The record breaking 3rd flight
29 March 2025
Singapore to Hong Kong on an A350
OK, this flight was an Airbus A350 and the previous one was a Boeing dreamliner. I no longer know my planes. They are both almost identical, 3 x 3....
A very demanding flight
29 March 2025
Adelaide to Singapore on a Singapore airlines A350
The flight was very full, not one spare seat, but that is not why it was demanding. Everyone around me kept pressing the call bell and demanding m....
3 flights are better than one?
29 March 2025
Virgin Melbourne to Adelaide
There are roughly 6 direct flights a day between Melbourne and Hong Kong. Due to excessive tightarsedness, I have chosen to pretend direct flights....
Federal police questioning
23 November 2024
Tokyo to Cairns on a Virgin 737
Now I am in Cairns, Australia. I have flown here on a tiny 737 death plane and made it. I wont be able to do that again either as Virgin is no lon....
Departing is as bad as arriving
22 November 2024
Haneda airport
Haneda airports main web page has a warning about congestion at immigration, you see this page when you log onto the wifi. When you are in line th....
The wrong airport
22 November 2024
Narita shrines
The goal of the day was to waste as much time as possible and not get sweaty. The best way to do this is to spend all day sitting on trains and lo....
The last supper
21 November 2024
Kanda to Akihabara and back
Depending on if I eat an actual meal at the airport tomorrow night or not, I just had my last dinner in Japan on this trip, so of course I had cur....
Finally some alone time
21 November 2024
Mount Izugatake from Nishi-Agano to Shomaru station
Today I saw only 2 other people on my hike in almost 5 hours. That is more like it. The last few hikes have had far too many people. Getting to to....
Raining Sumo and dead pigs
20 November 2024
Ryogoku for ramen
Just east of the Sumida river is the main Sumo stadium. I thought at first I had never been there before, but it turns out I have, because I have ....