Leaving Auckland I had missed the email that arrived after midnight advising that my 1105 flight to Singapore had been delayed by under an hour.  I could have had a bit more sleep instead of waking at 0700. Kim dropped me at the airport around 0900 and due to the kindness of a friend, I […]

The 787 Dreamliner departed on time at 0100.  The crew on board were most obliging, especially with the lady across the aisle from me: The lady across the aisle asked to check that her checked-in baggage had been loaded due to having been rebooked. Even just before doors closed, the crew took her boarding pass […]

Above:  Air China’s First Class lounge in Terminal 3E of Capital Airport. Flying to Bejing I woke up to an email advising of a one-hour reschedule to my flight from Urumqi to Bejing from 1440 to 1540.  I had purposely chosen a 6h30 connection to Auckland at 0100 rather one 2h shorter or 4h shorter. […]

Despite the 1h time difference from Paris, I woke up earlyish around 0730 but lay in bed for an extra hour.  Today is a big online catch-up day after about a week of not turning my laptop on. I caught up on lots of tasks online and paid for a hotel breakfast at reception only […]

Train to Paris Today, it’s a long day travelling from Cherbourg to Istanbul.  It started with an alarm at 0450 for the 0549 train from Cherbourg station which got me to Paris St Lazare around 0900. I thought the best way to Charles de Gaulle airport would be on the Roissybus and E had concurred, […]

Leaving Seoul Today I fly from Seoul to Almaty, departing at 1805.  I worked out that if I left the hotel at 1200, I would be just right to use the lounge for the maximum permitted 3h before the flight. But check-out at my accommodation was 1100.  I ended up leaving at 1040 by metro […]

My sis and bro-in-law were still in Kuching when I left today, and they kindly ran me to the airport.  Actually, I drove but they drove back.  Traffic was unusually heavy and the journey took an hour.  Just as well we allowed plenty of time. I flew Malaysia Airlines’ 1335 flight to Kuala Lumpur with […]

We arrived into Singapore around 0300, ahead of schedule.  It had been an excellent flight but it got so cold that I had to put on my puffer jacket. I had taken two sleeping pills and slept most of the way, having found that one didn’t quite work.  The variety that I’ve been given is […]