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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 […]
31 October 2015
I arrive at klia2 around 0500 (a few minutes late) before connecting to Kuching a couple of hours later. The time here is meant to be with family but I managed to get a good deal to Mulu National Park (in a few days time). Ah well, I’ve only been here with family recently and […]
30 October 2015
Nothing much of a day I was still grateful for the good sleep now that I’m away from altitude. I woke at 0840 without an alarm. It was dark outside due to cloudy weather and being in an internal courtyard of my Langzghong guesthouse. I took things easy and chilled in my room before checking […]
12 October 2015
Tonight at 23:59, we depart for Shanghai to begin another journey in the Middle Kingdom. At the airport, the kiosks wouldn’t issue our boarding passes as we were on standby. A staff member checked us in immediately; we didn’t have to wait till flight close-off 45 minutes prior to departure. That allowed us to check […]
7 September 2015
Home time today! I fly back to Auckland after just over 24h stop in Sydney. I took the shuttle from the hostel to the airport instead of the train as it was AUD7 cheaper (AUD12 instead of nearly AUD18). It takes just a little bit longer; both modes have their overhead times (eg walking to/from […]
6 September 2015
Scoot check-in for my 0145 flight to Sydney was swift without any queue as I turned up early. I stayed landside till I got hungry so I could have a snack of McDonald’s prawn burger and sweet potato chips. On board the aircraft, the doors closed and I was surprised to see so many spare […]
3 September 2015
Quite unusually the queue for my AirAsia flight bagdrop was quite long at Kuching. My flight to Singapore left a few minutes early, which is quite usual for the airline. Prior to arrival, the “death sentence for drugs” recorded PA was made (quite normal). But there was a new PA this time about the prohibition […]
17 August 2015
Today is a big day for we depart Kiwengwa for Male in Maldives, taking three flights in succession. At 0900 we got picked up by the driver who had dropped us of at Kiwengwa. His name is Said Abdullah (Happy Servant/Slave of God). This was our big day of flying, starting with Zanzibar to Dar […]
2 August 2015
We allowed ourselves to sleep in, in order to adjust to UAE local time which will hit us tonight. That didn’t quite work as we still woke around 0715. We had breakfast at our now “regular” place and went shopping. There was little that I needed but it’s always nice to be tempted; we looked […]
16 July 2015
I set the alarm for an early wake-up and went to the gym. Hotel gyms aren’t that great but it’s better than nothing. We had gotten sweet-talked into the buffet breakfast by the hotel receptionist at check-in. It was MYR35 instead of MYR50. The spread at the poolside terrace cafe was a very comprehensive selection […]