© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-royalcrowncola Recent reviews written by member royalcrowncola en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_405761789572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Tanzania is a country without a significant modern road system. Getting around the country is done best by air, and that is where Precision Air shines. They fly on a number of domestic routes inside of Tanzania and provide an invaluable service on these... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405761789572 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:39:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405761789572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405561118340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - For the past four years I have been facilitating projects in Ethiopia--passing through Addis Ababa each time. My usual place to stay is the Queen Sheba Hotel. Airport Greetings My first trip to Addis I simply grabbed the Queen Sheba... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405561118340 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:24:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405561118340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405101514372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - I have traveled internationally as a part of my job for the past 20 years. Keeping in contact with family and office staff while traveling has been a long-time problem for me. At first, I found Skype--and, I loved it. But, recently, I started with a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405101514372 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:54:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405101514372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405099613828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - If you are going to travel "up country" in Kenya to visit the game parks, do something good for yourself. Don't ride on Kenya's unsafe road system. The road from Nairobi to Nakuru--and, on to Masaai Mara--is among the most dangerous in the world... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405099613828 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:12:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405099613828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404460768900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - I’d seen the building going up along Uhuru Highway just outside of Nairobi on the way to the airport. Rumor had it that it would be a new five star hotel on a grand scale. Great! But, how would a five-star hotel fit into an industrial area? This week... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404460768900 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:16:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404460768900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404452380292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - &#147You can never go home again&#148 states an old, and flawed, proverb. Garrison Kiellor has made a career out of going home to Lake Woebegone on a regular basis. His latest trip to the past is contained in Pontoon. If you grew up in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404452380292 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:09:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404452380292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403303075460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Just after WWII--the BIG ONE, son--back when I entered the world scene, my father was a starving seminary student in Southern California. Those days were fraught with struggle and near financial catastrophe. I knew nothing of about that until much later... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403303075460 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:05:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403303075460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402895113860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - My track record with finding good places to stay near JFK airport in New York is very, very bad. So bad, in fact, that Mrs. Royalcrowncola will no longer go on a flight that requires an overnight at JFK. (It might be due to the fact that I once booked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402895113860 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:23:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402895113860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402649157252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Niger can be outstandingly, suffocatingly, frustratingly hot. Not just hot, but oppressively humid as well. This time it was cold. My host met me at the International Airport in Niamey and whisked me through the waves of "baggage helpers" to his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402649157252 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:32:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402649157252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402172841604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - I immediately knew I was in the correct line. Standing in front of me was a very large Chadian lady with two small children in tow checking in for the flight to N&#146Djamena. Among the luggage being checked in was a medium sized dog stuffed into a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402172841604 Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:39:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402172841604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400011333252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - The Language of God by Francis S. Collins was my airplane read on a recent cross-country flight. Normally, I burn through books in a couple of hours—and, they no longer interest me again; not so with this book. I’ll be digesting these ideas for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400011333252 Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:29:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400011333252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399849000580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - “Book me into something close to the airport” was the instructions I gave to my company’s travel coordinator. When I arrived in Nashville, I found myself staying at the Country Inns and Suites on Donelson Pike just at the edge of the airport. To find... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399849000580 Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:58:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399849000580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385957858948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - I'd been thinking about getting a smoker for a long time; almost five minutes. You know that warning about not shopping when you are hungry? Well, its true! Standing there in WalMart I had been thinking about how wonderful it would be to smoke some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385957858948 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:24:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385957858948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_382192619140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - My introduction to flying in Africa taught me that it is always a dicey experience at best. I’ve flown on aircraft so decrepit that they would have required extensive repair to even be a good museum piece…with pilots that appear to be so young you would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~382192619140 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:06:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_382192619140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_381870313092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Sixteen years of living and working in sub-Sahara Africa did not prepare me for the surprises of Madagascar; my visit was truly an exotic experience. Getting There Simply getting to Madagascar can be difficult. Most people coming from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~381870313092 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:18:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_381870313092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_378124275332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - At first, it was an office sensation; a sensation that brought gales of laughter to my colleagues, and caused my wife to immediately suggest moving to another city under an assumed identity. (But, then what assumed identity could beat royalcrowncola?)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~378124275332 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:25:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_378124275332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_364699160196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Until you stand in front of the Great Pyramid in Giza everything you read about it is just theory. Once you see it in person, lots of those theories begin to simply vanish into thin air. I picked up this book by Craig B. Smith with some skepticism... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~364699160196 Sun, 20 May 2007 21:25:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_364699160196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_363700260484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - If your travels take you to Jackson, Mississippi, the Sleep Inn is a good choice for accomodation. It is located just at the edge of the Jackson-Evers International Airport. From the terminal to the motel you travel a distance of about one mile... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~363700260484 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:44:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_363700260484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_354617036420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - I have been traveling in-and-out of Burundi since the mid-1990&#146s. During these 10 years there have been some huge changes&#151mostly for the good. Arrival at the Airport In the early days the airport was ringed with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~354617036420 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:52:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_354617036420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_352681365124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - It has been a very long time since I’ve flown on American Airlines, but since they are a major carrier into my new home town I knew that fateful day would arrive. Sure enough, this most recent journey to Africa and the Middle East started out on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~352681365124 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_352681365124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_352082169476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - On this most recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, my airplane reading was Manhunt: The 12-day Chase For Lincoln&#146s Killer by James L. Swanson. According to the P.S. to the book, the author, James L. Swanson, is an attorney and Lincoln... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~352082169476 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:48:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_352082169476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_348661583492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - If you fly on a typical US airline&#151or, one of their European brothers, as well&#151you have just come to expect shody service and airline service workers that are as tired and well-used as the older aircraft they fly. If you want a great experience... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~348661583492 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:17:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_348661583492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_327288524420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - For the past twenty years I have one standing rule for myself about international air travel: Never fly on an American airline outside of the USA. In my new position I kindly and carefully explained that rule to our in-house travel coordinator. She... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~327288524420 Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:40:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_327288524420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_233998618244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - Mrs. Royalcrowncola finds any kind of new appliance a challenge to learn to operate. I gave up long ago purchasing anything that was beyond "easy to operate" with no bells or whistles of the technological kind attached. So, it was with considerable... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~233998618244 Wed, 31 May 2006 20:26:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_233998618244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_232482705028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author royalcrowncola - The Royalcrowncola household was in need of a new vacuum cleaner, and the number and style of units available in the market was overwhelming. Mrs. Royalcrowncola consulted with her sister during one of our visits to Oregon. Sister&#146s advice:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~232482705028 Mon, 22 May 2006 14:27:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_232482705028?linkin_id=8003929