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20 November 2006
Today I travel back to Singapore via Johor Bahru, in preparation for travel home to New Zealand tomorrow morning. This time I was flying in relative luxury on Malaysia Airlines rather than the budget carrier, departing Kuching at 1755. Malaysia Airlines normally has buses that connect Johor’s Senai Airport to Singapore but there was no […]
12 November 2006
Today I travel with Mum and step-dad to Kuching. As usual, we do it on the cheap by crossing the border into Johor and flying from the airport there across the South China Sea to Kuching. That saves on the hefty Singaporean airport tax and the higher airfare as well. Jacob picked us up around […]
9 November 2006
With angry people while in transit I landed at Kuala Lumpur on time at 0805 for 55 min connection to Singapore departing at 0900. My connection turned out to be at the same gate on the same aircraft 9M-MKR. I only had to disembark and re-enter the gate via the security screening. While at the […]
15 October 2006
We have an evening flight from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai, so it made sense to take it easy in the morning and utilise the hotel room to the max before checking out at 1200. We basically had to kill a large part of the day. We left our luggage at the hotel and went wandering […]
13 October 2006
Above: View of Kuala Lumpur from the Capital Hotel. Today I leave for Kuala Lumpur at 1800, giving me some time to kill during the day. I went out for a hair cut and spent some time at home with Mum and step-dad. I went to the airport late afternoon to check in for my […]
7 October 2006
Above: View of Gulangyu from my hotel room. We left the hotel for Xiamen airport around 0900 for our 1220 Silkair flight to Singapore. We couldn’t enter the check-in area for a while and when we were, it was another wait till the counter opened 2h prior to the flight. The counter staff kept an […]
30 September 2006
The core part of this trip is to go to northern India with Kim and family, as his father was born in India. My first leg takes me to Singapore where I’ll spend some time with my Mum and take them on side-trips to Xiamen and Bintan. Kim’s parents too me to the airport for […]
3 June 2006
I arrived back into Auckland at 1000 after an adventure like no other. Not many people get to visit Yemen. I get to stay, explore, learn and make new friends. I’d like to do it again. Watch this space!
2 June 2006
After 3 full days and 4 nights in Singapore with family, I departed on the evening Air New Zealand flight back to Auckland. I was fortunate enough to have three seats to myself to lie flat. The airline seems to have cut back on the meal. There’s no longer an appetiser or salad on the […]
29 May 2006
After clearing transit security at Dubai, I went to the lounge to kill some time. I had a beautiful mutton curry on tomato rice plus salads. The toilet in the lounge was truly special. I walked into the cubicle; the lid lifted automatically. It had a “front” and “back” washer and dryer! Truly advanced engineering […]