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20 September 2022
Above: My Nasi Padang in Melbourne. Flying to Malaysia I fly out to Malaysia tonight at 2330. Julia dropped me off at their local station early and I headed into the city for a wander. It was the first day of good stable weather I’ve had in Melbourne. I couldn’t resist having an Indonesian meal, […]
11 September 2022
I woke before my alarm went off at 0600 and checked that my 0900 flight to Hobart was still operating. I was relieved to see that it was! Last two Sundays, the flight had been cancelled with last week’s one at the very last minute. Fortunately, this trip, I’m on a firm ticket with commercial […]
15 August 2022
With decent sleep inflight, even though upright, I felt very good upon arrival in Auckland at 0600, only 15 mins late. Disembarking some 20 mins later, I promptly made my way to the immigration hall. Today, the automated kiosks were turning many people away to the manual counters. After a while, there were no queues […]
6 July 2022
Killing time in KL The windowless room at Kuala Lumpur was perfect for sleeping in till 0845 in preparation for the 0125 departure to Zurich out of Singapore, and also for adjusting to European time. I made the most of the room by staying in all morning, except to get some cut fruit from across […]
9 June 2022
Above: Asiana Airlines’ bibimbap “as served” but one is supposed to mix it all up with the condiments provided. Train to Incheon Airport I have a train to Seoul at 0810 this morning. My brain refused to let me fall into deep sleep all night even though the wake-up time isn’t any earlier than previous […]
3 June 2022
Stressful lead-up It had been a stressful few weeks before my departure today. Due to recent reopening of borders after (?) the Covid-19 pandemic, flights to Singapore were fully booked for about 2 months. It would be risky for me to use airline staff standby tickets to get there and onwards to Malaysia. There weren’t […]
27 December 2021
Leaving my hometown Having witnessed (but not personally endured) horror queues for domestic bag drop at airports a couple of times in recent weeks, I arrived at Kuching International Airport a little under 3h before my 1420 departure to Kuala Lumpur where I would self-connect to Singapore and then Christchurch. The AirAsia bagdrop area had […]
20 November 2021
Above: Scenery as we descend. I’m guessing this is near Sekinchan in northern Selangor, or somewhere in southern Perak. A very light flight Walking through the departure area to the gate, there were no water fountains available anywhere airside (but I saw one landside) to refill my empty bottle for the long flight. Our PCR […]
26 October 2021
On edge at check-in A week after making my bookings, the time has come for me to depart. This is very unlike the old style of travel when I may have made bookings up to 14 months in advance on AirAsia. The 1810 departure on Emirates meant that I had time to fit in a […]
20 June 2021
Above: Long wait for the caterers to enter the aircraft. Today I travel internationally for pleasure for the first time in about 17 months, with travel being difficult due to Covid-19. I had spent the last few days monitoring the situation in Australia, with outbreaks in Melbourne and Sydney that have led to partial suspension […]