Traveling Outlaws

Yo Tokyo, I’m here for 96 Hours

December 16, 2025

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Yup, Leave Sunday, pretty much lose Monday due to 16 hour time zone change and now I’m in Tokyo and it’s Tuesday (end of the day). I’ve worked out my jetlag stuff pretty well – funny thing is that with it being 16 hours difference you go backwards in the jetlag time adjustment period. Yesterday my watch said -16 hours, this morning it was -7 and now it’s -5.5 vs local time. So even though it’s 5:30 PM, to me it feels like 11:00 pm, so I’m getting adjusted quickly.

Lisbon, New Hotel, Tradeshow and Outta there.

October 10, 2025

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Lisbon was a great time – the tradeshow was a bunch of work, but I guess that pays for the fun doesn’t it… Moved hotels out to towards the conference center – hotel was a bit uncomfortable and caters to either tradeshow folks our tour bus goers. The show ended up being a good time with lots of meetings, etc. I ended up giving a presentation and right after bolted to the airport and am now in Casablanca Morocco. My flight back to the states is tomorrow @ 9 a.m. so will be up early and on my way. Others on the team are staying for the weekend or even the week to have some fun.

Day 2: Lisbon – 22,638 Steps

October 5, 2025

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Well, probably a shorter post today. I elected to go run up/down/up/down a hill outside this a.m. – good choice as it sort of kicked by a__ a bit, but is good for me. Had a nice breakfast and then Kerry and I went for a great walk through the heart of the city – which is super touristy. Even our guide yesterday pointed out how few people actually live downtown anymore. Found some great food – actually every restaurant has been absolutely amazing. Did another 8 miles of walking today with probably more to go tonight. Sure beats the tradeshow coming up where you end up standing there for hours and hours…

Lisbon – Sunny and Warm

October 4, 2025

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Ok, now in Lisbon – seems like only yesterday I was in India and now I’m here – even with a weekend in Chicago and Leadville. A lifetime ago I was in Lisbon and Portugal – spent a summer working on a farm further south of here – and Lisbon is definitely a bustling city with lots of tourism and AirBnB business at the heart of the city. Today Kerry and I (we’re both here for a tradeshow) went on a cool walking tour of street art / murals in the city itself. Our guide (Diego) was super knowledgeable and is part of a local street art project. He brought his dog, which was fun – the three of us walked about 8 miles… (keep reading for more.)

Quick Trip to Chicago

September 15, 2025

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Well it’s been a fast couple of weeks and back at work, having to fly to Chicago (2 hours) for a tradeshow on Airline Loyalty programs. I was able to also bring Cindy along and we visited friends and hung out for a couple of days. The weather was really amazing, shorts even on Friday, Saturday a.m. was pouring rain, so we got really lucky with nice weather. We ended up taking the boat architectural tour of the city which was really neat to get the inside scoop. I think our guide had done it about a zillion times.

Well Made it Home – 21 Hours of flying

September 1, 2025

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So I decided that the best flight option coming home was a 3 a.m. departure from Bangalore to Denver – via Frankfurt. Was it convenient, yes, was I really tired, for sure. Was able to have dinner with Ashley at our hotel, then shower, pack and leave for the airport around 11 pm. By the time I got into my seat and settled it was about 2:45, and I remember taxiing back from the gate… woke up at about hour 6 of an 8 hour flight, so that was pretty great.

Ok India, Let’s do it! in 63 Hours…

August 27, 2025

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Yup, made the transition from Singapore to Bangalore India today – about a 4.5 hour flight and generally wasn’t bad. Found myself in 51A with ‘no status’ – window seat which was nice. Nice guy next to me falling asleep on my shoulder was also ‘nice’. We arranged for the hotel to pick us up at the airport and were treated in 5-star style. Everyone so far is incredibly nice and very helpful. Ashley booked a tour of the local market and history so we did that – which then turned into a downpour – but generally a very good tour. I really enjoyed being in the market. This is about a 180 from where we were in Singapore where everything is polished and new.

Life from Floor 57 & The Batman Cave

August 27, 2025

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Ok, yesterday was another happy tourist day, seeing all to see – we ended up going to the 57th floor above the “boat hotel” that sits on top of three separate buildings. They are building a fourth building for $3B as well. Pretty crazy people watching – there was a woman who was obviously an Instagram person – walking back and forth video-ing herself back and forth, walking by, another take, walk by again, pouty lips and all – and talking with her most inner voice about her totally great experience… YUCK. It’s so apparent when you have people that the vanity is coming out of their pores – when your phone and “insta” is more important than where you are and who you are with time to make a new life choice.

Singapore – Playing Tourist in a BIG Way.

August 25, 2025

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Alright, I have to admit that when we go as a family we try to get off the beaten path and largely stay away from the tourist centered focus places, but in Singapore it’s been about every place that I’ve been – super fun but also a little overwhelming. Ashley and I have been to little India, Chinatown, boat tour, skyscraper, casino/hotel resort (built on man made island), etc. etc. etc. It’s all very interesting and unique – the casino/resort feels like Las Vegas. A guess Singapore is really a tourist destination now – I can see why – it’s easy to get around, most folks speak English and it’s clean. It’s also super expensive. Example, basically it’s $1000 per sq ft. to buy a place here – so a 1,000 sq. ft condo is $1M. If you’re a citizen they have subsidized housing with 1% interest rates, etc. Want to drive a car? There’s a $100k fee for a ten year period of time…

Singapore, Getting Time Adjusted!

August 23, 2025

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Well Singapore is 14 hours ahead of MST, so it’s a bit strange to think at 8 pm here it’s 6 am back home, but we’ll work through it. My Garmin watch has a feature called Jet Lag Advisor and it really helps manage this process- today is my second full day and have made it fully though the day without much trouble. Yesterday was a bit harder, but gets better each day. Ashley (work colleague and our friend all things NOLA) arrived this morning at 6 am and that first 12-24 hours is really tough. We were able to walk to China Town today, but then Ashley started to fade, so let her go find her room and I went running (inside). Today it was pouring rain and then warmed up nicely.