On Jul 17, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Hello;
On Jul 17, 2006, at 8:21 AM, <Pasi.Eronen@xxxxxxxxx>
<Pasi.Eronen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John C Klensin wrote:
It also means such things as:
* picking places within those countries or regions that have
good airports with easy (and multiple) international
connections. Even San Diego is a little marginal in that
regard. Based on experience in the last year or so, I'd
suggest that Cape Town and Marrakech (suggested in another
posting) should be utterly disqualified (although J-berg and
Casablanca are more plausible on this dimension).
Some data about San Diego: Today, the flight information page on San
Diego "International" Airport web site shows a couple of flights
to/from Mexico and a couple to/from Canada -- all the others are
within US.
When meeting in North America, I would strongly prefer cities that
have several direct flight connections from both Europe and Asia.
Of the recent IETF meeting places, San Diego is the only one that
clearly fails this criteria... so why are we going there again?
Even direct flights within the US can be hard to find.
Depending on where you are coming from, and when you purchase your
tickets,
you may find it faster / cheaper / better
to fly to LAX or Long Beach and drive down to San Diego. (LAX <->
San Diego is ~ 200 km, and LAX
is basically on the San Diego Freeway.) I did this for the one San
Diego IETF.
If you do that, be aware that there is a permanent immigration
checkpoint on the
San Diego freeway Northbound, which can cause backups returning.
Regards
Marshall
Or skip the car. Fly into LAX, take one of several shuttles to Los
Angeles Union Station, and take Amtrak's "Surfliner" to San Diego.
These trains run every 1 to 2 hours and get to San Diego in less than
3 hours. And it's hassle-free.
Regards,
Steve Campbell
Lyme, New Hampshire, US
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