It’s been 7 years since I was last in Vietnam and one thing that I remembered well from the previous time; the absolute massive pain in the ass of getting a Vietnam visa! I never understood this – why do
As long-time readers of the blog will remember, by virtue of being my former national carrier (before moving to Malaysia), I have a long and stretching history of travel with Aer Lingus, from the point when they wanted to be
As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’ve never fully ‘appreciated’ Abu Dhabi Airport; it’s cramped at Etihad’s busiest times, aside from the free WiFi there’s not really a massive amount to do in transit other than shop (and the shops
Finally, after months of waiting it was time for my trip properly home to Dublin, Ireland and coming back to KL from Dusseldorf, Germany. Turkish Airlines puts a hell of a lot into its global marketing campaign (footballers springing about
For our return back to Kuala Lumpur, our ticket introduced us to one of Etihad’s “partners”, Air Berlin. Honestly, I’ve never flown with nor known much even about Air Berlin, always considering it as a sort of hybrid low-cost best
After an incredibly fantastic time in Hong Kong, where we were treated like royalty, it was time for the next part of the journey – a nightmar-ish 2-night stop from Hong Kong to Dusseldorf, before returning back to Malaysia. It’s been
As I mentioned in my last post, we were finally bound for Hong Kong – a place I last saw in 2007, when I visited over an extended weekend from Dublin (and what another ridiculously crazy journey that was) just
Holidays came at last! Over the years I’ve become (one of, anyway) a bit of a Grand Master at packing in short trips into every break from work – yes, I do work full-time as well – even if that’s
After a successful tour of the downtown, the Bar Street – that, honestly, could have probably been anywhere else in the world – and a stop in our newly-found awesome coffee shop, The Hive; it was finally time to move
Over here in Malaysia, Labour Day’s public holiday this year went hand-in-hand with Wesak Day and that could only mean one thing; it was time make a trip out of it, and having heard great things about Cambodia (and having