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5 May 2016
Leaving New Orleans I woke just before the alarm at 0530 in New Orleans, had a quick wash and downed a cuppa tea before summoning my first ever Uber ride to the airport for USD33 (no tips required). At MSY airport, we tried kiosk check-in for our standby tickets but weren’t able to. A check-in […]
29 April 2016
Above: Our dinner. Houston IAH was very quiet for our lunchtime arrival. Immigration and customs was an absolute breeze unlike our previous experience some years ago. There were absolutely no queues for either. And that’s for us visa holders. It gets even easier for people who are on ESTAs. Coming out, we rang the Red […]
29 April 2016
It felt like a normal work day waking at 0630 and walking to the bus for work. I worked till 1 am doing handovers before being taken to the airport by a friend Paul with Kim and my luggage. The flight had about 20+ seats available which meant that we got our boarding passes immediately […]
11 January 2016
So, this was the end of a short trip with one big highlight and very little else. Not a bad way to add sparkle to my Christmas break.
10 January 2016
To my surprise, Dragonair and their Kathmandu ground staff turned around the big jet in an hour. We left around 0030 for a 2h30 flight to Bangkok. Within half hour of takeoff the inflight service of hot pastries and juice was over, leaving us all to rest. The fuel stop in Bangkok is, necessary due […]
22 December 2015
Above: Noodles drying in the sun in a traditional part of my hometown, Kuching. Today I fly to Kuching for Christmas with my family. Being the festive season, flights out of Singapore were expensive and I saved SGD80 by flying out of Senai in Johor. It seemed like a good idea when I made the […]
19 December 2015
Before landing, there were no announcements on drugs, mandatory death sentence, prohibition on nunchuks, knuckle dusters etc. It must be optional as some airlines do make these religiously. Leaving the gate area, there was a cordon and staff stationed at various points with an iPad/tablet pointing the direction we’re supposed to head towards. I followed […]
19 December 2015
I fly out to Singapore in the wee hours of Saturday morning 19DEC after a full day in the office on Friday. I managed to get a bit of a lie in after the street Christmas party before getting dropped at the airport at 0015. The Air New Zealand check-in area was deserted 90 mins […]
13 November 2015
I woke at 0530, half hour before my alarm. I let myself out of my aunt’s house and grabbed a taxi to Singapore’s Changi Airport, getting there about 2h30 before my departure to Auckland. The arrival card butt must have fallen out from my passport after check-in and the immigration officer asked me to go […]
11 November 2015
My pre-ordered taxi turned up early so I got to the airport in good time. It allowed me some time in the lounge before boarding my short AirAsia flight to Singapore (the Garden City, Island State or Breakaway Republic). In the airline’s usual fashion, we left early an arrived even earlier, around 20 minutes before […]