In all my years of flying today was an airport landing first! Vanessa and I left Phuket, Thailand for a quick 45 minute flight over to the island of Ko Samui. It’s a decent sized international airport and the airport takes in many flights a day. As we were going in to land, I could […]
Snafu’s, Illegal events and other odd situations
Snafu’s, Illegal events and other odd situations
No matter how careful I am, or how much planning, checking and re-checking I do…I always run into some sort of travel snafu. I have even been known to run into some illegal situations and try my best to smile and work my way out of them. As these situations tend to have funny stories […]
Asia to Australia – drama once again…
For some reason, whenever I have connected with one of the 5 segments of my round the world ticket, drama comes up and this 4th leg was just as difficult that I had to recap for the memories and laughs for years to come. Notice the times of all this as it adds to the fun/drama. […]
Snafu #2 – China Visa, RTW Ticket and where to next? (2008)
I guess when airlines are involved and flights get canceled or my round the world ticket (RTW) is about to become void (if I miss a flight), that makes for a pretty big snafu. This one counts as Snafu #2 (first one was back in May with Norway flights). Well this snafu was about to happen and […]
Tanzania to Switzerland to India…issues (2008)
Getting from Zanzibar, Tanzania to Mumbai, India was no easy or short trek. I knew I would be flying on 3 planes, walking on 3 continents and be in transit for over 30 hours before I finally got to sleep in my hotel in India and wait for Debbie. What I didn’t know was I […]
Snafu #1 – Bergen Airport Strike (2008)
I am sure there will be many snafu`s along the way and today was the first. After taking 2 buses in Edinburgh to get to the airport, having to unload 7 kg of weight from my bag (as easyjet first makes you pay to check a bag and then makes you pay if you are […]