2009-11-23

Arnd

December 2009 Vacation Trip 2009-11-23

Monday, November 23, 2009

Due to project time line changes I realized that December was the perfect time to take a break and it took me less than two hours to plan the vacation, get permission from my project managers at work and book my flights! This is just an interim trip and I still wish to go through the Panama canal sometime in 2010. Fortunately for me the prices for tickets and accommodation are not yet at their height so I managed to get a good deal on both, flying on Condor Airlines and staying at the Jolly Harbour Beach Resort right next to the boat yard. The hotel is an all-inclusive resort and I’m not the type to use that to its full extent and will probably opt for a more conventional hotel next time around. as I’d rather pay for a good meal than get unlimited amounts of average buffet. The hotel does have the distinct advantage that it is only a couple of hundred yards walk to the marina and boat yard, though and the air-conditioning was working well.

Original hosting provider breaks my old website

My old hosting company, who will remain unnamed although their name starts with “go” and the end rhymes with “baddy”, changed their software with little notice and the original SV-ZANSHIN.COM site stopped working overnight.

Every. Single. Page.

So I’ve transitioned to another provider. These original pages have been migrated, but all the formatting and other features are gone and the will still contain numerous display issues and formatting anomalies.

The manual effort of conversion is too much and not worth the effort involved. Over 1000 blog diary pages like this one are going to remain in this condition. The pictures are full-scale, but won’t expand when clicked. But you can can copy them to view them in their original splendour.