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[clazman]

Finally on the way

First leg of the trip overnight PER - HK flying CX in J

Perth airport is being expanded / renovated a real mess

Drop off outside, checkin and into the lounge 15 minutes

First time in this lounge, it is clean must be 100 people in here not many free seats.

 

[clazman]

CX170 - PER to HK, worst flight every experienced for constant turbulence

As always excellent service from crew and nothing was too hard, J class 100% occupancy.

Supper was served about an hour into the flight

Pic 1 seasonal fruit and savoury dips with lavish



Pic 2 spiky Kung Po prawns, jasmine rice, stir fried choy sum and carrot, to hot for my liking, should have had the lamb and vegetables



Pic 3 breakfast about an hour and half before landing, seasonal fruit and Bircher muesli with honey and vanilla extract, choice of muffin or croissant



Pic 4 cheddar cheese and chives omelette, bacon, chicken chipolata, rosti and tomato



For the drinkers

Deutz brut classic
Olive grove Chardonnay
Domaene gobelsburg Kamptal gruner veltliner

And reds
Chateau fayan puisseguin Saint emilion
Fox creek Mclaren vale Shiraz

 

[OATEK]

Great start.

 

[clazman]

I am king of the Qantas club, there is me, clazgirl and 5 staff ..

Wow QF you have done a sensational job

 

[clazman]

USB charge sockets everywhere


Food is good and enjoyed the coffee

 

[clazman]

20 odd showers



Toilets are good, except for the paper think they bought it from Bunnings

 

[clazman]

CX 840 HK to JFK - 16 hours of comfort in J, dont think i could do it in Y

Sorry no photos, ipad had issues...

Meal service was a dinner after a hour and breakfast 90 minutes out

My dinner was
Smoked pastrami, salmon with creme fraiche, salmon roe and cucumber
Mixed salad
Grilled Australian prime beef tenderloin in a red wine sauce, ratatouille, garlic and thyme parsnip mash and fench beans
Seasonal fruit and white chocolate coconut brownie with bitter chocolate mousse and raspberry coulis

Got peckish half way through the flight and had a Aussie beef burger with Swiss cheese.... yum, hit the spot

My breakfast
OJ
Fruit
Croissant
Yogurt
Omelette, pork sausage, bacon, bubble and squeak, tomato and mushrooms
3 cups of decent tea

For the winers
Champage
- Curvee William Deutz

Whites
- Kendall Jackson Vintners Reserve California Chard 2012
- Laurenz V Forbidden Gruner 2012

Reds
- Chateau St Jean Sonoma Country Merlot 2010
- Chateau Fayan Puissenguin Saint Emilion

Landed on time into JFK, took 25 minutes to taxi to gate and went through passport / baggage collection and customs in less than 20 minutes.

One of the benefits of first of the aircraft and luckily missed the rush from two other aircraft that arrived at the same time

Town car to the hotel Warwick booked through the hotel Six Limo $122, happy with the service and price.

 

[clazman]

Staying at the Warwick basic location is between Time Square and Central park, verry happy with the hotel, location and service

My poor photos dont do it justice, separate lounge and dinning room

 

[clazman]

CX Amenities Kit



Canvas bag containing
- Socks
- Colgate toothpaste
- 1/2 toothbrush
- ear plugs
- Jurlique Citrus hand cream
- Jurlique Lip Balm
- Jurlique Balancing Day Care Cream
- Glasses cleaning cloth, CX sayes it is to clean their monitor
- Eye shades
- 15% discount voucher for 78%

 

[clazman]

Trip to the Intrepid

Taxi to the Intrepid $15 (inc tip)
Entrance fee $31 per adult (paid extra to see space shuttle)

Positives
- Good selection of aircraft, helicopters
- Intrepid historic items
- Growler submarine
- Space shuttle
- Ex Navy guys onsite telling stories of their time in service

Highlights
- Concorde
- Space Shuttle
- Harrier
- SR 71
- Tom Cat

Negatives
- School tours
- Concorde tour not available
- No souvenir shop onsite (currently being built)
- Space shuttle viewing ordinary, was surprised at its size
- Growler sub tour, very confined and you can only go as fast as the person in front of you
- Intrepid has lots of segmented areas and you could easily miss a section

Overall money well spent and was on board for 3 hours.

