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Happy Deepavali!
... and browsed through various charms that could represent each of our crossing but slightly different journeys. I settled on a dangling sparkly clear blue topaz charm that reminds me of the sea I've seen in India, in Goa, and circling Singapore. Most of my journey, while overground and in the air is massively connected to the sea. Our reason for going to Australia was sea born and both New Zealand and Fiji are islands; the oceans run around them ...
Singapore Sling out of a plastic bottle!
... and decided to have a look at one of the night life spots know as Clarke Quay.
It took me about 20 minutes to get there and I could see that there was a multitude of bars and restaurants. I was staggered to see that the cost of the happy hour drinks was around £5/6. So God knows what the full prices were going to be. Well I can tell ...
DAY ONE - M/CR TO SINGAPORE THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
... with Singapore Airlines who I’ve never flown with before and they’re supposed to be the best airline to fly with, so let’s see. Boarded on time and flight SQ327 left on time at 09.10 bound for Singapore, via a short stop in Munich. Geeky fact: plane was a Boeing 777-300. Seats were very spacious and comfortable and the food was excellent. I was sat in 34C on the aisle as requested and was sat ...
Visa on entry, Vietnam
... One would hope that a system could be implemented which is not dysfunctional. Why cannot more elements be automated? Why is a letter necessary? Surely the airline can be notified so that check in can proceed without having to present a letter. Why is not the inbound immigration process notified in advance? Why cannot amendments be made on line? Why cannot the whole process be streamlined.
Hope this helps
Antonio ...
The end
Thank God we were bumped to the SQ flights in and out, if not we would have been hanging aimlessly in HK. We got on the earlier flight and had an episode of 'WHERE'S MY RING'.
To the extent of me spilling the contents of my bag on the floor at Duty Free, ...