Sunday, September 7, 2008

New York & Cancun - Sep. 7, 2008 - Sep. 18, 2008

Sep.7 16:35 CO008 NRT - EWR
Sep. 11 09:00 CO1730 EWR - CUN
Sep. 17 06:00 CO 265 CUN-HOU
Sep. 17 10:50 CO 007 HOU-NRT

Day 1: New York

-Arriving in Manhattan
-Kenny Burrell Quintet with Benny Green, Peter Washington,
-Tivon Pennicott & Clayton Cameron at Dizzy's Club

Dizzy's Club Coca Cora

Time Warner Center
Day 2: New York
-Meeting Friends at an Italian Restaurant in Midtown
-Visiting Central Park
-Walking Around Midtown
-Auditing Barry Harris' Workshop in Jazz at Lincoln Center
-The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in Village Vanguard

Insieme

GE Building at the Rockefeller Center

St. Patrick's Cathedral

New York City

Day 3: New York
-New York TV and Movie Sites Tour
-Visiting Music Instruments Shops on 49th St.
-Barry's Workshop at the University of the Streets
-Visiting the Cutting Room

Featuring members of all of the Hiram Bullock Bands,
including 24th Street Band and World's Most Dangerous Band:

Clifford Carter, Charley Drayton, Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, Clint de Ganon,
Frank Gravis, Jeremy Gaddie, Ricky Peterson, Darryl Jones, Steven Wolf,
Katreese Barnes, Benny Harrison, Kenwood Dennard, Tony Beard, Chris Codish

and featuring:
Chuck Loeb, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Oz Noy, Jeff Gollub,
Sid McGinnis, John Tropea, Adam Rogers, Corey Glover,
Russel Velasquez, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell, Tom Bose, Marilyn, etc.

Monica and Chandler's Apartment

A Cat at a Music Instruments Shop

Day 4: New York
-Statue of Liberty
-Brooklyn Bridge
-Wall Street
-World Trade Center
-Coltrane's Apartment
-SOHO, NOHO
-Empire State Building
-Paul Motian, Joe Lovano & Bill Frisell Trio at Village Vanguard

Lower Manhattan from Hudson River

Liberty Island

Looking Up the Statue

Brooklyn Bridge

Wall Street

Ground Zero

Coltrane's Place (103th St.)

View from the Empire State Building

Two Blue Beams from Ground Zero

Day 5: Cancun
-Arriving in Cancun
-Walking Around Plaza Caracol
-Booking Tours through Hotel Concierge
-Dinner at Fiesta Americana Villas Cancun

Above Hurricanes

Arriving

Fiesta Americana Villas Cancun

Fiesta Americana Villas Cancun

Day 6: Cancun
-Sailing Tour to Isla Mujeres with "Albatros"
-Snorkeling
-Buffet Lunch
-Touching a Tamed Shark
-Tequila Party on Board

Sailing

Blue Green Ocean

Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres

Back in Zona Hotelera in Cancun

Day 7: Cancun
- Scuba diving in Cenote (Chac Mool) w/ Queen Angel
- Relax at the Villas

Photo by Queen Angel

Photo by Queen Angel



Day 8: Cancun
- Scuba diving in Cancun w/ Dive Cancun
- Going shopping in downtown




Day 9: Cozmel
- Scuba diving in Cozmel w/ Aqua World
(San Francisco Wall & Paradise Reef)






Day 10: Chichen Itza
- Visiting Chichen Itza w/ Cosmos Tours






Friday, November 30, 2007

Hong Kong - Nov. 30, 2007 - Dec. 04, 2007

Nov. 30, 2007 18:15 JL735 NRT - HKG
Dec. 04, 2007 15:20 JL732 HKG - NRT

-Friends' Wedding in Hong Kong


Wedding Ceremony

Party

Night View from Tim Sa Tsui


Night View from Tim Sa Tsui

Monday, July 30, 2007

Route 66 - Jul. 30, 2007 - Aug. 10, 2007

Jul. 30, 2007
15:40 NW020 NRT - MSP
15:20 NW132 MSP - ORD

Aug. 9, 2007
13:35 NW001 LAX - NRT

Total 2,779 miles (4,660 km) from Chicago to LA

Day 0
-Arriving in Chicago
-Buying a Road Map
-Visiting the Sears Tower
-Staying at Travelodge

