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26 March 2019
Even though my flight was 1035, I decided it was best to wake early at 0600 so we could head to the airport to avoid the traffic. Leaving home at 0620, the traffic had built up in lead up to the motorway but it was smooth running all the way to the airport thereafter. At […]
16 February 2019
While in the lounge, I had cleverly gone online to reselect my seat so that I had a spare seat next to me (two people in a row of three). I shared the row with a young lady who came on with four cabin bags, comprising of a wheelie, a 20 litre backpack, a large […]
30 January 2019
Despite having three seats from Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur, and a sleeping pill, I didn’t sleep the entire flight as I have in the past. I woke up about three hours before landing and felt peckish. I settled for a meal that I hadn’t tried before and a visit to the galley revealed that it […]
29 January 2019
Today I fly back to my hometown in Borneo to celebrate Chinese New Year with family. It was a stinking hot day in Auckland but not as hot as other parts of the county. New Zealand was catching the tail-end of the Australian heatwave. Having readied myself with a shower, it was better to set […]
11 December 2018
I hadn’t suffered any jetlag at all despite flying Kolkata to Melbourne. I had kept local time and slept soundly! So, it wasn’t a biggie to wake up naturally before my alarm sounded at 0715. Today I fly the last leg of my trip from Melbourne to Auckland at 1210. The Skybus 0817 connecting shuttle […]
7 December 2018
Flying to Kuala Lumpur I had tracked my inbound aircraft and knew that it would arrive 30 minutes early. I headed from the lounge to the gate soon after midnight. We boarded early and left Kolkata for Kuala Lumpur 30 minutes early as well. Very AirAsia … you don’t want to go the gate late! […]
19 November 2018
My flight from Singapore to Bangkok Don Mueang departs at 1500. My aunt needed to go to the hospital for an appointment leaving the apartment at 0930. It was easy for me to leave the house with them. I pretended that my flight was 1300 and it was perfect for me. Getting a taxi from […]
17 November 2018
I had a relatively early start from the apartment to get to the airport for the 0950 flight to Singapore. Being a weekend, I was being cautious in case it was difficult to get a Grab car. But it was all too easy and I ended up having an hour to kill landside before going […]
8 November 2018
I woke around 0630, way before my alarm at 0800. I had an email from AirAsia confirming that my late May 2019 super-cheap flight from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur had been cancelled due to route withdrawal. I worked through some options and I wasn’t going to be too adversely affected as I have an industry […]
6 November 2018
It is late spring in New Zealand and the weather is a mix of cold and warm days. It’s not so bad that I’d want to go away for a month. I had booked this trip a year ago when November was horrid. I really wish I wasn’t going. Nagaland seemed like a good idea […]