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16 October 2005
Kim and I had toyed with the idea of going to Easter Island for a long time. There’s only one way from New Zealand to get there, and that’s through Papeete. The flight from Papeete to Easter Island on LAN Chile is pricey, so the best way was to used our Qantas Frequent Flyer points […]
30 September 2005
I arrived back into Auckland mid-morning after a month-long absence, which combined family time in Borneo plus an adventure in Iran. To top it off, I land in Auckland now on a Friday. And I received an email while in Singapore that I’m expected to return to my previous work on Monday. And they will […]
29 September 2005
The flight to Singapore was on a new A330. It had some nice features like mood lighting in blue for our sleeping time. I sat next to a German man going to Cebu for a 3 day holiday! That’s 3 flights totalling 17h (plus connection/ground time) each way, for just 3 days. No, that’s not […]
3 September 2005
Above: Mum’s apartment block in the right of the picture. Yesterday was a filling day, eating and visiting my aunt. It’s a good reminder that Singapore is such a cheap place for eating despite being a developed country. Thanks to poorer neighbours that supply produce and labour. You can’t believe various research that claim it’s […]
1 September 2005
We landed at the Lion City only 24 mins late at 1904, having made up some time inflight. Mum and step-dad had insisted on picking me up from the airport. I was happy to have grabbed a taxi. It ended up being a half hour wait for them because they got lost on the way […]
1 September 2005
It was a foggy morning in Auckland as I went out to the airport driven by Kim. He was on call with the airline and he had tried to get called out to crew my flight, if someone had gone sick. But no such luck. He had his uniform and suitcase in the car, just […]
25 May 2005
Kazan to Samara to Frankfurt to London We have a big day today, flying from Kazan to Samara and then Frankfurt on the same flight, then connecting to London Heathrow, and then self-connecting to Los Angeles. We woke at 0400 and were out of the hotel into a pre-ordered taxi at 0450. It was a […]
4 May 2005
Today we embarked on our Trans-Mongolian journey, but not yet in earnest. We start off with a flight to Osaka where we’ll stay a four nights before going to Beijing where we’ll board the train. Coming with us to Osaka are Kim’s best mate Rodger and his fiancée of many many years, Liisa. They came […]
9 November 2004
I dozed for four hours inflight, making the overnight flight quite bearable. Soon enough, breakfast came and I landed in Auckland around 1130. It had been an awesome adventure for ourselves and for Kim’s parents. Travelling with the elderly, in intrepid destinations has its challenges but I think we deserve nearly full marks for making […]
4 November 2004
Boarding the Malaysia Airlines B777 was very quick. There were only 65 passengers on board, leaving from Cairo for Kuala Lumpur at 0150. Despite that we left 15 mins late. Onboard, I recognised a number of the crew. I had seen them at the pyramids , and immediately thought “They must be Malaysia Airlines crew […]