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  • An Irish Wedding: Getting There & Getting There

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    It was an early start; Everyone else in the car was heading for Gatwick, but I was flying out of Heathrow because I’d booked later due to being in Thailand, so I was very kindly dropped off along the way. My flights were later than the other folks, so I was there well before check-in…

  • AKL to SIN to LHR to AYS to Chateau Guineapig

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    I left out a few train stations along the way

  • The Things He Carried

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    I think I took just enough stuff with me for the trip, and I can only think of a few items which never got used. The Mosquito Net, which was recommended by the place I got my travel vaccinations from (though I bought one from somewhere else) never came into play. I’m not overly concerned…

  • Scooters

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    Collecting, as I think of them, the little moments from the trip which probably didn’t stand out as a big deal at the time, but which stuck with me. A German guy at the hostel in Hanoi mentioned the huge number of scooter accident injuries he’d seen during a two week stay in Southern Thailand.…

  • I’m Not Sleeping Anymore

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    I did some figuring, to try to work out how long I was mostly awake on the flight back. For these purposes, I’m defining ‘proper sleep’ as those times when I could lie down & be asleep for a decent period of time; Leaning against the wall of the aircraft doesn’t count, but sprawling out…

  • Auckland & Jetlag & Scones, Oh My!

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    My airport hotel rate included breakfast, so I set an alarm, partially so that I’d be awake in time for checkout, but mostly so I could be sure to hit the buffet in a relaxed & dignified manner. Or something approximation of such a thing. I slept solidly from the time I put the lights…

  • NAN to AKL

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    The hope was that with a decent night of sleep in Singapore, and some napping on the plane, I’d be able to go and do something during the layover. I’m not sure why I didn’t do an overnight layover in Fiji; Maybe the flight times didn’t work out? Well, neither of those things happened, and…

  • SIN to NAN

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    I could have gone into some more detail on the hostel, and why it wasn’t great. Mostly it’s just cramped; more beds crammed into the dorms than is sensible for allowing people to move around. My actual bed was fine, with a light & power outlets & a curtain, but it was also the top…

  • BKK to SIN

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    Slept pretty well at the hostel in Bangkok, and got to the airport in plenty of time for the flight to Singapore. I’d assumed that I’d need to get a Grab or Taxi or something, but the hostel had a ride option, which turned out to be “hostel owner drives you there”, at around the…

  • CNX to BKK

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    Mad it through flight one of the trip; Chiang Mai to Bangkok. It was an afternoon flight, so I got to have a leisurely start to the day; Breakfast at the café next door, chatted with a friend in NZ, that sort of thing. The Grab ride to the airport was mostly fine, though it…