Hilton Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ USA

I recently attended a training course in Scottsdale. This was my first business travel this year. Truly a sign of the economic times. Consider, last year I traveled 120,000 airline miles. This year so far 1,200. Quite a difference. I really like Scottsdale. It was hot...118 degrees when I got in my car to come home but lots of golf courses.

These are two amazing pictures of me warming up on the range before golf in Palm Springs. These were taken by Carl Gorretta as he followed us around taking some great photographs of the Desert Cup. 

Grand Hai Hotel Koahsiung Taiwan

I have a couple of different views from this hotel because we stayed in 2 different rooms. The first room faced the city and was on about the 19th floor the second room faced the harbor and was on the 36th floor. Both were really a nice view.

San Want Hotel Taipei Taiwan

Not much of a view from this hotel. Nothing really worth looking at. This trip was not a business trip but rather a personal trip. I will have some other photos from my trip up shortly.

Four Points Sheraton Toronto Airport

Leading off it was cold.... When I landed there was about an inch of snow on the ground. It never really snowed again while I was there but the temperature was still very low. The Sheraton was a nice hotel and the bed was suprisingly comfortable.

Chateau de Luze Beijing China

I stayed in this hotel about 3 years ago and almost none of the buildings in this picture were here. The Olympics really did great things for Beijing. The city is VERY clean now and there are no street people anywhere. I got to drive past the new birds nest and the cube. The city seems really alive now.

Riverfront Business Hotel Pudong China

This is a hotel near my companies office near Shanghai. It was raining that day and so the cloud cover damped my pictures. The hotel is in a fairly remote location and there is not much around the hotel.