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Leaving Alice Springs we were amazed when the flight left on time! It was amazing to fly for so long over completely uninhabited land to get from Alice Springs to Sydney. I think it was about 2.5hours before we saw a building! It was the Dry season and perhaps this was the reason the landscape looked just how I would expect Mars or Jupiter or the …
All Aboard!!!
... I'm sure we missed bits. A quick beer before the muster drill, then a visit to the Pig'n'Whistle. Dress for dinner at Portofino's, the Italian restaurant. It's very good, but the Tartufo is VERY rich. Having a coffee later I note we've slipped our moorings early prompting a mad rush up to the deck to watch us sail out. It's blowing a gale, and once through the heads I give up for the ...
Touchdown!
... network to kick in, so I could let Matt know I had landed. Vey soon I was off the aircraft and queuing for the passport control and customs. what seemed like forever (about 45 mins) I was stamped and through to collect my bag from 'turnstile 3'. I waited there patiently, well for at least 5 minutes and saw scores of cases going by me...but not mine. at this point I opted for a dash to-da-loo. As I exited the gents I couldn't help but notice, about 5 ...
Pointing North
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But I have to remain focused on the Northern Lights agenda and first consider my best viewing options. Looking at the One World Alliance map, I believe they are these:
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Flight felt so much longer coming home
The flight seemed to just drag on. We again flew first/business and they continued to feed us every opportunity they had. We started with a prawn salad...pass on that one, followed by tomato soup, followed by another salad had what they called dinner two hours into the flight which was 2pm was beef and vegetables for me and vegetable samosa for Tim. Followed by dessert chocolate ice cream with strawberry ...
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