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Travel II

Back in August 2005, I’d thought that I’d done quite a bit of Travel . And I recall people posting this rather interesting graphical illustration of countries and states visited . So I found it and (re)discovered the following:

I’ve been to five continents.

I’ve been to fourteen countries.

I’ve been to 22 states (counting DC as one for some reason?) that I can remember:

In the grand scheme of things, I suppose I haven’t really been anywhere given that there are 271 “nations, dependent areas, and other entities” according to the CIA World Factbook . =P

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted something more thoughtful/insightful… which doesn’t signify that I haven’t been thinking but rather that I just haven’t had a chance to make meaningful sense of the jumble of thoughts in my head. Too much! =)

Anyway, keeping it short. Travel is on my mind.

Why? Because after half a year of almost 0% travel, the other end of the “0-100% travel” condition of my job seems to have recently afflicted me. =)

In the past two months, most of my work has made use of my Spanish qualifications including two clients in Mexico and one in the Dominican Republic.

Anyway, I already have more trips planned through the remainder of 2006 (and into 2007 if we can make this Spring Break 2007 happen! =P) than I can seem to remember.

Here’s a quick schedule of booked, planned, tentative and anticipated upcoming trips (for both business and pleasure):

Work
06/27/06 - 6AM flight from New York (JFK) to the Dominican Republic (SDQ) (~4 hours)
06/29/06 – 6PM flight from SDQ to JFK (~4 hours)

Fourth of July Break
06/30/06 – 7AM flight from JFK to Los Angeles (LAX) (~6 hours)
07/01/06 – 10AM flight from Long Beach (LGB) to Oakland (OAK) (~1.5 hours)
07/02/06 – 8PM flight from OAK to LGB (~1.5 hours)
07/09/06 – 12PM flight from LAX to JFK (~5.5 hours)

Work
07/10/06 – JFK to SDQ (~4 hours)
07/14/06 - SDQ to JFK (~4 hours)
(repeat X times?)

Work
08/??/06 – JFK to ??? (~? hours)
08/??/06 - ??? to JFK (~? hours)
(repeat X times?)

Training in Chicago
08/??/06 – JFK to Chicago (ORD) (~3 hours)
08/??/06 – ORD to JFK (~2.5 hours)

Labor Day Break
08/26/06 - JFK to Spain (~7 hours)
08/??/06 - Spain to ??? (~? hours)
08/??/06 – ??? to ??? (~? hours)
08/??/06 – ??? to Spain (~? hours)
09/03/06 – Spain to JFK (~8 hours)

Work
09/??/06 – JFK to ??? (~? hours)
09/??/06 - ??? to JFK (~? hours)
(repeat X times?)

Recruiting at UPenn
09/??/06 – NYC to Philadelphia (PHL) (~2 hours)
09/??/06 – PHL to NYC (~2 hours)

Work
10/??/06 – JFK to ??? (~? hours)
10/??/06 - ??? to JFK (~? hours)
(repeat X times?)

Thanksgiving Break
11/17/06 – JFK to LAX (~6 hours)
11/27/06 – LAX to JFK (~5.5 hours)

Christmas Break
12/22/06 – JFK to Mexico (MEX) (~5 hours)
01/02/07 – MEX to JFK (~5 hours)

Spring Break 2007
03/??/07 – JFK to MEX (~5 hours)
03/??/07 – MEX to Acapulco (ACA) (~1 hours)
03/??/07 - ACA to MEX (~1 hours)
03/??/07 – MEX to JFK (~5 hours)

Yep. Time to rack up them frequent flyer miles. It’s a good thing I don’t mind traveling… =P (and now, to pack and get ready to wake up and head out by 5AM to catch my 6:30AM flight!)

The worst part of all this travel? Countless hours spent waiting in airports… if I were to average… 2 hours per flight… golly. I probably spend multiple  days each year sitting… and waiting… what a way to learn patience! =D

So, anyone free to meet up in LA during the week of the 4th of July?! =)