It was nice to be able to join my French visitor here and hopefully again in Queenstown soon.  But in the mean time, its back home and back to work.

I woke early as if it was a workday, to take the flight to Nelson to meet my friend and visitor, Marie.  The scenery was gorgeous … one forgets how pleasurable it is to do flights on a turboprop (in good weather). I haven’t flown domestically for a while. Air New Zealand has a new […]

My Air New Zealand flight arrived in Auckland at 1100.  I was pleased to be home after another great adventure, and looking forward to the Kiwi summer.

After a long transit in Dubai, I boarded my Emirates flight to Hong Kong.  I was ready for sleep with the scheduled departure of 0315.  Upon landing in Hong Kong at 1710, it was a quick self-connection to my Air New Zealand to Auckland at 1915.   I had to collect my bag and make my […]

Once again I leave Sana’a, a very special city, to go my home in Auckland. Leaving at 1015, I took the Emirates flight to Dubai where I had 13h30 hours in transit, from 1345 to 0315.  Because it would largely be day-time, it wasn’t worthwhile getting a hotel room.  Fortunately I have a choice of […]

My journey on Emirates from Hong Kong to New York involved a 3h55 connection in Dubai, from 0435 to 0830. While on transit in Dubai I overheard an African man talking to the airline clerk about his luggage … he had happily paid excess baggage for 10 pieces totalling 300kg from Beijing to Dubai to […]

About six months ago AirAsia had a big sale with ridiculously low prices. At those prices one doesn’t need a reason to travel! I joined up the places which I’ve longed to visit, the family obligations and the impulse decisions. In the space of an afternoon, I had bought seven tickets around Asia for NZD350 […]