8 August 2010
Change of plan
We had planned on getting the evening flight home. But there were things that needed sorting out at home so we changed our flights to an early one, very early in fact at 0615. We got on the flight fine on standby.
4 August 2010
Booking my next trip
We departed from Auckland at 0900 bound for Rarotonga. But it was an early set-off from the house at 0630 to avoid the Auckland traffic. But before that, I had to spend about 15 minutes on the computer as AirAsia had a sale for their new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul … so I […]
29 July 2010
What makes a bird noisy or quiet?
From Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, I managed to get 3 seats because some passengers moved. So each seat cost me about NZD10 only! For 8 hours!! I’ve always noticed that the Airbus A330 (which operated the flight) is eerily quiet, especially if you sit near the engine (ironical). Many a time I have hopped off […]
24 July 2010
Nightstop
I left a family dinner a little early to catch my flight to KL departing at 2150. I was very fortunate to have been able to see my brother-in-law visiting from the UK. Walking through the tarmac at KL Airport (LCC or Budget Terminal) at midnight offered a different insight as nearly all AirAsia’s red […]
19 July 2010
Time with family
It was an early start at 0430 to catch the 0815 flight to Kuala Lumpur. Landing there at 1415, I had a 4h25 self-connect, at my own risk, to hometown Kuching where I landed at 2025. My favourite airline does not offer connections (to minimise liability and to keep fares low). One has to allow […]
24 June 2010
How to leave and not feel like it’s happening
Above: Flying to Melbourne with Emirates. Today I departed on a 5 week journey but it didn’t feel like I was going anywhere. There was no real sense of excitement as the first leg was only to Melbourne, flying Emirates Airlines departing at 1745. Melbourne is somewhere which is not too different from New Zealand […]
15 June 2010
Home
We arrived back in Auckland early in the morning. It had been an awesome trip combining great landscape, too much food and good entertainment. I enjoyed myself tremendously even though it was a lifestyle that I wasn’t accustomed to. Having said that, I’d take adventure over this any day … my next trip will be […]
2 June 2010
Leaving home with baited breath
We turned up at Auckland airport to check-in armed with a contingency plan in case the flight at 2000 to Vancouver was full. Fortunately there were seats available and we were issued with boarding passes available. We weren’t seated together because the remaining seats on the flight were spread through the aircraft. No complaints!
28 October 2009
Arriving home to a bumper harvest
Above: This is one month’s harvest from Nyoman. We landed back in Auckland early in the morning. We returned to the house to find a bumper harvest from our cat Nyoman. Marie (my friend, schoolmate and travel companion … turned catsitter and housesitter) had been harvesting the hair from the cat each time she was […]
23 October 2009
Back to the Big Smoke
We arrived at Kuala Lumpur, the Big Smoke, on AirAsia departing at 1955. During the flight, I was standing in the front of the cabin waiting for the loo … so I looked back and saw two of the flight attendants doing the sale of merchandise (t-shirts, caps, toys etc). One crew member was helping […]