Travel panic

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 30, 2007

So, it’s T minus 5 days to the China trip, and travel panic is starting to set in. Me being me, I am blithely unconcerned about plane tickets, money, passports, whether I’ll have the right clothing, whether I’ll get lost in a foreign city and be totally unable to communicate with local passersby, and so [...]

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China

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 12, 2007

T minus 24 days to our China trip, and Mike and I are preparing.  Mike, by virtue of being newer at this, is being a lot more organized than me, planning out what clothes, etc. he’s going to bring.  I should probably also be thinking about this, but since I’ve been working crazy hours, the [...]

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We now restore you to your regular programming…

By Tien Chiu | Published: February 18, 2007

I’m now in London’s Heathrow Airport, en route to San Francisco.  I had a great time in Ghana – check out my Ghana blog for the details – and am on my way home.  Home! Land of hot showers, dependable electricity, and real coffee.  I can hardly wait. Ahh.  I have now caught up on [...]

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Switching over to my Ghana blog now

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 26, 2007

We’re now at T minus 8 hours, and I’m doing the last of my preparations.  My small travel lock has turned up missing in my final inventory, so I’ll be stopping by REI later today to pick it up, but other than that everything seems to be there.  This will be my last post in [...]

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T minus 33 hours…

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 25, 2007

As promised, Chez Panisse was really good, though whether it was worth the $100/plate price tag I dunno.  At any rate, it was a nice romantic evening with excellent food – first a plate of seafood bits (Sweetwater oysters on the half shell, Dungeness crab leg, some very tender squid, and yummy shrimp), then potato [...]

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