Long Istanbul self-connect It was around 0745 when I left the hotel after breakfast, walking to the taxi stand outside the hotel to find a cab to Travzon airport.  The journey was quick on the highway which kinda followed the shore of the Black Seat.  It’s a pity that the city didn’t have any kind […]

We landed in Singapore nearly an hour later than the scheduled time of 1650.  With the aircraft parked really close to the arrival hall, we had to wait for our luggage, something that rarely happens at Changi. Wen kindly picked me up and took me to his place in the south of the island before […]

Leaving Auckland I had missed the email that arrived after midnight advising that my 1105 flight to Singapore had been delayed by under an hour.  I could have had a bit more sleep instead of waking at 0700. Kim dropped me at the airport around 0900 and due to the kindness of a friend, I […]

The 787 Dreamliner departed on time at 0100.  The crew on board were most obliging, especially with the lady across the aisle from me: The lady across the aisle asked to check that her checked-in baggage had been loaded due to having been rebooked. Even just before doors closed, the crew took her boarding pass […]

Above:  Air China’s First Class lounge in Terminal 3E of Capital Airport. Flying to Bejing I woke up to an email advising of a one-hour reschedule to my flight from Urumqi to Bejing from 1440 to 1540.  I had purposely chosen a 6h30 connection to Auckland at 0100 rather one 2h shorter or 4h shorter. […]

Despite the 1h time difference from Paris, I woke up earlyish around 0730 but lay in bed for an extra hour.  Today is a big online catch-up day after about a week of not turning my laptop on. I caught up on lots of tasks online and paid for a hotel breakfast at reception only […]

Train to Paris Today, it’s a long day travelling from Cherbourg to Istanbul.  It started with an alarm at 0450 for the 0549 train from Cherbourg station which got me to Paris St Lazare around 0900. I thought the best way to Charles de Gaulle airport would be on the Roissybus and E had concurred, […]

Leaving Seoul Today I fly from Seoul to Almaty, departing at 1805.  I worked out that if I left the hotel at 1200, I would be just right to use the lounge for the maximum permitted 3h before the flight. But check-out at my accommodation was 1100.  I ended up leaving at 1040 by metro […]