Cheap way home Today I slowly make my way towards my family in hometown Kuching for Chinese New Year.  At this time of year flights there are expensive, but I found a special deal to Bali for NZD544 return, on Virgin Australia with great connections.  Allowing for nightstops and the shorthaul flights to Kuching, it […]

I thought it would be nice to go see friends and relatives in Christchurch.  It combined well with an invite to go camping with Kim’s friends at Lake Benmore.  Despite being on a standby ticket, I managed to get to Christchurch without too many hassles during the holiday period.

Today I leave Kuching for Melbourne via Kuala Lumpur.  The flight leaves in the late afternoon, but I wanted to do as much as I could for Mum and my brother who recently had a knee operation. So I started the day at 0800 with getting their groceries, not entirely missing the rush-hour traffic.  After […]

As it was cold outside, the A330 aircraft to Kuala Lumpur appeared to be heated.  Perhaps a little too much.  We were ready to go but had to wait for connecting passengers who had perhaps been delayed by the rain a couple of hours ago.  We left about 15 mins later than the scheduled time […]

Despite having left late, we arrived in Singapore at 1630, 20 mins early.  For a change, we were parked near the immigration area which meant no train ride or a long walk.  There were no queues for immigration and taxis meaning that I got to my aunt’s in no time.

The Auckland winter ends tonight officially and the weather hasn’t been too wet or windy lately.  It isn’t really that cold by many standards in four-season countries.  However, I know that the wet and windy misery can stretch on till November (or December) so hence I have another escape from Auckland … even if it’s […]