Departing Dhaka I woke at 0615 after dozing and sleeping since 1915 last night.  Quite unbelievable! Today I leave Bangladesh after my short first visit.  As with previous days, due to Ramadhan, breakfast was only for non-Muslims and had to be specially prepared to order.  So, despite sitting down at 0800, I didn’t finish till […]

Leaving hometown Today I fly from Kuching to Dhaka via KL, with a 9h25 self-connect.  The trip wasn’t planned in one hit but somewhat piecemeal making use of expiring points for the domestic portion and crazily cheap international tickets to the subcontinent that were cheaper than staff prices! I woke at 0520 and left for […]

Leaving home for hometown Today, I make my way back to hometown, Kuching, for Chinese New Year.  Rather than go back through the usual route of Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, I travel through Bali and Jakarta to use the relatively new service on AirAsia from Jakarta to Kuching. I fly Air New Zealand on a […]

Back in Auckland, we started our drive home around 1630.  Many people haven’t started back at work yet and the motorway was thankfully free-flowing.

Today, we fly down to Christchurch for dinner with my cousins before doing a road trip to Lake Benmore tomorrow for camping with friends for the third time. With a midday flight, there was no rush leaving home to get to the park-and-ride, and we even had some time in the lounge before boarding. It’s […]

We landed into Auckland at 0100.  I noticed that the cabin lights had been left on for the landing and the earlier take-off from Brisbane.  It was actually super-bright in the front and rear galley areas by the doors. Enquiring with friends that knew Qantas crew, this is supposedly their requirement.  That’s something new for […]

Above:  Only snacks served on a 5h55 international flight; unusual for Qantas. Flying to Auckland Today, I finish my trip with a flight back to Auckland via Brisbane on a Qantas redemption ticket.  I was very lucky go get a redemption ticket as I wouldn’t like to have chanced a long weekly B737 flight on […]

Above:  Kuwait Airways spacious Boeing 777 with 9-across configuration. Leaving Guangzhou My Kuwait Airways flight to Kuwait departs at 0440 so it was a pleasant surprise that check-in opened at 0100.  I joined the queue 20 mins before opening and was surprised by the number of people already there, each typically having two large suitcases […]