Yesterday you could have found me at the Travel and Adventure Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
You wouldn't have known that we were in a recession.
Many people looked like they were making travel plans.
Every corner of the world was represented and rather than go into overwhelm, I stuck to the Caribbean and South Pacific areas with an emphasis on New Zealand.
Naturally, clean air.
But wouldn't you know it, what I remembered most was overhearing a few Caribbean travel representatives discussing the air quality within the Los Angeles and Long Beach Convention Centers.
They said that the Los Angeles Convention Center "won" for better air quality because, according to these seasoned convention-goers, the ceilings are higher so bad air has more room to circulate.
Side note: Last time I went to Faster Freight Cleaner Air (FFCA) at Long Beach Convention Center, where clean air leaders came from around the world to discuss air quality solutions, I noted doors from the garage to the convention area were open, fumes coming in.
My breathing felt negatively impacted and I had to leave early as a result. Too bad for those who enjoy breathing clean air that this year, FFCA will again be in Long Beach. Maybe they'll close those garage doors. For information about the FFCA March convention, click here.
The Caribbean travel representatives said the best convention center in Southern California is San Diego because they're not over a garage.
Photo Banff at sunset.
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