I wonder if it’s just me or it’s a much more common thing than I thought. But when I travel, I always look for certain things. They are not the most important things in life, but they make my trips a lot better when I find them.
1. Jamba Juice – When I was living in Hawaii pre-college, I would always go to Jamba Juice with my friends during the weekends. They say they are smoothies but they are more like a meal. I guess Jamba Juice is kind of like my comfort food so whenever I travel, I would also look at airport directories and see if there’s a Jamba Juice in one of the terminals. I’ve frequent Jamba Juice at PHL and IAH whenever I travel through. Supposedly there are Jamba Juice locations at ORD, SAN, JFK, EWR, DEN, CLT, ad PDX. I definitely need to check that out at EWR when I go to New York in a couple of weeks.
2. Scotch – I am a big Scotch fan. They are better than beer especially when you are depressed and want to drink your sorrow away. Whenever I am traveling Internationally, I tend to hangout at duty free shops in search for a good deal on a bottle of Scotch. I think my best buy was on a bottle of Suntory Single Malt. It’s unique because it’s a Japanese made Scotch.
3. Local Beer – I am a big fan of microbrewery. When I was vacationing in the Big Island, Hawaii, I went to the Kona Brewing Company. The brewery was tiny but their products were delicious! They had this passion fruit flavor beer made with real passion fruit puree, and coffee flavor beer made with 100% Kona coffee. Speaking of Kona coffee, although I am not a coffee drinker, I will have to say Kona coffee is simply heavenly.
4. Bump Voucher – I love bump vouchers. They are pretty much these free flight or dollar off vouchers that airlines give up when they bump you off your ticketed flight. I’ve gotten a few of those for the past few years and I was once able to score two vouchers in a row on the same day. They helped me tremendously with my travel addiction.
