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  • World Trip 2024: Day 31 – Helsinki to Singapore

    May 5, 2024

    Sunday 05 May 2024
    Highlights: The Jewel Water Show

    One of the major downsides of living in Australia is how far away for the majority of the world we are. Returning back takes a long time. The first leg getting back was Split to Helsinki (3 hours), than a major transit (8 hours) followed by Helsinki to Singapore (13 hours).

    Today was the Helsinki to Singapore flight (review here). The positives were having an empty seat next to me (which Darby had as well) and the flight was faster than scheduled by one hour (‘only’ 12 hours 20 minutes).

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    Finland, Singapore
  • Flight Review – AY131 Helsinki to Singapore

    May 5, 2024

    Finnair
    Date: 5 May 2024
    Gate: 42
    Seat: 34D & 34H (Economy Class Seats)
    Plane: Airbus 350-900
    Boarded: 23:52
    Pushback: 00:23 (Scheduled 00:25)
    Arrived: 17:43 (Scheduled 18:35)
    Duration: 12 hour 20 minutes
    Distance: 9,271 kms

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    Finnair
  • World Trip 2024: Croatia and the Balkans Tour Review

    May 5, 2024

    Tour Title: Croatia and the Balkans
    Tour Company: G Adventures
    Tour Leader: Nadya Ginzburg
    Cities Visited: Budapest, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Mostar, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Hvar, Split
    Countries Visited: Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia.
    Dates: Saturday 20 April 2024 to Saturday 04 May 2024 
    Duration: 15 days
    Tour Type: Classic
    Tour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries

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    Croatia and the Balkans, G Adventures
  • World Trip 2024: Day 30 – Split to Helsinki, Finland

    May 5, 2024

    Saturday 04 May 2024
    Highlights: Finnair Non-Schengen Business Class Lounge

    Today is the start of the long journey home. Six of us had organised to go to the airport together – Theresa, Ivan, Megan, Alexa, Darby and myself. We had breakfast together and order an Uber van. T

    he vehicle that showed up however was not a van, if we had somehow gotten in it would have been a clown car! Our second Uber however could handle 6 passengers, a nice way to keep costs low, especially if the airport a little bit away.

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    Croatia, Croatia and the Balkans, Europe 2024, Finland, G Adventures, Helsinki, Split
  • Lounge Review: Finnair Non-Schengen Business Class Lounge Helsinki

    May 5, 2024

    When visited: Saturday 04 May 2024
    Time of day: Late Afternoon to Late Evening
    Operator: Finnair (Linked to the Oneworld Alliance)
    Rating: 4.0 / 5

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    Finnair
  • Flight Review – AY1842 Split to Helsinki

    May 5, 2024

    Finnair
    Date: 04 May 2024
    Gate: 4
    Seat: 15A & 16A (Economy Class Seats)
    Plane: Airbus 320
    Boarded: 11:20 (tarmac boarding)
    Pushback: 12:08 (Scheduled 11:50)
    Arrived: 16:14 (Scheduled 15:40)
    Duration: 3 hours 06 minutes
    Distance: 1,956 kms

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    Finnair
  • World Trip 2024: Day 29 – Hvar to Split, Croatia

    May 3, 2024

    Friday 03 May 2024
    Highlights: Smooth Ferry Crossing, Exploring Diocletian’s Palace, Farewelling our group

    Early morning start as we needed to drop our bags off for transfer to the ferry at 6.30 am. With the breakfast buffet opening at 6.30 am and us needing to walk to the ferry at 7 am today was not the day to be late. It turned out the weather was overcast meaning that yesterday’s full day got the best weather.

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    Croatia, Croatia and the Balkans, Europe 2024, G Adventures, Hvar, Split
  • World Trip 2024: Day 28 – Hvar, Croatia

    May 2, 2024

    Thursday 02 May 2024
    Highlights: Enjoying Palmizana Island

    Today was a day of leisure on Hvar with a morning visit to Palmizana Island. First up I was woken up early by a crying toddler 😦 But breakfast helped get the day back on track before our cruise to Pakleni Island.

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    Croatia, Croatia and the Balkans, Europe 2024, G Adventures, Hvar
  • World Trip 2024: Day 27 – Dubrovnik to Hvar, Croatia

    May 2, 2024

    Wednesday 01 May 2024
    Highlights: Ferry to Hvar

    With a 2 pm departure from Dubrovnik Darby and me were keen to get back down to the Old Town and use the Cable Car for a different prespective of the area. Unfortunately just as we were about to buy our ticket they shut down the cable car due to bad weather.

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    Croatia, Croatia and the Balkans, Dubrovnik, Europe 2024, G Adventures, Hvar
  • World Trip 2024: Day 26 – Dubrovnik, Croatia

    April 30, 2024

    Tuesday 30 April 2024
    Highlights: Exploring three islands of the Elaphiti; Kolocep, Sipan, Lopud.

    Today was a free day to explore Dubrovnik and the surrounding area. I was struggling a bit with the crowds yesterday (I can’t imagine peak season crowds) so Darby and me decided to book an all day cruise trip to local island.

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    Croatia, Croatia and the Balkans, Dubrovnik, Europe 2024, G Adventures
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