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19 July 2024
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, […]
18 June 2024
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 […]
11 June 2024
My sis and bro-in-law were still in Kuching when I left today, and they kindly ran me to the airport. Actually, I drove but they drove back. Traffic was unusually heavy and the journey took an hour. Just as well we allowed plenty of time. I flew Malaysia Airlines’ 1335 flight to Kuala Lumpur with […]
4 June 2024
We arrived into Singapore around 0300, ahead of schedule. It had been an excellent flight but it got so cold that I had to put on my puffer jacket. I had taken two sleeping pills and slept most of the way, having found that one didn’t quite work. The variety that I’ve been given is […]
3 June 2024
After two days catching up with my aunt, three cousins and a friend from Yemen days separately, it was time to fly back to my hometown. I had secured a Scoot ticket for AUD200 from Melbourne to Kuching via Singapore with a 3h connection. About half of that was taxes. I had paid for a […]
31 May 2024
Arrival into Melbourne was as good as it can get. We had probably the nearest gate to the immigration hall. All formalities were so fast that I was kerbside waiting for the Skybus within 20 mins of arrival. With the 2245 scheduled arrival, I couldn’t afford any delay of more than an hour as I […]
31 May 2024
Leaving early I try not to escape from New Zealand so early in the year as the cold and wet doesn’t normally set in till later. But this year, I couldn’t wait to get away as it has been horribly wet in late May. My early departure was prompted by Air New Zealand suspending flights […]
27 March 2024
I slept around 5h30 or maybe even 6h on the flight. It was nearly empty midship and I had moved up from the aft zone to grab an entire row there. Dennis had fallen asleep upright next to me, upon take-off so I couldn’t get him to move up with me. Despite wobbles due to […]
26 January 2024
Despite the lightning strike which put the flight on hold briefly, we landed at Auckland about 30 mins ahead of the scheduled time of 0940. This was when we lost our gain. The airbridge operator had trouble with the airbridge and after some time trying, had to get an engineer. After about 30 mins, the […]
18 November 2023
As we descended into Tokyo Narita, I thought I caught a glimpse of a large white peak from the port side window. Fuji, I thought? Sunset was around 1630 in the area and it was pretty dark already. The pilot came on to give his landing announcement, partially in Japanese. We landed around 1725, some […]