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Just watch from minute 8:40 to 9:48... Absolutely breathtaking!...

That's just one of the reasons why almost every visitor wants to stay here forever...

The tallest/highest waterfall in the world... 979 mts... OURS... I can't love this blessed land more than I already do...

Venezuela... My country... My home... My love... I love you, Venezuela!...

I took a vacation to Oregon. It's about 1800 miles one way. I made it in 3 days on my trike. On the way up I had 2 days I rode over 600 miles, a bit hard on the sit down, but still a lot of fun. On the way home I had a day I rode a little over 700 miles. I didn't much care for riding around in the Portland area, but I loved it when we went to the coast. Such beautiful country, and the roads are great for riding. While in Oregon I had my sister, 2 nieces, and a nephew ride with me. What a trip, not bad for an old man.

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While doing research on the fate of the OceanGates's submersible Titan, movie director James Cameron (of Titanic movie fame) came into focus giving several interviews about the faults of the Titan, both in design and materials. Cameron has become famous for his deep sea research having many dives to the Titanic as well as explorations to the deepest part of the oceans... The Mariana Trench.

In the Western region of the Pacific Ocean there is a fault in the sea floor about 200 kilometers east of the Mariana Islands. In the 1800's ships dropped weighted ropes to determine it's depth and years later with sophisticated sonar it's deepest point was determined to be 10,984 meters or roughly 6.8 miles.

Cameron has been credited for 33 dives to the Titanic and In a submersible of his own design, visited Mariana Trench in March 2012 in exploration of the ocean floor to return with videos and still images.

Here's a short documentary of James and his submarine:

I have been home for one day, and I am already planning my next USA trip. At least in my head. My next trip will be two weeks, but I am unsure if I want to go back to Virginia, or if I am going to go somewhere else. Maybe I can find a hotel somewhere, which won't break my bank balance. I saw one hotel called Hotel Washington next to The White House, but it's quite.. Expensive..

So I will look into finding a cheaper hotel somewhere. The idea of a motel came into my mind, but I quickly ditched that idea. Too much Criminal Minds, I suppose.

I do know that I want to visit other states than Virginia. Maybe visit all the states, if possible. The United States of America is a big country, so I doubt it'll ever happen. Mainly because I waited so long to visit for the first time. Maybe I'll just save up for a few years and take a full month in the USA, and either fly, take the bus or the train to see as much as possible. I also want to see some history, if there's anything left, anyway .

In any case - I am not finished with the USA. At all!

One week in the USA done! What did I see and experience there? Well. Lots of food, fun experiences and delays on the flight home. More on that later!

So.. Where in the US did I go? I went to visit a friend in Virginia. It's someone I have known for at least 13 years, so it's not something spur of the moment with someone I have only known for a week. No, this is a friendship that goes way back.

I slept on the sofa, which was very comfortable. That was the deal from the start, when I booked the flight. She was unable to get all the days I was visiting off, so I was alone in her apartment with her cat, until she got off work.Then, we'd go out for some food.

The first place I tried was Olive Garden, which was delicious! I got one of those make-your-own dishes, which was regular noodles, a 4 cheese sauce and Italian sausage on top. I liked it a lot.

We also visited something called Glory Days, which had the best sandwich ever! It was a short rib grilled cheese sandwich, and it was freaking awesome.

We also went to DC for some sightseeing. The following day, she was off work, so we decided to head back to DC to get some gifts for my family, as well as coming close to The White House. Naturally, the weather was warm, so it was a little sticky.

Am I done with the USA? No. Not at all! I want to visit again soon!

Back when I bought my trip to Washington D.C., I bought the tickets through Lufthansa in their Economy section. The flight was 3658 Danish kroner ($530.43), with a random seat allocation. I decided to spend 628 Danish kroner ($91.06), on picking my seats on all the flights, bringing the total cost of the trip to 4286 Danish kroner ($621.50).

Cheap, but it showed. The quality of the flight wasn't the best.

I will let you all know why I wouldn't pick Lufthansa again!

The trip was from Copenhagen to Frankfurt, and then onward to Washington D.C. A few days before departure, Lufthansa sent me an email where they told me, that they had gotten a different aircraft for my flight to Frankfurt, so I had gotten a new seat.

