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== Travels == | == Travels == | ||
* 2003 Sept. London | * 2003 Sept. London - Trip with friends | ||
* 2007 Oct. London | * 2007 Oct. London - FOWA conference and Diggnation show | ||
* [[Travel Jan 2008 Newcastle|2008 Jan. Newcastle]] - UFC show | * [[Travel Jan 2008 Newcastle|2008 Jan. Newcastle]] - UFC show | ||
* [[Travel Jul 2008 Norway|2008 July. Western Norway]] | * [[Travel Jul 2008 Norway|2008 July. Western Norway]] - Hardangerfjorden, Songefjorden, Jotunheimen, Geiranger, and Trollstigen | ||
* [[Travel Jan 2009 Dublin|2009 Jan. Dublin]] - UFC show | * [[Travel Jan 2009 Dublin|2009 Jan. Dublin]] - UFC show | ||
* 2009 Apr. Cologne - Family | * 2009 Apr. Cologne - Family | ||
* [[Travel Jul 2009 Norway|2009 Jul. Western Norway]] - | * [[Travel Jul 2009 Norway|2009 Jul. Western Norway]] - Bergen, Hardangerfjorden, Sognefjorden, and old road over Lærdalstunnelen | ||
* 2009 Oct. Oslo - Wozniak conference | * 2009 Oct. Oslo - Wozniak conference | ||
* [[Travel Dec 2009 Berlin|2009 Dec. Berlin]] - CCC conference | * [[Travel Dec 2009 Berlin|2009 Dec. Berlin]] - CCC conference | ||
Revision as of 23:22, 11 July 2011
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:
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 - Trip with friends
- 2007 Oct. London - FOWA conference and Diggnation show
- 2008 Jan. Newcastle - UFC show
- 2008 July. Western Norway - Hardangerfjorden, Songefjorden, Jotunheimen, Geiranger, and Trollstigen
- 2009 Jan. Dublin - UFC show
- 2009 Apr. Cologne - Family
- 2009 Jul. Western Norway - Bergen, Hardangerfjorden, Sognefjorden, and old road over Lærdalstunnelen
- 2009 Oct. Oslo - Wozniak conference
- 2009 Dec. Berlin - CCC conference
- 2010 Jun. Denmark cycletour - North to south, 8 days
- 2010 Aug. Western/southern Norway - Twice, Lysebotn and Preikestolen
- 2010 Dec. Berlin - CCC conference
- 2011 Feb. Amsterdam - City centre
- 2011 Jul. Western Norway - Kjeragbolten and Preikestolen
Next travels
- Things to remember for next London trip Ask Slashdot [1] [2]:
- 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
- Wisconsin trip:
- House on the Rock [7]
- Trip to Japan, 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 [8]
- Shinjuku
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
- Komeda Coffe - Lots of small dishes, nice atmosphere
- South America trip:
- Rio De Janeiro
- Chile, Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert
- Trip to France:
- The Great Dune of Pyla - Gigantic sand dune at the coast stretching 3 km [9]
- Trip to Spain:
- Caminito del Rey - Old walkway used for maintenance of a hydroelectric power plant, epic heights and deterioration [10]
- Trip to China:
- Beijing:
- (Tourist traps) Forbidden palace and Tiananmen square, the temple of Heaven and the beautiful Beihai park, the Great Wall at Badaling [11]
- Old Hutongs of Beijing - back lanes of the city
- Beijing:
- Trip to Canada:
