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India’s Silicon Valley

Even though my departure today to Bangalore today isn’t till 1520, I left the hotel at 1000. With the monorail/bus, it does take about 1h45 to get to the airport. I’d get there more than 3h prior to the flight which gives me time for free lunch in the lounge 🙂 Check-in should have been […]

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Day in the capital

My midday flight had been “preponed” to 1040 which meant that I left the apartment with my parents at 0815. Traffic was surprisingly easy. With an earlier-than-scheduled departure and good tailwind, the flight to KL landed around 20 minutes early. The Italian pilot made his PA onboard in Malay as well as English; it was […]

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Time with my folks

I woke up feeling sad to leave Indonesia again. I hope to be back but I’ve heard great things about other Indonesian dive destinations like Raja Ampat and Nusa Lembongan. So much to do and so little time! I grabbed a breakfast of biscuits and canned iced coffee from Alfamart across the road before heading […]

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Leaving home

This trip was meant to be a third visit to hospitable Iran on AirAsia X’s ridiculously cheap fare.  But with the Iranian currency crisis, the flight got cancelled and I eventually settled on a trip to Kashmir (via Australia’s Red Centre and Timor), continuing to the Cacasus and Scotland (plus a few detours). I had […]

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Arrive home

I arrived back in Auckland having missed two-plus months of summer.  The best part of the year is nearly gone.  But I had an awesome time abroad.  I can’t have it all!

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Flying home for Christmas

My 1050 flight to Kuala Lumpur was perfectly timed. I woke at 0700 and grabbed a quick shower and caught the bus to the airport from across the road. It got me to the terminal some 2h20 minutes prior to departure which meant that I didn’t stress out at check-in and was able to enjoy […]

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Eleven hours of airborne torture

I checked in for my flight to Hong Kong with an ETD of 2359. As I’m travelling on standby, I had checked the loads for this flight several times in the lead-up. The flight had been quite full but seemed to have cleared a little. So I was surprised that I could not be issued […]

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Arrive home (blank)

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Off for the long weekend

With an evening departure I managed to fit in a whole day’s work and a shower at home before leaving for the airport, picking up Mark on the way. He lives only a few metres off the road to the airport.  We are bound for Apia, Samoa to escape the miserable Auckland weather. Today I’m […]

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Early start

While the flight to Tongatapu wasn’t super-early, we still had to wake up before 0500.  I had tried flying out on a day with an afternoon flight but those don’t connect on to Vava’u very well.  Further, going on those days would require a stay in Tonga on a Sunday  –  which is an unproductive […]

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