26 January 2009
Back home and back to work
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.
24 January 2009
Come fly with me!
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 […]
21 November 2008
Home sweet home
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.
20 November 2008
A quick transit
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 […]
19 November 2008
14h transit
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 […]
1 October 2008
Flying on a whale
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 […]
1 October 2008
On to a new adventure
I depart Hong Kong to Dubai at 0035, with a connection to New York JFK. This trip started off small with seven flights on AirAsia around East and South-East Asia. But one thing led to another and I’m off to a different corner of the world. What do I mean by “one thing led to […]
27 August 2008
Who needs a reason to travel?
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 […]
23 May 2008
Back home
We landed back in Auckland after an overnight flight. I consider the trip a success as I had successfully obtained my PADI Open Water dive certification. However, I’m still far from confident with diving. Only practice will help me improve. I already have plans in my head to make that happen.
21 May 2008
Long day for a short flight
We had been booked to fly from Cebu to Hong Kong non-stop today on Cebu Pacific Air, a three hour flight. Unfortunately the flight was cancelled … but fortunately I had by chance stumbled on the cancellation just before we left Auckland and managed to rebook on connecting flights through Manila at no charge, but […]