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It was the morning of New Year’s Eve when we arrived in Auckland. I won’t review the flight over to Auckland because it was exactly the same as the flight into Queenstown. All I can say is that it was a very smooth flight with some spectacular views of the …
Our last day in Queenstown started out a little rainy and rather dreary. My mom and I had caught a cold sometime earlier during the trip and the runny nose and sore throat were at their worst. Tired from the previous days activities, we pretty much slept in that morning. Lucky …
Our third day in New Zealand kicked of with a morning hike up Queenstown Hill. The trail begins on Belfast Terrace, a quiet residential street above Queenstown, and continues on up the hill for almost 1.2 miles.
Queenstown is close to 4 of the great drives and 3 national parks of New Zealand. Fiordland National Park, Mt Aspiring National Park, and Mt Cook National Park are all within a 4 hour drive of the Queenstown-Frankton Area. Given that we only had around 5 days in Queenstown, and …
We landed in Auckland at approximately 11:30 am and got through immigration and baggage claim within 15 minutes. Our flight to Queenstown was on Air New Zealand from the Domestic terminal so we quickly walked (~15-20 minute walk) over there and checked our bags in for our flight to Queenstown. We …
Introduction: Back in May of 2014, I had to attend the American Society of Hypertension meeting in New York to present our research poster. The event was being held at the Hilton Midtown in NYC just a block down from Times Square. Though I started the search for a hotel …
At around half past 1 in the afternoon Hong Kong time, boarding began with First (Suites) Class. We took a bit of extra time to leave the lounge, so boarding was already well underway when we arrived at the gate. Singapore Airlines boards through both the forward and rear cabin doors …
Singapore Airlines SilverKris First Class Lounge We spent the 2.5 hour layover at the Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge, electing to just relax a bit instead of exploring the airport. Singapore Airlines offers access to the SilverKris lounge for both First and Business Class passengers. The lounge is located on the upper …
The ride to Hong Kong Airport took 40 minutes in the hotel van, which ended up costing the same as two taxis (~900 HKD). Check in, immigration, and the walk to the lounge took around another 20 minutes, and we were soon walking into the Singapore Airlines Lounge.
