Travel

Really just notes for my own references of travels I've done or planning to do.

Websites

Travel

• wikitravel.org - Lots of recommendations and listings of places to check out
• wikimapia.com
• 360cities.com - Get to know the places beforehand to save time navigating

Flight

• finn.no - Norwegian search portal
• ebookers.no
• restplass.no - Norwegian flight deal portal
• skyscanner.net - Combines independent flights into otherwise not obvious
• Website of airlines:
  • Norwegian
  • KLM
  • RyanAir
  • SAS

Hotel

• finn.no - Norwegian search portal
• expedia.com - Easy to spot deals
• tripadvisor.com - Great independent visitor reviews
• The website of hotel of interest

Other

• Eric Fischer - City maps created out of geotagged photos

Travels

• 2003 Sept. London
• 2007 Oct. London (FOWA)
• 2008 Jan. Newcastle (UFC)
• 2008 July. Western Norway
• 2009 Jan. Dublin (UFC)
• 2009 Apr. Cologne (Family)
• 2009 Jul. Western Norway
• 2009 Oct. Oslo (Wozniak conference)
• 2009 Dec. Berlin
• 2010 Jun. Denmark cycletour
• 2010 Aug. Western/southern Norway
• 2010 Dec. Berlin
• 2011 Feb. Amsterdam

Next travels

• Things to remember for next London trip Ask Slashdot [1] [2]:
  • Check some dj shops: Phoncia, BM Soho, Rough Trade
  • Bletchley Park, Enigma codebreaking + early computing
  • Science Museum
  • British Museum
  • Hummus Bros [3]
  • Just Falafels [4]
  • Adadgio Teas Regent Street
• San Francisco trip:
  • The Long Now museum - mechanical computing
  • Apex Electronics, Sun Valley - Surplus electronics store
  • TechShop - tinkerer's perfect playground
  • Amoeba Music - Large independent music store
• New York trip:
  • Gray's Papaya - Hot Dog specialists
• Trip to Tokyo:
  • Find a good apartment near a metro line
  • Akihabara
    • Lots, lots of electronics shops, must see, videos of some of them
  • Tokyo tower
  • Shinkansen ekspress tog
  • Kyoto
  • Osaka
  • Green Tea Icecream
  • Eat on other than first floor, quieter, better food [5]
    • Shinjuku
  • Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium