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New, larger and re-organised immigration set-up in Sydney for me, and much improved. In spite of being in the midst of the morning bank of arriving flights, only a few minutes wait for a machine, where I was promptly bounced, as I had been to Colombia. Manually processed with some inscrutable...

Post take-off drinks order taken before pushback, and served not long after the seat belt sign turned off. Dinner orders then taken and these were served pretty quickly for Qantas and the whole meal service for me was completed 2 hours after take-off. They also had a Riesling on board! I'm...

Check-in opened 4.5 hrs before departure for QF8, departing at 8:30pm. The security which had a very long line, but moved quickly. So quite a long wait at DFW AA Flagship lounge, interspersed with laps around the terminal. I wanted to find a pharmac_/drugstore, but was told there was not one...

By the look of the weather, I don’t think I’m going to miss much, if anything 😊

Go if you can! Wonderful country, wonderful people. I got a B1/B2 Visa for the USA after visiting, which was a bit of a hassle compared to JohnM but it’s allowed me to go back to transit which I had to do on my present trip. I had the feeling about all the people at first, but several of us...

You’ve done well. I didn’t appreciate that until I got to the Caribbean that it really is a dog’s breakfast of which nation is covered by which eSIM provider.

After continuing problems with my Flexiroam plan recently I’m going to give up on them, absent a really extremely good deal. And hopefully their 15% off MC thing as well. I don’t have the technical smarts to keep troubleshooting the damn thing when it doesn’t work, or when I’ve coughed something...

I flew in on QF8 from Los Angeles this morning and arrived about 6:30am, more or less on schedule. I have a separate reward flight with Qantas leaving at 2 pm - about a seven hour, jet lagged wait. 😡🙄 Why did I do that? Was I so desperate to get a Qantas reward seat that I adopted stupid timing...

I got two within 2 km of the Yemeni border when I was visiting Saudi Arabia on business and we were supposed to include Yemen. We are okay, our local host was okay with it and the security guards from Saudi that we stopped at periodically heading towards the border were okay but the Australian...

Sudan - planned but stymied within a few months of travel by civil war; the pyramids and churches! Given up - I'm getting too infirm for what would be required. Ukraine/Belarus - tour was booked, then covid and war. Small chance; if facilities allow, I'd go to support the economy of Ukraine...

AA1646 MIA-DFW dep MIA 15:30 arr DFW 17:56 local; 3H22 schedules, 3H actual. 1D, A320CEO PDB of G&T, warm towel Post DB of another G&T, with warm nuts (the wine selection was 'orrible). 'Lunch was offered at about 4pm DFW local; I declined :) Dreadful arrival experience at DFW. We...

8:30am flight tomorrow, so an early flight with a 5:45am alarm. Easy Uber, streets very quiet, made it in 15 mins not the suggested 30. Check-in - Priority line much longer than Main Cabin, but it didn't take long Immigration and security easy and quick. Then the gate lounge. Ugh. I knew...

I asked for another dinner recommendation, and this time it was Carmen, just across the park https://carmencartagena.com/en/ Another winner. A short walk across the park A few quick snaps as I walked in; its quite big with a number of rooms here and there; was busy at 7pm; I thought...

More of the area Late lunch snack - ginger infused water (needed that!) and a ham and cheese criossant at Manna

The del mural in the name comes from it being in the heart of the 'mural zone' and otherwise artists showing their stuff on the street

After a shower and a bit of a rest, time to hunt for some more coffee. I headed down to the Getsemani district, wich is sort of the LH half of the island in the centre here Its best know for its arts, street life and joi de vivre.. First, coffee and a snack. Cafe de Mural, perfect...

Walk back to the hotel. Getting very warm and humid La Chula - restaurant with shows Coffee section in most convenience stores is good

Next morning, an early Brekkie at the hotel - nice, then a 20 minute walk to the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, which I saw on my first drive in. Any one view (except air) only shows a portion of it Wikipedia: Construction on the fortress was finalised by 1536 and expanded between 1639...

For dinner, my host at the hotel suggested Mistura, just a few doors up and it was a great choice. In fact some people in the check-in area when I asked made the comment that everywhere is fabulous and a couple of days later, having been to this and another place, and talked to others, I have...

I kept exploring as it grew dark and after dark, beteen about 5:30 and 6:30pm. The evening diners were coming out Some streets with decorations Back to the Plaza de los Coches and the Torre del Reloj where most of the action was This was actually much brighter, but it flickered...