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Hard to say, really. It was below the level of the buildings in town but judging by the light there was no direct sunlight going on.

This was taken about 2130. It didn’t get dark at all, just a sort of dusk, even at midnight or early morning.

. My wife, who is reading this, is complaining that I haven’t finished the first day yet. There may be further delays now that the convention is in full swing. Next flight report will be the interesting one, I think. The Finnair non-recline seats, service, and a whole bunch of photos. Two or...

Right. How do I find my hotel shuttle? I’ve booked The Cottage Suvarnabhumi which gives the impression of being just outside the airport. Within walking distance at a pinch. The arrivals area is a zoo. Simple as that. Arriving passengers, locals meeting arrivals, airport officials, shuttle...

A couple of bonus photos from the Bangkok flight. I simply cannot do justice to the serpentine muddy river just before we hit the coast. It was like a good bit of Aboriginal art in real life. Which in many ways, these works are. Pigment and land, together at last. A note on my...

Gate 35 is a bit of a hike but I stride along, powered by bacon and beans. Pity my seat mate. And I have one, already installed in 52B. I glance at the thin sliver of plastic that will be my home for ten hours. “Hey, I guess you’re my travel buddy.” He’s chattier than my Uber driver, and...

The transfer bus isn’t that bad, to be honest. It used to be worse, with a lounge full of threadbare seats and a bus that had just left a moment ago. This time the operation has been upgraded - not “enhanced” - and it’s only a few minutes in a lounge with padded chairs. I enjoy the bus ride...

Ah, don’t expect too much. I generally run out of puff after a couple of days. I may have hit this point already after yesterday's luggage saga and the milk disaster.

A couple of bonus pics to go with the above post. These are just some. I’ve got about a million that I haven’t gotten around to tinkering with and may never.

Today I go from subzero to tropics. For a wonder, I am packed and ready to go at my target time. Half past four in the morning. A Canberra winter morning at that. The sun is still relaxing on the other side of the world somewhere and we are in a city full of fallen leaves tinged with frost...

A big trip - around the world or there and back to Europe or America - is something out of the ordinary. The familiar routines and comforts of the everyday are set aside. My possessions are limited to what I can lug around with me. My desktop computer with two big displays and instant...

Now in Edinburgh in the tropics. My days of drinking a whole bottle of champagne on the flight are definitely over. As of yesterday. More on that later.

Some discussion here.

Quick update from the T1 lounge in Sydney. Bit of a fog delay taking off from Canberra, got away about an hour late. Usual ghastly bus ride crowded with grumpy anxious people and myself. Now having a much needed flat white and something horribly unhealthy. Yum.

Today's the day! Yesterday was a day of packing and shopping for last minute bits. I set a bunch of alarms and crawled into bed about ten. First flight is 0600, the airport opens at five and I want to be beating the doors down, freshly arrived in an Uber. Sleep follows a familiar pattern. I...

Stuff Pre-pandemic I’d buy travel insurance in annual multi-trip packs as being the best value for money. I’ve never had to claim in all my years of travel except for one time when I accidentally lowered a car seat onto a camera that had slipped underneath and came out a smidge crushed. Still...

Accommodation In an increasingly short time I’m off on my first big trip since the pandemic. A weekend away at a booklovers convention in Scotland. My nine-flight itinerary Canberra to Edinburgh and back is reasonably complex but — apart from a tight transfer in Sydney on the way home — it...

Iran. Just how much fun will a dry desert land run by religious dictators be? Lots, to be honest. There were brewed beer drinks without alcohol. Peach beer, apple beer etc. Even some real - albeit zero alcohol - beer imported from Europe. Some desert, but also mountains, parks, green grazing...