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.
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When visited: November 2017 Time of day: Midday (3.40 pm to 4.55 pm) Rating: 5 / 5
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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…
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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…
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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!!
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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…
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It’s now less than 2 months before my once in a life time trip to the majestic continent of Africa begins.
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I realised today that I’m only six months from commencing my next major world trip covering 11 countries over 62 days entered on Africa. I was reviewing my trip notes and getting excited from the many highlights I’m anticipating. Before I know it I’ll be boarding my first ever International First Class flight 🙂 The…
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Now that I have my flights booked I wanted to work out how long (distance and time) I’ll be in the air – it’s the nerd in me 🙂 This trip I’ll actually be enjoying First Class and Business Class treatment which is strange when you consider I’ll be camping a lot in Africa! Leg…
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I just booked my return flights back to Australia using QANTAS frequent flyer points for the end of my Africa tour late January 2018. Cape Town to Johannesburg (BA6416 14.00 to 16.00) Johannesburg to Sydney (QF64 18.50 to 15.35 overnight flight) Sydney to Melbourne (QF459 18.00 to 19.35) All flights are in business class but…
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The next stage of my African 2017-18 trip is in place :). I’ve booked my first class award flights from Melbourne to Nairobi via Singapore and Dubai. EK405 Melbourne to Singapore (18.45 – 23.35: 6 hours 50 minutes) Seat 1K EK405 Singapore to Dubai (01.20 – 04.30: 7 hours 10 minutes) Seat 1K EK721 Dubai…
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