Monday, February 23, 2009

Hmm, Now Jay Thomas thinks I'm 2 Kinds of Nuts - Plain and Eco-flavored!

I'd love to know if any of Jay's listeners would shave their heads for a trip to New Zealand. If you're a listener reading this, please comment: Would you shave your head for a round trip flight to New Zealand? Remember, the tattoo lasted about 2 1/2 weeks and was not permanent.

Although Jay pointed out the amount of carbon it takes to get to New Zealand, I think we learn about ourselves and each other through travel. We can combat global warming by changing our lifestyles and flying economy class when we travel (not that I'm totally adverse to first class - but first class has fewer seats and premium service making it have a larger carbon footprint than coach). Plus, on Air New Zealand, even in coach, you are treated like a human being. I found this true on both its domestic and international flights. Now we just need all the American carriers to treat us as well on domestic flights as they do on international flights.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Read the NY Times article - Laughs at my expense

My trip to Tonga and New Zealand were well worth a head shaving. Will blog shortly about my trip. In the meantime, check out Andrew's article about the 30 wacky Angelenos that shed some hair for Air New Zealand: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/business/media/18adco.html

For any billboards reading this, if you haven't finalized your ticket yet, consider making a stop over in Tonga, it's a wonderful country with friendly people and fabulous scuba diving in Vava'u. If you go to Tonga between July and November, you may have an opportunity to swim with whales (one of two countries in the world where you can do this). Just as dolphins are protected in New Zealand during a dolphin watch, the safety and health of the whales get first consideration and only five people and one guide can swim with the whales at a time. Check out Allan Bowe's website for more info.: http://www.mounuisland.com/whale_Watching_vavau.htm