We had a couple out of town family members attending a conference in Orlando, so Steve (DOS) and I used this as an excuse to see them and do a mini-staycation at one of our favorite hotels; the Hyatt Regency…
Celebrating The Chinese New Year in Singapore!
On this quick trip to Singapore for Chinese New Year, Steve (DOS) and I are staying four nights at the Grand Hyatt, Singapore. After a nice leisurely first night of catching up on sleep and the long flights, we were…
Happy New Year 2018 from Orlando!
Happy New Year from the beautiful Hyatt Cypress Creek Resort in Orlando! Like last year we stayed here for a 3 night ‘stay-cation’ and also had a wonderful time, despite the chilly weather this December and misty New Year’s Day.…
Happy New Year from The Traveling Steve’s!
We rang in the New Year of 2017 at The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress by Disney World. This is our third and last night here, and I’m writing a quick post before we head out to dinner. Compared to the…
Trying to get home from Newark
It’s Thursday afternoon at 1:35pm, and I’m sitting in Newark Airport, waiting for my delayed Jet Blue #1727 flight back to Orlando. It’s supposed to depart at 1:39pm, but it’s now showing a string of delay texts on my…
Touring the Bangkok suburbs with Nok
On our last day in Bangkok, we took another tour, this time with Nok Tours. After having breakfast in the Executive Lounge at the Conrad Bangkok, we toured the hotel a bit as we weren’t meeting Nok until noon. I…
Bangkok . . . Oriental city . . .temples and more
I love that song by Murray Head ‘One night in Bangkok’. Well here we are touring Bangkok! We had the most amazing day today touring around Bangkok with a pre-arranged private tour with Mandy. We had booked this tour based…
Goodbye Hanoi . . . Hello Bangkok!
We woke up in Hanoi earlier than expected (around 7:45am) after being up until almost 1am from the long flights the previous day. The Hilton Hanoi we stayed in last night is a beautiful hotel, and was very soundproof. We…
Back to work . . . first flight of 2016
As the expression goes, all good things come to an end, and going back to work after a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s break was one of them. Yes, it’s a New Year in 2016, and back to the daily…
Dinner at Del Frisco’s
After a wonderful three night New Year’s stay at the Hyatt Grand Cypress by Disneyworld, (shown above) we checked out and moved on to the Hyatt Regency Orlando for an overnight Saturday stay. We have stayed here several times as well,…