 

[clazman]

Flight deck

 

[clazman]

Growler Sub

There is a test prior to boarding to see if you can get through this size opening

 

[clazman]

The best image / view you can get of the shuttle



Intrepid - ready room



Lady of the sky

 

[clazman]

5 minute walk to time square in the rain... lunch at Rosie O Grady's

Lunch for two, including 2 beers, 2 soft drinks, 1 pot of tea, 2 mains and 1 desert $77.

Excellent serves,

California Burger


Club Sandwich



Cheesecake - was ordinary wont bother with uploading the image, still to find best cheesecake in NY

Table opposite had the fixed menu....wow awesome value...next time

 

[clazman]

I am not one for musicals but if you are after a good stage show can recommend Book of Mormon.

Book of Mormon is from the creators of South Park, so it contains adult content, but definitely worth the admission price.

Theater is very small and intimate, i found the seats small (i am 6ft 4) but okay for the two one hour sessions with 15 minute intermission

Sorry no photos of the show.

Month of march they raise funds for "beyond broadway" a charity that supports many through the world.

You could purchase a poster signed by the cast for $200 or make a cash donation.

 

[clazman]

After a day of shopping, spent the evening at Maddison Square Gardens, NY Knicks vs Boston



Once through security, you have a choice from many food outlets, team gear stores, excellent toilets, never queued more than 5 minutes for food or beer.



As a big NBL fan (Perth Wildcats), what was disappointing was the fans, next to no involvement in chants etc, the only time they got excited was the free teeshirts.



Small crowd at about 70% capacity, and with the Knicks getting spanked the crowd starting walking out at 3/4 time.

 

[clazman]

Last full day in New York... got dragged to the shops.. it is amazing the price difference on things even with the exchange rate going bad.

Tommy Hilfger polo shirts US$59
Tommy Hilfger business shirts US$40
Levi Jeans US$49
MAC makeup about 60% than OZ

Some stores like Macy's will offer 10% at the till simple because you are a overseas visitor

After 6 floors at Tiffany's managed to escape with out purchasing anything.

Lunch at Trump Tower, fixed price meal $24

Salad entree


Trump burger


Followed by Brownie and ice cream, oops eat half of it before i realized no photo.

Bottomless softdrink

 

[PLANT]

Cheesecake is over the bridge in Brooklyn.. That's the best $8 a slice!

 

[clazman]

Air Canada Newark to Ottawa via Toronto

Warwick hotel to Newark by private car, left hotel at 7:30 arrived at 8:20 cost $121

Through security and at the gate with in 15 minutes.

Searched the Air Canada website, no lounge but access to the United lounge, which is pre security.

First leg was just under a hour in J on Embraer E175.

Was worried when the stewardess gave us a copy of the day's newspaper

And a very old plane, carpet was frayed, iFE screens scratched



Plenty of legroom



iFE screen, very small
No noise cancelling headphones and audio is mono



As always feet on the bulkhead



Pilot didn't spare the horses on getting to height, full power highest climb angle I have seen

Served a drink and offered a meal, which was butter chicken on a stick.

arrived at Toronto on time, went through customs and passport control in less than 10 minutes.

Went to check the next leg and Air Canada had changed our flight from 2:10 to 1:10 so had to rush through security and got to the gate 5 minutes prior to boarding. Our plan was to have lunch in the AC lounge but missed that opportunity.

Leg to Ottawa was on a A321

Plenty of leg room



Surprised also received a hot towel not bad for a flight less than 60 minutes

 

[clazman]

Sorry couldn't upload to last post, using app only allowed 5 images

Nice cheese plate to eat



Didn't get time to finish, strong tail wind