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When visited: 30 April 2023
Time of day: Midnight
Rating: 4.5 / 5
SUMMARY
The Singapore Airlines SilverKris (Business Class) Lounge in Terminal 3 of the Changi Airport is an excellent business class lounge in Singapore Airlines home port.
The lounge is a huge area with multiple hot and cold food options with an Asian focus but also western style food. A brilliant way to refresh before a long flight.
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Saturday 29 August 2023.
Highlights: Farewelling the cats, the Air New Zealand Koru (Business Class) Lounge, Business Class flight
After years of planning, multiple delays due to COVID-19 restrictions and today is the first day of my first international trip since August 2019.
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Singapore Airlines
Date: Saturday 29 April 2023
Gate: 14A
Seat: 12K (Business Class Seat | Window)
Plane: B777-300ER
Boarded: 18:14
Pushback: 18:56 (Scheduled 18:25)
Departed: 19:11
Arrived: 00:17 (Scheduled 00:15)
Scheduled Duration: 7 hour 50 minutes
Distance: 6,025 kms
This was the first leg of two flights on two different airplanes to get to my final destination in Istanbul, Türkiye. The next flight is Singapore to Istanbul after a scheduled 1 hour 50 minute stopover.
This flight was from Tullamarine (Melbourne) Airport to Changi (Singapore) Airport.
(more…)When visited: 29 April 2023
Time of day: Late Afternoon
Rating: 3 / 5
SUMMARY
The Singapore Airlines SilverKris (Business Class) Lounge is an okay way to spend some time before a flight and especially good for a shower before your flight for hydration. It has an okay food and drink selection range. It’s not that big, and it feels a little outdated and, like most of the Business Lounges in this area of the Melbourne Airport, has no views or direct sunlight.
If you can it is better to access Singapore Airlines’ Star Alliance partner lounge the Air New Zealand Koru (Business Class) Lounge instead which I found to be a gem.
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When visited: 29 April 2023
Time of day: Late Afternoon
Rating: 4 / 5
SUMMARY
A very nice modern and large Business Class Lounge that allows some limited views of the tarmac from the underside of the airplanes. Very pleasant staff and a good range of food (loved the ANZAC biscuits).
I found this better than the Singapore Airlines SilverKris (Business Class) Melbourne Lounge that I visited later and where most travellers on Singapore Airlines would visit.
(more…)It’s now less than 2 weeks before my 2023 Central Asia and Türkiye World Trip begins.
I’ve recently completed my research into the 6 new countries I’m visiting, they are all unique with very ancient traditions to experience:
Flights all booked, long haul flights in business class (using points), hotels booked and paid, tours booked and paid, spending money almost saved (still need to exchange for some local currency).
The trip is made up of Two G Adventures Tours:
– Best of Turkey (8 days)
– Five Stans of the Silk Road (26 days)
Plus 5 days at the end of the trip in Istanbul to explore this ancient city on the edge of Asia and Europe.
The last step is convincing some friends and family that I’m not putting my life in danger or at least these countries aren’t too dangerous!
I now have all flights booked and confirmed for my upcoming 2023 Central Asia and Türkiye World Trip.
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It’s now less than 75 days to my first international since I was in Colombia in August and September 2019 and I’m getting excited.
This trip will see me visit seven countries, six of them for the first time; Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and short stopover in Singapore.
This will be a bit more off the beaten track especially the five ‘Stan countries of Central Asia which will provide some insights (hopefully) into the old soviet era when the USSR dominated the area and the even more histroic Silk Road path.
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Tour Title: Wonders of Kimberly
Tour Company: AAT Kings (Tour 1) and Journey Beyond Rail (Tour 2)
Places Visited: Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, El Questro Wilderness Park, Kununurra, Katherine, Darwin, Alice Springs, Manguri / Coober Pedy
Dates: 16 August 2022 to 03 September 2022 (16 days)
It has always been a desire of mine to do a long distance train journey and when I was in primary school I was enthralled by outback Australia and in particular west coast. This trip allowed me to do both at the same time and enjoy it with my sister Kara as a bonus.
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Tour Title: The Ghan Expedition
Tour Company: Journey Beyond Rail
Carriage B Coordinator: Kaitlin
Key Staff: Kayla, Hollie, Carmen, Loz, Hayley, Oliver, Eden
Passengers Members: 184 (29 carriages can be more)
Room: Carriage B / Room 4 (Twin Share)
Off Train Excursions: Katherine, Alice Springs, Coober Pedy
Dates: 31 August 2022 to 03 September 2022 (4 days)
Ghan Journal Entries
I took this tour as part of the Wonders of Kimberly trip with the other tour being the Untamed Kimberly 2022 (bus tour with AAT) which started in Broome and ended in Darwin just before this tour. The Ghan travels 2,797 kilometres between Darwin and Adelaide over four days.
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