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  • World Trip 2024: Day 31 – Helsinki to Singapore

    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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  • Flight Review – AY131 Helsinki to Singapore

    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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  • World Trip 2024: Croatia and the Balkans Tour Review

    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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  • World Trip 2024: Day 30 – Split to Helsinki, Finland

    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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  • Lounge Review: Finnair Non-Schengen Business Class Lounge Helsinki

    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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