A (travel?) blog, of the mind and body – Wow… Deep!
Turns out not many people stay for the weekend. Attendance really dropped down as the weekend approached. Made me think it would be good to go to sessions the first couple of days and the exhibition over the weekend. Especially since I didn’t care too much about bringing home stuff (though I did enter for …
I took a few less photos today as I went to a new place (C-Space) that ended up being a dud, and revisited the main convention center. I also visited Google and some other cool out of the way spots too. Yeah, Google was out of the way located in a central outdoor area along …
CES is broken into three “locations” and even at each location there are separate buildings. Today I went to the central part and looked at that expo hall. It was filled with smaller groups but it was still huge. Check out this map. After I walked this floor, I found an entire EXTRA floor in …
The last time I went to CES was in 1988 in Chicago when they still held it there. Was I too young to officially get in? Yes. Did I still go? Yes. Was it mind blowing? Yes. Back then, the most amazing thing was the Karaoke machine which was just being brought onto US shores …
The hotel I’m staying at (Hotel D’ Opera MGallery) decided it was time for the holidays. This tree popped up and so did Christmas music in the elevators. Soon the hallway behind me in this photo would be decorated with icicles and LEDs. Quite festive. But you know what every good Christmas Tree needs? Trains. …
I have to admit that when I went to Vietnam, I wasn’t expecting to see glitter in the streets… but we’ll get to that in a moment. You know how you go into a small town, we’ll take one in Maine for instance, and there are still those mom & pop shops that sell specific …
One of the things I’ve seen on the internet was the train going down what looks like a residential street with things being sold and bought. Up until the train comes sauntering down the middle of the street and canopies are pulled in, chairs are stowed, and goods are left out since they are lower …
Breakfast The morning started out with a good breakfast, and thanks to Google Translate, I managed to avoid all the foods that have MSG in them, also known as bột ngọt. They had an omelet station, a noodle station (MSG), fruit (papaya and dragon fruit) and a coffee bar. I had my first taste of …
There is a big difference between six US dollars and six hundred thousand Viet Dong… But it isn’t that much. One of the things the Lonely Planet guidebook on Vietnam will tell you is that scams at the Taxi stand at the Vietnam airport abound. They will run fast meters. They will take you to …
I have the wonderful opportunity to travel to a place that I never thought I’d be able to go to, and that’s Vietnam. Here is a multipart set of posts of my travels there… and back. It starts with a trip to Dulles Airport. Home of all sorts of cool technology, and old technology like …