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12 October 2015
Tonight at 23:59, we depart for Shanghai to begin another journey in the Middle Kingdom. At the airport, the kiosks wouldn’t issue our boarding passes as we were on standby. A staff member checked us in immediately; we didn’t have to wait till flight close-off 45 minutes prior to departure. That allowed us to check […]
7 September 2015
Home time today! I fly back to Auckland after just over 24h stop in Sydney. I took the shuttle from the hostel to the airport instead of the train as it was AUD7 cheaper (AUD12 instead of nearly AUD18). It takes just a little bit longer; both modes have their overhead times (eg walking to/from […]
6 September 2015
Scoot check-in for my 0145 flight to Sydney was swift without any queue as I turned up early. I stayed landside till I got hungry so I could have a snack of McDonald’s prawn burger and sweet potato chips. On board the aircraft, the doors closed and I was surprised to see so many spare […]
3 September 2015
Quite unusually the queue for my AirAsia flight bagdrop was quite long at Kuching. My flight to Singapore left a few minutes early, which is quite usual for the airline. Prior to arrival, the “death sentence for drugs” recorded PA was made (quite normal). But there was a new PA this time about the prohibition […]
2 August 2015
We allowed ourselves to sleep in, in order to adjust to UAE local time which will hit us tonight. That didn’t quite work as we still woke around 0715. We had breakfast at our now “regular” place and went shopping. There was little that I needed but it’s always nice to be tempted; we looked […]
16 July 2015
I set the alarm for an early wake-up and went to the gym. Hotel gyms aren’t that great but it’s better than nothing. We had gotten sweet-talked into the buffet breakfast by the hotel receptionist at check-in. It was MYR35 instead of MYR50. The spread at the poolside terrace cafe was a very comprehensive selection […]
6 July 2015
Oh no! Another bad night sleep. That is just so rare for me! The ventilation was too warm for the both of us despite turning it down to the lowest level. After a light breakfast of muesli, we headed to the airport by train. Bag-drop was swift but immigration and security involved countless zigzags. We […]
29 June 2015
Today I escape the Kiwi winter on a trip that will see me re-visiting some places that I enjoyed, plus a foray into a continent I have little experience in: Africa. But first up, it’s Australia. To be specific, Queensland’s winterless north. I did my bag-drop at the airport nearly 4h before departure because we […]