Overnighting in Auckland Airport, flying back out on LAN Chile to connect back to Adelaide on Qantas. How plans fall apart so easily. LAN is known for being heavily delayed coming from Santiago. My flight on LAN was cancelled so I was rebooked onto Air New Zealand. A chance to...
With only a few hours in Wellington I decided to visit arguably its main tourist attraction, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Entry is free and the museum has several floors with exploration spaces aimed more at a younger audience and more traditional exhibits.
I originally intended on staying in Wellington but I booked the flight in the wrong direction! No problem, with flights overall so cheap I decided to be based in Christchurch and make a day trip to the New Zealand capital. Ended up a bit of fun, with a great sunny day in...
This would be the start of an eight flight, week long New Zealand trip where I planned to visit the big three cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Although the best bits of NZ are arguably outside the cities, this would be a start for me. My flight there was first a domestic flight...
Needing to get closer to the border to cross to Hong Kong for a visa run, I set off to the airport in search of a flight not sure exactly where I’d end up. I ended up getting nearly as close to the border as possible on yet another uncomfortable...
Today Dave & I visited the Beijing olympic park. We took the specially built short subway line and walked around the stadiums. It’s been about 3 months now since the olympics were held in Beijing. Even now the place remains buzzing with people. The Bird’s Nest is the centre piece and is surrounded by...
Beijing is a huge place so where better to start than its centre. Today Dave and I took the subway Tianamen Square. We left in the late morning to avoid peak-hour which I can only imagine how bad it might. Fortunately he lives along the line that passes directly under...
So this was my first international flight. We all have to start somewhere. To be honest back then I noted very little and was just engrossed in the experience, so here I am writing a bit about it many years later. But it was an important stage and decision to...
Today I’m departing for my first trip overseas, to China for 5 weeks. I booked this a couple months ago during a sale with some credit from a cancelled domestic flight. I literally had a university assignment due today so got that out the way yesterday and packed as best...
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