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30 August 2007
Above: Toulouse is also known as the Pink City because of its brick buildings. Today I make my way back to Auckland alone, while Kim makes his homecoming three days afterwards with his parents. The reason for this is that he’s spending a couple of days at a car event at Goodwood in southern England. […]
22 August 2007
We were only in Paris four years ago and I never expected that we would be back so soon. I’ve made really good French friends in Paris and we decided to see them in their home ground. I love Paris but it’s even better with friends! There’s Marie who lives in Paris itself and Lou […]
17 August 2007
We flew out of Auckland to San Francisco at 1910, without any hassles, despite on standby tickets. Kim and I had a couple of hangers-on with us: his old friend Eric plus his best mate Rodger as well. They’re all car fanatics and have quite a treat ahead in California with various car events.
4 May 2007
I slept nearly all the way home, seated in Premium Economy. It’s quite unusual for me to sleep on flights, sometimes being wide awake despite assistance with sleeping pill. It was a good end to a trip I didn’t really want to undertake, for good reasons. I had only returned from a long trip to […]
2 May 2007
Flying to Los Angeles via Chicago We filled yesterday with more shopping; it was our second day of shopping. We also filled our luggage! Things in the USA are cheap if one shops wisely. Today, we fly from Fort Lauderdale back to Auckland via Chicago and Los Angeles. We left our hotel at 0800 and […]
22 April 2007
A trip that I didn’t want We’re flying to Los Angeles for a short trip to Florida. It’s not a trip that I really wanted or needed. I had only just returned from a two-month trip to Yemen only a week ago. It seemed ridiculous to fly out so soon heading in the opposite direction. […]
16 April 2007
After a same-plane transit in Sydney, I arrived back in Auckland in the afternoon. It was the end of another great adventure comprising of Socotra, mainland Yemen, and Morocco. It wasn’t all fun, fun, fun but also a journey of learning. I continued and built on my Arabic language skills and also learned Thai massage.
8 April 2007
Above: Bangkok skyline from my room. I arrived into Dubai at 0110 for a connecting flight at 0315 to Bangkok. Surprisingly, that was enough time for me to go to the airport first class lounge near Costa Coffee for a shower, internet and snacks. The flight to Bangkok took less than the scheduled time of […]
22 February 2007
Flying to Sana’a My Emirates flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai departed at 0030. It was the perfect flight on the Airbus A330 with four seats to myself. I guess it is because there was another flight on a Boeing 777-300 a couple hours later. After a snack of an open sandwich after take-off, I […]
21 February 2007
My brother Ben took me from my apartment to Kuching airport around 1730. I have a flight to Kuala Lumpur and onwards to Dubai and Sana’a in Yemen. It will be my second time in Yemen, a country that I enjoyed very much less than a year ago. The Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuching to […]