After our flight from Hyderabad, we headed to the Etihad Business Class Lounge for a quick breakfast (we slept through the flight). The lounge was located not far from the security check point and we were promptly admitted upon presenting our boarding passes. Disclaimer: Lately Etihad has made significant cuts …
After my Norwegian Fjord Cruise, I was eager to explore the town of Kaupanger and the Northwestern region of Norway. However, jet lag began to creep in and my family started falling asleep one after the other. Figuring that it wasn’t safe to be driving through tunnels with a car …
Our SilkAir flight to Hyderabad left from Terminal 1 at Changi Airport so we had to leave the lounge a bit early to make the trek there (you have to take the skytrain). The walk itself isn’t bad at all, but there was a huge line near the gate for …
Our flight to Singapore began boarding promptly at 10:40am, but it was just before 11:25 (the time of departure) that I arrived at the plane. I was pretty much the last person to board the aircraft because I decided to document the lounges. My seat of choice was 1A because …
As I mentioned before, The Westin Melbourne is ideally situated across from the famous Flinders Street Station. So my mornings always started off by my walking right out of the hotel to the scene below. One morning there were even some lovely pink clouds overhead. After walking across the street …
After picking up our bags, we hopped in a cab for our half hour ride to the Westin Melbourne. It was an altogether unremarkable ride and quite frankly I don’t quite remember it at all because I fell asleep as soon as I got in. I believe the ride cost …
How I booked the Flight I booked our flights between Christchurch and Melbourne using 10,000 Avios per passenger. Since the flying time only comes out to around 3 hours, I decided to just book economy and save myself 10k for another time. British Airways has a distance based award chart, …
Christchurch airport is only 10 km (~15 minutes) from the city centre and we headed over to the airport about two hours before our departure to Melbourne on Qantas.
The morning after our arrival in Franz Josef Glacier was supposed to be a ridiculously early start for me. I was planning on getting up well before dawn to head to Lake Matheson for a sunrise photography shoot. If you don’t already know about the location, you probably have already …
We arrived in Christchurch after another long, but beautiful drive from Franz Josef Glacier through Arthur’s Pass National Park and Korowai Tussocklands Park. Combined with all the stops along the way, the standard 6 hour drive took more like 8 hours with all the stops. I chose the Crowne Plaza …
