Weekend in Telford in Sep 2017

A weekend in Telford? This weekend marked PK's 80th birthday, so we decided we would go somewhere nice and not too far away.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Tag Archive for USA

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USA is a major tourist destination for us and a whole load more people around the globe

A view of the Japenese garden at Honululu Airport

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 5 – Honolulu HNL to Los Angeles LAX

By Nige on November 15, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA

I ordered an Uber at 5:30pm – I always get to the point of thinking I may as well get on my way. Why wait any longer? Glad I did. The Uber was fine and got me to the airport at around 6pm. I headed to AA check in since I couldn’t check in online […]

A bird at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honululu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 5 – Honolulu

By Nige on November 15, 2021 at 8:02 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA

Good quality sleep I did get, but just for about 4 hours or so. I was wide awake at midnight and decided to do some covid tests and see whether I could check in for my flights back home. By the time I had stopped messing around it was coming on for 4am and that […]

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 4 – Photos

By Nige on November 14, 2021 at 10:57 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA

Photos from Day 4.

A view of the garden at the Hawaiian Centre in Honolulu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 4 – Honolulu

By Nige on November 14, 2021 at 7:48 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA

I woke at around 2am which wasn’t too bad for me. Earliest Starbucks to open is 4am and is the one I have visited a few times, normally on a walk to Diamondhead. That was the first planned event for the day. This was my rest day so I needed to take it easy! 😊 […]

The bar at The Cheesecake Factory in Honolulu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Photos

Photos from Day 3.

The Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Honolulu

By Nige on November 13, 2021 at 10:26 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA

On check in, the desk asked to see my Safe Travels ticks. They assigned me room 1456 which was a bog-standard city view room. No upgrade. I couldn’t be bothered pushing – I really wanted to crash at this point. After a quick shower, I decided to head out and revisit a few haunts. I […]

One of my favourite views in any airport: Los Angeles LAX TBIT

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Los Angeles LAX to Honolulu HNL

By Nige on November 13, 2021 at 6:09 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA

Into the AA lounge and I found that the Flagship Lounge isn’t open right now – so it’s just a standard Admiral’s Club. I scanned my boarding card and up the steps to the Hawaii pre-clear desk, which ended up being a bit of a struggle. I showed the guy all of my details including […]

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – New York JFK to Los Angeles LAX

I slept ok for about 4 hours, but by the time New York hit midnight I was wide awake. I decided not to fight it – I struggle sleeping in at the best of times, so when I have critical timed stuff to do, there’s no chance. It’s the third day and I haven’t gone […]

The view from seat 7A on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Photos

Photos from Day 2.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – New York JFK

For once, the Hilton Digital Key worked like a dream. I was prompted that it was available; it allowed me to use the lift up to my room and allowed me access to my room as well – it was dead easy to use. Really useful if only it worked consistently across all Hilton properties! […]