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22 November 2017
Today I fly Kuching – Kuala Lumpur – Auckland with the shortest available connection time of 1h25. I was advised by Malaysia Airlines 2 days before that I had been successful in my bid for an upgrade at the minimum price. With an upgrade guaranteed, I became concern that my domestic flight might be delayed […]
19 November 2017
I got to Tashkent, Uzbekistan flying Air Astana via Kazakhstan for about half the price of Uzbekistan Airways. Air… Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, October 5, 2017
19 November 2017
The delicious meals in India as I eat my way through India. I’m really surprised that it has taken me seven trips to this country before I started this album dedicated to eating in India. Posted by Alex Chan on Friday, November 3, 2017
13 November 2017
Inflight from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur, I managed to doze for about 3h with the aid of a sleeping pill. I woke up feeling much better. I thought my chest had improved in the dry filtered cabin air, as opposed to the mildewy rooms in the highlands or the pollution of Delhi. I caught a […]
12 November 2017
Well, my adventure finishes today as tonight I fly from Delhi to Kuching to spend time with family again. As one adventure finishes, another one takes shape spurred by AirAsia’s sale for travel till Jan 2019. I had a sleepless night in Delhi thinking about their Auckland – Kuala Lumpur fare for NZD199 and Kuala […]
11 November 2017
Today is a big day travelling back to the national capital Delhi. I was at reception about 0640 using the very slow internet to do my online check-in for my Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. I had been assigned a bad seat and luckily I was able to change it to the […]
10 November 2017
Today I wanted to do very little. After breakfast, I decided to enquire about the bus to Siliguri. Essentials like where it left from how long it takes, whether foreigners are OK on it in view of the checkpoint utilised. Answered varied and but all that was confirmed was that it starts in Lower Pelling […]
9 November 2017
Mark and I paid up at the tour company across the road from the hotel at 0900 and hopped into the 4WD. We had booked a car for the both of us as there seemed to be no other tourists in town. The town was very quiet indeed and our hotel and many others seemed […]
8 November 2017
Above: Leaving Darjeeling, I waited for 1h30 before the 4WD shared taxi had a full load and could depart. The first of four wait-and- rides. I had about 10 hours sleep last night to compensate for the early wake-up yesterday (which was preceded by bad sleep). I woke after 0700 and got packed up first […]
7 November 2017
With a pickup at 0430, I didn’t sleep well. I had retired around 2100 and had woken around 2330, 0130 before finally waking up before the alarm around 0330. I decided to head down to the roadside a little earlier. Somehow I had expected it, and the front gate was locked. Fortunately I was able […]