Atlanta Travel Blogs - Page 13

The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place, is billed as the "world's largest aquarium" with more than 8.1 million US gallons of marine and fresh water housing more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species.  A parking garage is located next to the aquarium a…

This was the first time UFC had ever been to Atlanta, GA and boy did they put on a show!  Once my friend and I heard about the location, we knew we were going no matter who was on the fight card.  Come to find out, his favorite fighter and my second favorite fighter, Chuck Liddell, was th…

My dad and I are driving from Yorkville, IL to Lakeland, FL to see the Detroit Tigers and the New York Mets warm-up.

Well, we made it out of Atlanta (ATL) on time today even though the FAA had a Transportation Management Program in place due to the high winds created by Tropical Storm Fay on both Friday and today.  Bumpy ride on Delta (DAL) all the way to Colorado.  Great lunches for purchase on Delta t…

Now the wedding is over I am moving on to my next adventure, well my holding pattern for 2 days!!  lol  The tickets to Medellin, Colombia, South America were cheaper out of Atlanta, so I went there and stay with friends a couple of days before leaving.   I flew Southwest airlines fro…

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Everyone told me that this was a 3rd world country and instantly I came up with images of dispare and poverty in my mind. In some cases the images were correct but what I found was just people trying to live life the best they can. I can say that I enjoyed my trip to Georgetown thanks in part to the people in the office down there. They definately made the trip fun.

We signed up for a cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso on Norwegian Cruise Lines MV Norwegian Sun. We flew to Buenos Aires on February 28, 2009 and returned on March 16th, 2009.

Labor Day, and I would tour the Sweet Auburn area, and start off at the Martin Luther King Visitor Center. I had to drive there, since there was not any public transportation running that day.The visitor center got into the background of the civil rights movement, and how MLK was a big part of that…

Travel day from Atlanta, non-stop to Honolulu, connecting to Kona on the Big Island.  Turned out to be quite a long day.  Head winds in excess of 200 mph caused Air Traffic Control to route us over Idaho arcing over the Pacific to Hawaii.  11 hours total travel time to Homolulu&…

        I got to the Atlanta airport at 4:30 am to check in for my flight. The departure had been delayed from 6 to 7 am. The start of a bad day of airplane delays.  I had breakfast in the terminal and said goodbye to my mom and dad and headed through securit…

My captivity in suburbia is coming to an end soon. This Monday I leave for a week in Costa Rica, and soon after I get back I leave for Chile. I started packing yesterday and I am getting all excited! I will try to write about Costa Rica, but I won't be able to post the entries til I get back (I don…

For those of you visiting Atlanta, I just wanted to list a few of my favorite places to go... I'm a little biased to the Midtown area because it's closer to home and not so far of a drive, so keep that in mind. Coffee shops: Octane (open til 12)- Midtown; Caribou Coffee (open til 12)- Midtown…

Whether you’re here to stay or just passing through, Georgia has exciting destinations. I tried the WORLD of COCA-COLA,CNN Studio tour and STONE MOUNTAIN PARK,with wide variety of fun activities like scenic train ride to get an up-close look at the Stone Mountain carvings.

Initial Navy Travel, Boot camp and "A" school!