Posted 10:35 PM by Floyd

Time for me to do my first Friday Five:

1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?

Last November I went to China with my wife. We joined a weeklong tour that started in Beijing and proceeded to Hangchow, Suchow, and ended up in Shanghai, where my wife is from.

2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling?

On the Great Wall I got my picture taken on a camel. It was a tourist trap operated by a couple that had a (one-hump) camel and some costumes. I donned a barbarian costume and sat on the camel and brandished a sword. I tried to look fierce, but succeeded only in looking constipated.



3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?

Alaska, or Europe. Or I might rent a car and drive all over the East Coast and Canada.

4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?

To LA, or somewhere far away, by plane. To, say, Eureka, by car. Can't imagine travelling by plane.

5. What's the next place on your list to visit?

I promised my wife a vacation in Hawaii.