To maximize miles, plus have dinner with my friend Thomas on Maui before a redeye back.
That’s YYZ-CLE-FLL-DEN-SEA, then SEA-SFO-OGG-SFO-ORD-YYZ, currently with 5 of those 9 flights upgraded (some complimentary, some using one of my upgrades).
Category: USA
Dr Sun Yat Sen – he’s everywhere!
Well, just about everywhere there are significant Chinese population, it would seem (recall he is the founder of “modern China” who overthrew the last Chinese emperor).
There are monuments/memorials/roads/historical sites in honour of Dr Sun Yat Sen in Taipei (Taiwan), Maui (Hawaii, USA), Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Penang (Malaysia)!
Given the large Chinese community in Toronto, I just googled it and found this memorial statue in Riverside Park.
SFO: One leg down, 3 to go
After a painful 4:45 alarm. Gotta like 4 hours of sleep. Upgraded on 3 of 4 legs. Watched “we bought a zoo” – predictable but cute – and a good episode of Suits.
Also finally started reading HK history. Didn’t realize that the British got the Chinese addicted to opium (from India) and won HK as a result of the opium war of 1840.
cool futuristic/now eco concepts from a United Hemispheres magazine
Interesting United hemispheres article: Plan G – cool futuristic-but-now eco concepts:
View from UC lounge in into terminal at SFO
Nicer than most of them, inc. the one in domestic terminal F
Nice albeit windowless United Club lounge in SEA.
City bus arrival screen downtown
Ice cream sundae on UA first class
There’s an old saying in southern Louisiana
If the Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries wants to control the population of a particular species, all it needs to do is circulate a few recipes.
(from an article in the March United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine)
Maui: funky Holy Ghost Portuguese church in Kula
Trippy little details at this Holy Ghost Portuguese church, including the Last Supper (with a woman next to JC, as per Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code), statue of Mary on a snake, and the dedication plaque referring to the creation of the world 6681 years ago (really?)…
