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Count On....
New York and San Francisco both have congestion-pricing charges for
motorists now. "David Nebenzahl" wrote in message ... On 7/8/2004 1:31 AM "Mike Donovan" spake thus: My predictions coming to pass as a program on Discovery-Times called "Going Nowhere, Fast", the websites www.#######.com. www.#######.org. www.########.org, www.carbusters.org, ############# websites, and ################# predicting the demise of the automobile, the tearing up of roads, the downsizing of cities and metropolitan areas, cities converting to ######## status, and ############### such as Acrosanti, Correction: Arcosanti is not, nor will it probably ever be, a city. It is a work-in-progress and minor tourist attraction on I-17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff. So long as you keep posting these outrageous claims, I'll keep correcting them. -- Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. - Noam Chomsky --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
#602
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Count On....
New York and San Francisco both have congestion-pricing charges for
motorists now. "David Nebenzahl" wrote in message ... On 7/8/2004 1:31 AM "Mike Donovan" spake thus: My predictions coming to pass as a program on Discovery-Times called "Going Nowhere, Fast", the websites www.#######.com. www.#######.org. www.########.org, www.carbusters.org, ############# websites, and ################# predicting the demise of the automobile, the tearing up of roads, the downsizing of cities and metropolitan areas, cities converting to ######## status, and ############### such as Acrosanti, Correction: Arcosanti is not, nor will it probably ever be, a city. It is a work-in-progress and minor tourist attraction on I-17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff. So long as you keep posting these outrageous claims, I'll keep correcting them. -- Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. - Noam Chomsky --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
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"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
In article ,
"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
In article ,
"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
In article ,
"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
In article ,
"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Cute hotels required ;)
In article ,
"elise" wrote: Hi, I'm in the middle of trip planning right now, and feeling overloaded by too much information!!!! I managed to get 2 tickets (by being bumped last year) from the UK to LA March 26 and returning 2 weeks later on April 9 from SF. No hotel bookings made yet as I still have a trip to Barcelona - next week and Paris - end of August to enjoy so don't want my brain cluttered too much. My itenary reads like this so far: Day 1 -March 26 - Flight - LHR - LA land at 13.15 - Hotel? Day 2- -March 27 -LA - Disney - sorry but I love it here! Day 3 - March 28 - LA Day 4 - March 29 - Catch Coast Starlight (Amtrak) up to San Luis Obispo and stay at Madonna Inn for 2 nights Day 5 - March 30 - Catch CS for Salem Day 6- march 31 - Catch CS(as above) for Salem - overnighting on the train and arriving mid afternoon. Day 7 -April 1- Stay overnight in Salem Day 8 - April 2 - Catch CS up to Seattle - arriving in the evening Day 9 - April 3 -all day in Seattle Day 10- April 4 - Leave Seattle via CS and travel down to San Jose - overnighting and arriving at 10 in the am. - Day 11 - April 5 - Stay in San Jose overnight Day 12 -April 6 - Leave San Jose and catch train to Emeryville then transfer onto Bus for San Francisco, arriving at 5ish pm. Day 13 - April 7 - My Birthday - 40 years Old - OMG!!!!!!!! Have to do something really special!!! Day 14 - April 8 - ???? Recover from hangover - visit Ghiradellis? - lol Day 15 - April 9 - Fly out of SF at 18.55, getting to London 10th April 13.30ish. I love hotels like the Madonna Inn. Can anyone suggest any similar at the stops I'm making. Itenary isn't fixed in stone as I will be getting rail passes from Amtrak - just have to reserve the overnights as we want sleepers but I will do that about Xmas time. With a marathon itinerary like your's, I am surprised you even have time in your schedule to sleep or eat. To each his own, but I would just pick two or three cities on that route and spend some time there, rather than spending more time traveling than actually seeing sights, but that's just me. As for hotels? I have no idea since my only criteria for a hotel is to be clean, conveniently located, and comfortable. I don't really care what they look like as long as they provide basic shelter. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Maui
Snorkelling, Surfing, Windsurfing, Hiking, a luau, drive to Hana,
drive up-country to Kula, Ulapalakua and a visit to the crater at Haleakala -- are the most popular things to do. You can rent the watersports equipment very easily, you definately NEED a rental car and you can pick up a map at any gas station. (snorkelling is best in South Maui, surfing is available in Lahaina and Kihei and North shore, windsurf at Kanaha, watch the Pro surfers at Ho'okipa lookout) Lahaina is a tourist center and should be fun for your first visit. Halloween is a big night in town with parades, bands, and other festivities. Walking the length of Front street and checking out the various art galleries, having a drink at Kimo's, plate lunch at Aloha Mixed Plate are some things to do. Lahaina has two excellent luau's: Feast at Lele (polynesian) or Old Lahaina Luau (hawaiian). There is an arts 'n crafts fair/gathering at the Banyan Tree, on most weekends. Maui is expensive but you can be frugal in many ways. Buy lunch supplies from the Foodland grocery store, try local cuisine (plate lunches, very filling). Gas prices are ridiculous ($2.65/gal), and breakfast can be as expensive as dinner at Denny's or regular restaurants. Check out smaller places like House of Saimin (Old Lahaina Shopping Center), Sunrise Cafe (off Front Street, across from Baldwin House) or Breakwall Cafe (also Front St). Pick up MauiTime Weekly (free) -- at most gas stations, convenience stores --they have local news/events/happenings and a price guide to all the restaurants. Here are some links that maybe helpful: Event Calendar for October: http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/mauoct.htm Festivals on Maui: http://www.alohafestivals.com/alohaf...maui&page=maui Lahaina: http://www.visitlahaina.com/index.html Dining: http://www.infomaui.com/dining/index.html Aloha -T --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Maui
Snorkelling, Surfing, Windsurfing, Hiking, a luau, drive to Hana,
drive up-country to Kula, Ulapalakua and a visit to the crater at Haleakala -- are the most popular things to do. You can rent the watersports equipment very easily, you definately NEED a rental car and you can pick up a map at any gas station. (snorkelling is best in South Maui, surfing is available in Lahaina and Kihei and North shore, windsurf at Kanaha, watch the Pro surfers at Ho'okipa lookout) Lahaina is a tourist center and should be fun for your first visit. Halloween is a big night in town with parades, bands, and other festivities. Walking the length of Front street and checking out the various art galleries, having a drink at Kimo's, plate lunch at Aloha Mixed Plate are some things to do. Lahaina has two excellent luau's: Feast at Lele (polynesian) or Old Lahaina Luau (hawaiian). There is an arts 'n crafts fair/gathering at the Banyan Tree, on most weekends. Maui is expensive but you can be frugal in many ways. Buy lunch supplies from the Foodland grocery store, try local cuisine (plate lunches, very filling). Gas prices are ridiculous ($2.65/gal), and breakfast can be as expensive as dinner at Denny's or regular restaurants. Check out smaller places like House of Saimin (Old Lahaina Shopping Center), Sunrise Cafe (off Front Street, across from Baldwin House) or Breakwall Cafe (also Front St). Pick up MauiTime Weekly (free) -- at most gas stations, convenience stores --they have local news/events/happenings and a price guide to all the restaurants. Here are some links that maybe helpful: Event Calendar for October: http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/mauoct.htm Festivals on Maui: http://www.alohafestivals.com/alohaf...maui&page=maui Lahaina: http://www.visitlahaina.com/index.html Dining: http://www.infomaui.com/dining/index.html Aloha -T --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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