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World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • 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

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  • 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 legs, this one Melbourne to Singapore, and Singapore to Dubai plus a later B777-200 flight Dubai to Nairobi. I was hoping the Qantas Award points would make it worth using and they definitely were.

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  • 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 and revisit South Africa. In theory today was supposed to be about luxury and relaxed travel and on this occasion it definitely was!!

    Let’s start with a chauffeur pick up with nice Hyundai Genesis. While the driver showed up 15 minutes early he had no problems waiting ‘take your time we are in no rush’. Having a direct car pick up to the airport makes travel a lot less stressful, score a win for the Emirates First Class package. One down point is Danelle and Andrew’s young cat Indie disappear so no last minute leg rubs from my new favourite pet. (more…)

  • 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 rated First Class airlines Emirates. So even the travelling experience is something I’m looking forward to.

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