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12 September 2022
Above: “Organ Pipes” which are striations (dolerite columns) on the cliff-like crown at the top of Mt Wellington, seeen from the Salamanca area. Having pushed myself a little yesterday in anticipation of deteriorating weather and despite the early wake-up for the flight, I have a relaxing day today. I didn’t even leave my room till […]
11 September 2022
Arriving in Hobart We landed at Hobart a little earlier at 1040. The airport was a small one-storey design with no airbridges. It was a long unsheltered walk to get to the arrival hall, which was fine because it wasn’t raining. I thought the distance was because we’re a very rare international flight but to […]
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 […]
13 August 2022
Aircraft boneyard at Victorville Today we make a day-trip to Victorville before I hopefully fly back to New Zealand. Victorville had been on the plan all along, with us meant to fly from Colombia to Las Vegas originally. Victorville would be a stop on the drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. But due to […]
12 August 2022
With 2h time difference from Bogota, I woke around 0530 but stayed in bed till about 0600. I had plenty of my mind with my upcoming flight on standby, looking up the passenger loads over the next few days. I made up my mind to fly tomorrow night instead of 2 days later on 15 […]
11 August 2022
Flying to Medellin Having slept with the aid of half a pill last night around 2030, I was up at 0230 but tried to sleep again. After 0330 I gave up and did things on my phone until the alarm went off at 0430. It was time for us to leave South America for North […]
10 August 2022
Cerro Nutibara After breakfast at the hotel courtyard, we booked a taxi for tomorrow morning’s early departure. We headed out about 0945 for our only day of sightseeing in Medellin. Our stay had been cut short by numerous flight issues. Our first stop was Pueblita Paisa on top of Cerro Nutibara. This is a mini […]
9 August 2022
Above: On board the Viva Air A320, the seats were plastic shells with padding! After a day of relaxation and planning for future travel, we left our lovely mini-resort for Santa Marta airport around 1130. The ride took about 90 mins, getting to the small beach-side airport (with views) around 1300. We managed to bagdrop […]
7 August 2022
We had both slept so well through the night. I woke around 0630 and next minute, it was 0800. The poolside breakfast was good but as soon as we returned to our room, it started drizzling and it later became light rain that would make any activity undesirable. Around 1100, we walked along the grey […]