UK Trip Report: To Harlow, Essex

So here I am, in the UK. In England. In a little town called Harlow in the Essex county. There’s quite a bit of snow (London standards, not very much for Amherst) and I haven’t been out and about a whole lot.

I thought I’d start things off a quite trip report, with pictures and captions laid out in chronological order.

10 Crazy Facts About Iron Maiden

An odd connection to sociology, a tattooed fan-priest in Brazil, a golf ball in Costa Rica, Harris’ daughter and Flystar 666. Here are ten odd things I learnt about Iron Maiden after watching their new movie Flight 666.

Journey to China: Flights, Arrival

At 3:30am, I reached the Main Bus Circle at Hampshire College. A while later, both Mr. Ye and the shuttle arrived, and off we were to Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT, some 30-minutes away.
Flying out of the US
Bradley is a nice, small (I mean it, it’s tiny) airport. Arriving at around 4:30am, I couldn’t [...]

Pre-Departure: Summer in China

In 2 hours, I will be taking a Seemo shuttle from Hampshire College, setting off on a month-long journey to Hefei, China. I applied to the Summer Intensive Chinese program through the College just over a month ago, and after the series of tasks that need to be done before embarking on any sort of [...]

Google Earth and Tribhuvan Intl. Airport

The default starting position in the hidden flight simulator in version 4.2 of Google Earth is, of all places, runway 02 of Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA/VNKT). The ’simulator’ is really just an interface that lets you fly around satellite imagery and 3D terrain with controls similar to what you’d find in a plane – [...]

Boeing 787 roll out today, 7-series tribute

I love it when big corporations do nice little things to show they love what they do. You know, like Steve’s ‘One More Thing‘ for Apple? Add Boeing to the party.
Boeing yesterday (or today, if you’re in that part of the world) lined up all its 7-series aircraft — the 707 through 777 — and [...]