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9 November 2016
Arriving and transit in Perth I was out of the secure area at Perth airport about 0010. The early arrival and quick processing meant I had more time to kill for my red-eye layover. I had worked it out that it would have been pointless going to a hotel and over-nighting and trying to catch […]
3 November 2016
This trip aims to explore parts of the Malay Archipelago that are now also part of Australia, namely Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Islands. Despite their proximity to each other, I have to visit them separately from Perth, one on the way to Malaysia and the other on the way back. This is due to cutback […]
19 September 2016
The American Airlines flight to Auckland turned me around in terms of my perception of the airline. The ground staff and crew were pleasant (rather than nasty as seen on previous flights). They served a generous meal about 30 minutes after take off; it was what I call a Qantas-style meal with a bit hot […]
4 September 2016
Today we fly to Toronto at 1700. Apart from Kim returning the rental car by 0930, we spent our time in the hostel relaxing, packing, eating breakfast and making sandwiches for our flight. Icelandair’s onboard catering is expensive but in-line with Icelandic pricing. We had nice heavy bread rolls which we filled with ham, cheese […]
30 June 2016
We landed in Kuala Lumpur 30 minutes earlier around 0400. I attempted to put the three hours into good use by going landside to try replace my SIM card which was stolen in Buenos Aires a few weeks back. Unfortunately, the Celcom store couldn’t assist as their systems only come alive at 0800. Heading through […]
29 June 2016
With a 1930 departure to Kuala Lumpur, I headed to the airport before 1600 expecting to be in the midst of the rush hour. Fortunately it didn’t take too long. At the airport, I walked straight to the Premium queue for check-in. There was one person already at the desk who was having problems. He […]
5 June 2016
I arrived home after a good flight in Business Class, with a paid upgrade. It had been an awesome adventure through South America, a continent I’ve had little experience with. I now have less than a month till my next adventure to Europe (including Iceland) via Borneo!
5 May 2016
We landed about 10 mins ahead of schedule at 2230 and immigration was swift. The airport billboard advertising was all targeted at mainland Chinese travellers! Later in my stay in Lima, I noticed that UnionPay was accepted in a number of places too. Getting to the carousel at 2300 we waited for our bags. By […]
5 May 2016
Leaving New Orleans I woke just before the alarm at 0530 in New Orleans, had a quick wash and downed a cuppa tea before summoning my first ever Uber ride to the airport for USD33 (no tips required). At MSY airport, we tried kiosk check-in for our standby tickets but weren’t able to. A check-in […]
29 April 2016
Above: Our dinner. Houston IAH was very quiet for our lunchtime arrival. Immigration and customs was an absolute breeze unlike our previous experience some years ago. There were absolutely no queues for either. And that’s for us visa holders. It gets even easier for people who are on ESTAs. Coming out, we rang the Red […]