"alright, no harm done. At least I am going to go on my trip", and that first flight was quick. However - I seemed to be sitting between a company trip, because they all knew each other. They talked. And talked. And talked. Quite loud as well, and even when the safety demonstration was being performed. Very rude, I think.

The food on that flight - if you could call it that - was a bottle of water and a piece of chocolate. Granted, it was just an hour, but still. I was very hungry, and I had a two hour wait in Frankfurt - with no Euro on me, and my card isn't working outside Denmark.

Strike one.

We landed in Frankfurt ahead of time, which was fantastic! It was my first time in Frankfurt airport, so I had no idea what to expect. From the aircraft, we had to take a bus to the terminal, and from there, I had to find my gate for my next flight. Luckily, the gate was easy to find, so I sat down and relaxed until it was time to board.

An hour and a half later, we boarded. We were 350 people that needed to board - with just four people to handle that. It took a bit of time, but once we were situated in the aircraft - a rather old and tired Airbus A330 - we pushed back. The flight to the US was nothing to write home about. Pretty streamlined and pretty boring. The food was good, though. I got a chicken/mashed potato dish, which was excellent. Or maybe I was just hungry.

Just before landing I got very hungry. Luckily, they offered a snack, which I was very excited for. However - the bread was VERY dry - maybe because it had spent 8 hours in the fridge.. You don't put toast in the fridge..

Landing in Washington Dulles was good. We had some minor turbulence, but I wasn't worried. We touched down ahead of time, so it was off and through immigration. That flight was quite smooth, so maybe the Copenhagen to Frankfurt part was a one-off?

No.. The trip home was even worse. We pushed back from Dulles a few minutes behind schedule. That happens all the time, so as long as we landed on time in Frankfurt, I could make my flight home.

An hour into the flight, the captain came on the intercom, saying that some of the screens didn't show the entertainment, so they would kill the power and reboot. That didn't help, so they rebooted it again, which helped.

That was the only real memorable thing that happened on that flight, so fast-forward to landing in Frankfurt. I had an hour and a half to reach my gate and my connecting flight. I made the gate with 40 minutes to spare, so I sat down and relaxed. We boarded about 50 minutes later, and to my delight, I had a whole row to myself since the flight was only half full. That meant that boarding was completed well ahead of time, so we had about 20 minutes to relax, before we were taking off and pointing the nose to Denmark, and Copenhagen.

However - that was not to be for a while.. Read my next blog to find out why that was, and why I will not be flying Lufthansa again..

Yes, I'm a rider, I ride as often as I can. Sometimes I wake up early, and have trouble getting back to sleep, I've been know to take off for a ride at 3am. Other times on a whim I'll throw a couple of changes of clothes in a bag and just take off. One time when I did that I wound up spending the night in Arkansas, the next night found me in Iowa. I have already earned 1 Iron Butt patch, and am presently waiting to see if my second ride will be approved. In both cases it was 1000 miles in 24 hours, not the easiest ride to make, but in it's own way quite fun.

Well, I consider Omaha home now but I’ve been pining to go back to Malaysia for awhile now. Wanted to fly back late last year/earlier this year but there were too many restrictions still and I abandoned the idea until a month ago when Art just booked a ticket for me to fly back to Malaysia end of this year!

I’d be visiting on my own without Art. We both feel it’s best I go alone coz by then, I haven’t been back for more 3 years and I would’ve a lot of things to catch up with family and friends and so many food to binge and gorge

A couple of days ago, I saw on my FB Malaysia Quarantine support group that the Malaysia Health Ministry have decided to do away with the cumbersome ’Traveller Card’ and now all I gotta do before I embark on my flight is to just fill up my vaccination details on that one app. Such a far cry from early this year!



My daughter already been making plans to take time off from her work so that we can spend a little bit of time together. My girlfriends will make sure their calendar is cleared when I go back to my hometown, they better be!

My ex-husband’s aunts and cousins already invited me to their house to stay and promised to cook for me the whole time I’m there! I’ve even placed the menu!

December cannot come any sooner….



It’s a good thing the world is slowly opening up now. People can be reunited and for those who have been wanting to meet their long-distance relationship ‘love’, this is the time! What are you waiting for?!?!