Chicago


Lake Michigan

Day 1
-Chicago/Illinois (Lou Mitchell's, Museum of Contemporary Art)
-Joliet/Illinois (Historical Museum)
-McLean/Illinois (Dixie Truckers Home)
-Springfield/Illinois (Lincoln Home)
-St.Louis/Missouri (Staying at Drury Hotels)

Chicago

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

Journey Starts

Following the Sign

Road by Corn Fields

Day 2
-St.Louis/Missouri
-Cuba/Missouri (Route 66 Cafe)
-Joplin/Missouri (Staying at Plaza Motel)

St.Louis

Route 66 Cafe

Roller Coaster Roads

Artistic View

Lamas

Day 3
-Joplin/Missouri
-Galena/Kansas (Galena Mining and Historical Museum, Breakfast at Riverton)
-Miami/Oklahoma (Coleman Theater)
-Tulsa/Oklahoma (Boston Av. Church)
-Oklahoma City/Oklahoma
-Clinton/Oklahoma (Staying at MID-TOWN TRAVEL INN)

Kansas

Dirt Road

A Cat in Clinton

Railway

Day 4
-Clinton/Oklahoma (Route 66 Museum)
-Sayre/Oklahoma (Courthouse)
-McLean/Texas (Red River Cafe, Devil's Rope Museum)
-Amarillo/Texas (Cadillac Ranch)
-Vega/Texas (Dot's Mini Museum)
-Tucumcari/New Mexico (Staying at Motel Americana)

Italian Harley-Davidson Riders

Way to Texas

Cadillac Ranch

Shopping at Lowe's in Tucumcari

Day 5
-Tucumcari/New Mexico
-Santa Rosa/New Mexico (Blue Hole)
-Las Vegas/New Mexico (El Rialto Restaurant)
-Santa Fe/New Mexico
-Albuquerque/New Mexico (Route 66 Diner, Staying at Holiday Inn Express)

Motel Americana

Dead End

Blue Hole

Way to Las Vegas

Shop in Las Vegas

Route 66 Travelers

Santa Fe

Way to Albuquerque

Route 66 Diner

Day 6
-Albuquerque/New Mexico
-Continental Divide
-Gallup/New Mexico (El Rancho Hotel)
-Navajo/Arizona (Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park)
-Meteor City/Arizona (Meteor Crater)
-Flagstaff/Arizona (Staying at Town House Motel)

Continental Divide


Way to Sanders

Desert

Way to Navajo

Santa Fe Railway

Painted Desert

Meteor Crater

Day 7
-Flagstaff/Arizona
-Grand Canyon National Park/Arizona
-Kingman/Arizona (Staying at Brunswick)

Too Many Signs in Flagstaff

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona

Way to Kingman

Day 8
-Kingman/Arizona (Powerhouse Visitor Center)
-Oatman/Arizona
-Amboy/California (Roy's Cafe, Amboy Crater)
-Newberry Springs/California (Bagdad Cafe)
-Barstow/California (Bun Boy, Staying at Holiday Inn Express)

Morning in Kingman

Kingman

Kingman

Santa Fe Railway

Oatman

Oatman

Where are their houses?

Route 66 Sign on the Road

Way to California

Roy's Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

Day 9
-Barstow/California
-Victorville/California
-San Bernardino/California (McDonald's Museum)
-Pasadena/California
-Santa Monica, L.A./California (The Lobster)
-Los Angels International Airport (Staying at Holiday Inn)

Santa Fe Railway

San Bernardino

The Final Destination

Santa Monica, L.A