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12 December 2005
We flew back to Auckland, departing at 2025, with Mum and step-dad, who are coming to Auckland and Christchurch for a summer stay of nearly two months. We all managed to be upgraded into Business Class for this flight. It meant a lot for the comfort of them who are about 80 years of age. […]
11 December 2005
Above: Room service breakfast. After a room service breakfast of nasi lemak, corned beef hash and poached eggs, we got ready for our journey to Singapore. Flights from Bandar Seri Begawan to Singapore are pricey so we are doing it the cheap and hard way. We took a taxi back to Miri airport, a journey […]
29 November 2005
It seems silly that we’re travelling again only more than a month after returning from Easter Island. But we have just bought an apartment in my hometown Kuching and wanted to check it out. Yeah, it also seems silly to have bought an apartment so far away but it was a good deal and I’d […]
29 November 2005
We arrived into Singapore, the Lion City, at 1830 for a three night stay, which is really only two full days. We stayed with Mum and step-dad, and did what we normally do in Singapore, which are eating and looking for bargains on items which are normally over-priced in New Zealand.
25 October 2005
We landed in Auckland around 1215 and picked up our Avis rental car to take us home. This was the cheapest way of getting home. The car cost us NZD19 including surcharges (so the actual rental would have been a negative amount). It’s sold as a relocation from the airport branch to the city branch […]
24 October 2005
We had about six hours to self-connect for our flight to Auckland departing at 0530. With arrival immigration, luggage claim, check-in and then exit immigration, there was about three hours of actual waiting time. But those three hours were at the horrid hours of the night which meant I was rather sleepy. The flight to Auckland […]
16 October 2005
Kim and I had toyed with the idea of going to Easter Island for a long time. There’s only one way from New Zealand to get there, and that’s through Papeete. The flight from Papeete to Easter Island on LAN Chile is pricey, so the best way was to used our Qantas Frequent Flyer points […]
30 September 2005
I arrived back into Auckland mid-morning after a month-long absence, which combined family time in Borneo plus an adventure in Iran. To top it off, I land in Auckland now on a Friday. And I received an email while in Singapore that I’m expected to return to my previous work on Monday. And they will […]
29 September 2005
The flight to Singapore was on a new A330. It had some nice features like mood lighting in blue for our sleeping time. I sat next to a German man going to Cebu for a 3 day holiday! That’s 3 flights totalling 17h (plus connection/ground time) each way, for just 3 days. No, that’s not […]
3 September 2005
Above: Mum’s apartment block in the right of the picture. Yesterday was a filling day, eating and visiting my aunt. It’s a good reminder that Singapore is such a cheap place for eating despite being a developed country. Thanks to poorer neighbours that supply produce and labour. You can’t believe various research that claim it’s […]