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My Uzbek visa

Today was the much awaited day on which I’m meant to pick up my Uzbek visa in Ampang.  I woke up to AirAsia’s big sale though and scrolling through the destinations it seemed that I had either been there (sometimes more than once) or it didn’t appeal.  Then I thought of Makepung in Bali, a […]

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Nightstop with a purpose

We woke about 0600.  Kim had an 0945 to Singapore for an overnight before flying to Auckland.  I had an 1145 to KL for an overnight, especially to collect my Uzbek visa before flying to Auckland.  Uber to the airport was super cheap at MYR16.10. Kim dropped off his bag but it was too early […]

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Family Time – Take 2

One of the benefits of taking the train to the airport was being able to bag-drop in the city (on selected airlines only).  I was able to do that today flying Malaysia Airlines and dropped my bag around 0930 before the 1000 cut-off for my 1200 flight. I got to the airport a little after […]

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Uzbek visa application

Today I had an important date.  I specially planned the trip so that I’d have some time in KL to submit my Uzbek visa application.  I was still finding it hard to get going in the morning.  I had tried to be out the door after 0800 but it didn’t happen until 0900. I took […]

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Heading south

Above:  Malaysian sports mascot (tiger) on display at a mall. Even though I slept very soundly for about 6h (about my normal), I woke up feeling disgusting at 0830.  The joys of flying eastwards!  It was 0330 back in Stockholm.  It took me about 30 minutes to come right. I found out that my flight […]

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Bye bye Europe

I woke up to a 1h55 delay for our flight to Bangkok.  ETD had shifted from 1440 to 1635.  Modern technology on the internet meant that I could find out that the aircraft was late by 2h coming from Fort Lauderdale but was doing a 4h turnaround; quite strange when they could normally shorten that […]

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Another one night stand

Arriving at Barcelona, the beautiful airport was stuffy and the walk quite long (now that I’m using a backpack instead of a wheelie). The bus to the city took about 40 minutes with some traffic. With a one hour time difference flying to the east, it was a bit late. I got some milk and […]

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Leaving family

We Ubered to the airport a little after 1000. It was a few minutes before bag-drop opened for our flight when we got there. Once Kim had offloaded his suitcase, we went to the lounge where we waited until our on-time departure to Kuala Lumpur. It was about 1600 by the time we collected Kim’s […]

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Goodbye winter

Above:  Talented AirAsia X cabin crew welcoming us on board with ukelele and singing. Celebrating the new Honolulu route? Fresh and chirpy despite having worked OOL-AKL and sat through a 3.5h turnaround. A friend Nathan dropped Kim and I off at the airport a little over 3 hours before the 1930 departure to Gold Coast […]

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Home sweet home

In Sydney, I had a 1h05 connecting time. With my 15 minute delay arriving, Qantas had rebooked me on a flight leaving 1h35 later than the original which meant waiting around for over an hour, which was pretty painless. Unfortunately, I no longer had access to the Amex lounge here due to the raising of […]

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