vindaloo

Last week was another reason for my friends to call me a nomad. I was of to Calgary for some personal work. A few odd things happened on the way. The first major hinderance was the flight tickets. I found it ridiculous how I could not get a single ticket to go directly to Canada from JFK or Newark. What was even more ridiculous was the fact that all flights to Calgary were from Phoenix. Phoenix! I want to go further North..and to do that Ive gotta go South..why do they have these weird routes. So I tried another route I decided to drive to Toronto and catch a flight from there...well no the Air companies are much smarter...the only flight from Toronto was a flight to Phoenix and back to Calgary...
So Finally on Tuesday I caught the flight from Newark to Calgary..the temperature changes on the way were huge..I started at 48 F in newark and went to a 93 F in phoenix to a 29 F in Calagary...
Calgary is a small place and I was really sad that there was not a lot to explore..though didnt feel like exploring a lot in the city on a cold subzero temperature day..
Must say that officially I hate kids on a flight I have had it with cute things kicking my butt when Im desperately trying to catch some zzz's after 40 hours of work. Another observation that I have always felt is that male pursors are so much more cordial compared to air hostesses. Just an observation I must say.
Another tick mark on my chart...Canada visited Arizona visited Seattle visited...
I've got just about some 500 mor ecountries and 30 more states to visit...
hope I can make all the states by the end of 2006...I dont think I can make it to all the coutries but would love to do a lot of them Mexico, England next on my list.