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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 […]
9 August 2020
Above: Masks must be worn on board at all times. Check-in My Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur departs at 0105 and I got to the airport a about 3h20 prior to departure. A queue had formed already and opened more or less as soon as I joined it, before the usual 3h opening. It […]
10 February 2020
Landing at Sydney around 0740, it was fairly painless going through security to the departure area. I grabbed a meal with my Priority Pass card. A bacon and egg roll, coffee, pastry and a fruit salad took up most of my AUD36 allowance. I kept the fruit salad for onboard consumption, which was just as well […]
9 February 2020
Disrupted again Today I have an evening flight out of Bali to Brisbane and onwards home to Auckland. Upon waking up, I noticed an email advising of a 2h delay to my first flight. This seems miniscule compared to nearly 10h of delay on my outbound journey. But with only an hour’s connecting time in […]
6 February 2020
Flying visit to Singapore Today I travel to Singapore for a nightstop with my aunt before flying to Bali tomorrow. It’s quite funny domestically in Indonesia with a Singapore layover. I left the hotel around 0900 by Grab and had a chatty driver (again, being Indonesia). I learnt that while he is Malay, the Minang […]
21 January 2020
Leaving Bali Today I make my way from Bali to hometown Kuching for Chinese New Year and family time, via Singapore. Normally it is far more convenient to connect via Kuala Lumpur but with the festive season ahead, the fares worked out better through Singapore. Neither choice was that cheap but I still think I […]