Heading east
It’s time to say good bye, Australia! It’s been fantabulous! I’m flying to New Zealand today. For more adventures! Here are the flight statistics: Flight 16 to Auckland Date: 22/02/2014 Code: ANZ124 from MEL to AKL Airline: Air New Zealand Plane: Boeing 777-300ER Distance flown: 1820 Miles Duration: 2h55 Read More
Back to Melbs
Zigzagging across Australia, it’s time to head back to Melbourne for two final days. On Saturday I’ll head back east to New Zealand for three weeks in Auckland and two weeks of driving around. It got a slightly bit rocky at one point and I saw we did quite a detour.. but all fine here. […] Read More
RTW Part Two
On we go… I had the rough itinerary in my mind for a long time, but it took a couple of intense sessions of playing around with the Star Alliance Round the World App to figure it out… But here it is, the projected itinerary for the second trip around the globe, starting in June […] Read More
Returning to Sydney
Next flight coming up as I head back to Sydney for ten days on Monday. Here are the flight statistics: Flight 14 to Sydney Date: 01/02/2014 Code: QFA1020 from HBA to SYD Airline: Qantas Plane: Boeing 737-800 Distance flown: 744 Miles Duration: 1h35 Read More
On to Tasmania
After five weeks in Melbourne – time flies ! – it is time sot see a little bit more of Australia. Today I am flying on to Hobart, capital of the state of Tasmania, and possibly the furthest South I’ll go, depending on what I’ll do in New Zealand. Here are the flight statistics: Flight […] Read More
And on to Melbourne
After only two days in Sydney I’ll head on South, to Melbourne. Melbourne had been one of the corner stones in the planning of this trip. It’s one of the places I have been most impatient to see and live in. In the next couple if days I’ll stay in St. Kilda with my friends, […] Read More
Heading south again
After a two-day stop in San Francisco, I’ll be heading south again today, to Auckland and then on to Sydney, where I will meet my friends Sven, Kevin and Rajiv from Brussels. This is going to be the longest flight so far. And I’ll fly over the international date line and skip a day. I […] Read More
Aviation guardian angel
When I booked the connection from Santiago to San Francisco via Toronto and Los Angeles, I already had a hunch. This would be tight. You have to factor in delays, the time at immigration and customs, the transfers etc, etc. I had mailed all my itineraries and booking codes to my friend Renato, with whom […] Read More
Off to San Francisco
The next few days will see a lot of traveling. Five flights in total, the first three lead me to San Francisco for a pit stop on my way to Australia, and to meet up with old friends… Here are the stats: Flight 7 to Toronto Date: 25/12/2013 Code: AC93 from SCL to YYZ Airline: Air Canada […] Read More
On to Santiago de Chile
And I’m off to Santiago de Chile tonight. I’ll be on the same plane as my Canadian friends Joe and Brandon who have stayed here for a month, too. But as I get off in Santiago, they will head on to Toronto – the same flight that I will take on December 25th, on my […] Read More