural Foods before walk to Minneapolis Central Library. Picked up repaired watch on walk home.
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
Walked to Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Warmed up with 100+-year-old equipment. Then, ate udon noodles. A good day.
Ikebukuro Station
This picture evokes vivid memories. April 2013, I’m underground in Tokyo, in Ikebukuro Station, the second busiest train station in the world with over 2.7 million passengers a day. I never walk up on the surface of Tokyo. I’ve just arrived from Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku, the nether regions of Japan, to catch a train back out of…… Continue reading Ikebukuro Station
Ikebukuro Station
Wrote about a vivid two-second memory from a trip: Good travel = a succession of little things.