Where are you on your road to recovery?

[mkahanek]

Some of you may remember me from slightly less than 10 years ago. I was the guy who would not fly and would get the heebies just going to an airport. Well the other day I decided to list all the airports I have traveled to/through. When I was done remembering them all my list was a whopping 54. Who would have thought grounded to 54 in 10 years. Think you can't do the same? Think again. These last 10 years have been the richest of your life. Make the next 10 years the richest of yours.

I won't sit here and BS and say it was easy. It was not.. But, it was most certainly worth it.

Below is the list I compiled.. For those in Texas.. Yes. I actaully flew from Houston to Lafayette, LA (bosses decision) ha.


iah - Houston - Bush
hou - Houston - Hobby
dfw - Dallas
dal - Dallas Love Field
aus - Austin
elp - El Paso
anc - Anchorage
sea - Seattle
sjc - San Jose Cali
sfo - San Francisco intl
rno - Reno
las - Las Vegas
slc - Salt Lake City
den - Denver intl
phx - Phoenix Sky Harbor
mci - Kansas City
stl - St. Louis
cmh - Columbus Ohio
bna - Nashville
mem - Memphis
msy - New Orleans
bos - Boston Logan
det - Detroit
cle - Cleveland
ewr - Newark
atl - Atlanta Hartsfield
sva - Savannah Georgia
tpa - Tampa
mia - Miama
pbi - West Palm Beach
mco - Orlando
yyz - Toronto
yul - Montreal
yhz - Halifax
yqm - Moncton, NB Canada
sju - San Juan Puerto Rico
stt - St. Thomas
hnl - Honolulu
nrt - Tokya/Narita
icn - Seoul Incheon
osl - Oslo
lhr - London Heathrow
ams - Amsterdam Schipol
aes - Alesund, Norway
hau - Haugesund, Norway
bgo - Bergen Airport Norway
abz - Aberdenn Scotland
cme - Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico
cun - Cancun
aua - Aruba
LFT - Lafayette, LA
UIO - Quito, Ecuador
esm - Esmeraldas, Ecuador
gig - Rio De Janeiro

[Aurora]

what on EARTH have u been doing in haugesund? :lol: :tongue:

[aerobat]

Ha, Mark! That's quite a list! Congratulations!! :sunshine::happyguy::tiphat::cheers:

My list for airports reached on commercial passenger flights since beating FoF is only half that long, though I've been to some of them a dozen times. If I count all the little GA airports I've flown into/out of, it would be welll more than 60, but I'm not trying to top anyone--least of all you, you world traveler! :lol:

I have been to a few exotic little airstrips in way NE Canada that no one's heard of, like Clyde River.
http://archive.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=13&ap_id=509 (http://archive.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=13&ap_id=509)

But more importantly, I have recovered completely. I'm a happy commercial passenger, and a very appreciative one. :tongue:

[mkahanek]

what on EARTH have u been doing in haugesund? :lol: :tongue:

My company has a site there. It was not until I saw a life sized statue of Marilyn Monroe outside the hotel that I found out her father was from there.

Not a place I want to live though. 6-7 hours of light in the winter months?? No thanks,.

[Aurora]

My company has a site there. It was not until I saw a life sized statue of Marilyn Monroe outside the hotel that I found out her father was from there.

Not a place I want to live though. 6-7 hours of light in the winter months?? No thanks,.


Oh, that's interesting, do you work with oil/gas/petroleum related business then?

6-7 hours of light is LUXURY during the winter months. Try flying two hours north of Haugesund to my town, where we have 2 months of complete darkness during the winter months :tongue:

[mkahanek]

Oh, that's interesting, do you work with oil/gas/petroleum related business then?

6-7 hours of light is LUXURY during the winter months. Try flying two hours north of Haugesund to my town, where we have 2 months of complete darkness during the winter months :tongue:

Not directly oil and gas. More on the maritime side of things.

So if I told you that I spent most of my Norwegian time in Fosnavag you would a. know where it is and b. feel a little sorry for me? :)

[Lynda]

Hi Mark,

I will not top the amount of airports but I have travelled quite a bit.
Orlando around 18 times.
New York
Chicago
Raleigh Durham
Cyprus 3 times
Tunisia 3 times
Rhodes
Corfu 4 times
Crete 3 times
Zante
Menorca 4 times
Majorca 4 times
Ibiza
(Mainland spain) porataventura
Lanzerote 3 times
Gran Canaria
Fuertaventura
Tenerife
Paris
Barcelona
Mexico

Can't think of any more at present.

After being grounded for 10 years I don't think I have done so bad :)

[Aurora]

Not directly oil and gas. More on the maritime side of things.

So if I told you that I spent most of my Norwegian time in Fosnavag you would a. know where it is and b. feel a little sorry for me? :)


a. not exactly, but i have a "sortofish" knowledge of where it is.
b. WELL WELL WELL - that depends on if you're a nature-loving person or not :tongue::tongue:

So far I've been to one airport since my official "ungrounding", and that is

LYR - Svalbard Airport, Longyear

Hopefully I'll have PLENTY more at the end of this year, being a student with pets and a job it's not easy finding time for travel concidering everything has to work out with someone watching the dog, free from work, no tasks to deliver and no exams in near future.

[mkahanek]

a. not exactly, but i have a "sortofish" knowledge of where it is.
b. WELL WELL WELL - that depends on if you're a nature-loving person or not :tongue::tongue:

So far I've been to one airport since my official "ungrounding", and that is

LYR - Svalbard Airport, Longyear

Hopefully I'll have PLENTY more at the end of this year, being a student with pets and a job it's not easy finding time for travel concidering everything has to work out with someone watching the dog, free from work, no tasks to deliver and no exams in near future.

Well. My Fosnavag travels were in Jan and Feb. So. Not much to see or much daylight to see it in. I understand in the summer time it is quite nice. Not so much so in the winter months.

[Aurora]

True, I give in! :lol: The weather can be unpleasant on the west coast at that time also.... Going down there this summer, hopefully to nice weather and lots of sun!