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29 July 2010
From Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, I managed to get 3 seats because some passengers moved. So each seat cost me about NZD10 only! For 8 hours!! I’ve always noticed that the Airbus A330 (which operated the flight) is eerily quiet, especially if you sit near the engine (ironical). Many a time I have hopped off […]
24 July 2010
I left a family dinner a little early to catch my flight to KL departing at 2150. I was very fortunate to have been able to see my brother-in-law visiting from the UK. Walking through the tarmac at KL Airport (LCC or Budget Terminal) at midnight offered a different insight as nearly all AirAsia’s red […]
19 July 2010
It was an early start at 0430 to catch the 0815 flight to Kuala Lumpur. Landing there at 1415, I had a 4h25 self-connect, at my own risk, to hometown Kuching where I landed at 2025. My favourite airline does not offer connections (to minimise liability and to keep fares low). One has to allow […]
24 June 2010
Above: Flying to Melbourne with Emirates. Today I departed on a 5 week journey but it didn’t feel like I was going anywhere. There was no real sense of excitement as the first leg was only to Melbourne, flying Emirates Airlines departing at 1745. Melbourne is somewhere which is not too different from New Zealand […]
15 June 2010
We arrived back in Auckland early in the morning. It had been an awesome trip combining great landscape, too much food and good entertainment. I enjoyed myself tremendously even though it was a lifestyle that I wasn’t accustomed to. Having said that, I’d take adventure over this any day … my next trip will be […]
2 June 2010
We turned up at Auckland airport to check-in armed with a contingency plan in case the flight at 2000 to Vancouver was full. Fortunately there were seats available and we were issued with boarding passes available. We weren’t seated together because the remaining seats on the flight were spread through the aircraft. No complaints!
28 October 2009
Above: This is one month’s harvest from Nyoman. We landed back in Auckland early in the morning. We returned to the house to find a bumper harvest from our cat Nyoman. Marie (my friend, schoolmate and travel companion … turned catsitter and housesitter) had been harvesting the hair from the cat each time she was […]
23 October 2009
We arrived at Kuala Lumpur, the Big Smoke, on AirAsia departing at 1955. During the flight, I was standing in the front of the cabin waiting for the loo … so I looked back and saw two of the flight attendants doing the sale of merchandise (t-shirts, caps, toys etc). One crew member was helping […]
7 October 2009
Today we have an early start departing at 0650 flying Perth – Kuala Lumpur, self-connecting to hometown Kuching with a layover of 3h50 which gives us a little bit of buffer in case of delay. That would see us arriving into Kuching at 1805. The fare from Perth to Kuala Lumpur was AUD65 return plus […]
5 October 2009
I left for Perth on my own today as Kim was staying behind for another day to ensure his mother was well enough before joining me. It was a pleasant daylight flight leaving at 1425 and arriving at 1710.