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Category: World Trip 2017-2018

A 62-day trip covering eleven countries; United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa between 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018.

  • Lounge Review – Qantas Melbourne First Class Lounge

    When visited: November 2017 Time of day: Midday (3.40 pm to 4.55 pm) Rating: 5 / 5

  • Flight Review – EK405 Melbourne to Singapore

    Flight: Melbourne to Singapore Airline: Emirates Plane: Airbus 380-800 Gate: 10 Seat: 2K (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 18:21 Departed: 19:05 (Scheduled 18:45) Arrived: 23:47 (Scheduled 23:35) Duration: 7 hours 42 minutes This was the the bucket list flight, a real first class international flight and I was doing it on Emirates A380 over two…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 1 Melbourne to Singapore

    Highlights: Chauffeur Pickup, Qantas First Class Lounge, Emirates A380 First Class, Showering at 40,000 feet, Chatting in A380 Bar, Dom Pérignon, Emirates Bed The first day of my Africa trip was finally here 4.5 years after I started planning my 2014 trip I was finally going back to Africa to experience all these new countries…

  • One more day – Africa Bound

    After 18-24 months of planning I’m now only one day out from starting my next adventure. I’ll be going from travelling like this To travelling like this Let the two month adventure begin, from Dom Pérignon to setting up tents, should be fun!!

  • One Month to Go – The First Class Travel Experience

    I’m now one month out from what I hope will be an amazing experience in Africa. My Africa trip was originally planned for 2014 but had to be cancelled which might be for the best as I’m now going to have my first ever First Class travelling experience and it’s on one of the best…