Neil Pomerleau

Just Arrived in San Francisco

What a day it has been so far. I’ve been trying to get onto the internet at the airports, but all of them wanted you to pay, so I haven’t been able to post anything until now. It was kind of scary putting my laptop through the x-ray machine.

From Portland to Detroit, there was this really wacky group of biker dudes from Colorado. They called themselves the “Sons of Silence,” and they were really immature. So, yeah. Cabin pressure wasn’t too bad on either flight, because I’ve had some bad experiences in the past with bleeding ears when I was younger. Here are some shots from the first flight…

It’s a good thing we weren’t late, because we only had 10 minutes to spare in Detroit before we boarded our next plane. They had really fun “moving walks” in Detroit, which are basically flat escalators on the floor which move you forward faster. They also have a really cool tunnel under the runway, connecting two halves of the airport. It’s all lit up with flashy colors and techno music, and it resembled some sort of brainwashing facility. It sort of reminded me of when we stopped at Detroit during the much longer trip to the Philippines. After enduring a full 24 hours of flying during that trip, I could take anything.The next flight to San Francisco was 5 hours long, and the seats had a lot of room. Here are some pictures from that flight…

Some of the views from the window were spectacular as we passed over the Rocky Mountains. Check it out…

The SuperShuttle ride from the airport to our hotel was interesting. First of all, there was a funny guy that drove us, and he would drive about 75 mph in a 50 mph zone. He would actually seem irritated when someone was only going 10 over. There was also a middle aged guy sitting in front of me with a black mock turtleneck and jeans. Looks like I found the “Steve Jobs Wannabe” from the celebrity checklist. We finally arrived at hotel, which is very nice.

I’ll be writing about that, as well as more of today’s activities, later on. I was lucky enough to get free internet in this hotel, thanks to the good folks at IDG World Expo. It usually costs $10 per day.

Also, remember that I am in a different time zone now. I am 3 hours behind Eastern Time, and the times listed for when posts were published are kept in Eastern Time for your convenience. For instance, this post is listed as being posted at 4:55, but it was 1:55 here when I posted it.

January 13, 2008 at 4:55 pm

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