Category: Flight

Return trip

That's it. Now just a smooth flight back. 15 + 7 hours of flying, with a 3-hour layover. The flight was uneventful, as it should be. When you experience exciting things with airplanes, it's usually not good. A whole day...

Surf @ Bondi Beach, and leave

The day of departure, back to that cold little frog country, sob... It's supposed to be 36 degrees Celsius today, by the way. First, we had to store our suitcases; that wasn't possible in the same apartment, but three blocks away. A lot of lugging around 100 kg...

To Cairns

Travel day to Cairns, about a three-hour flight (2,000 km) from Sydney, in northern Queensland. Carmen stopped by our hotel to take us to the bus. Then she quickly headed back because she…

Sydney arrival

What a long flight! Sleeping in small blocks, watching half a series, and then a few Lord of the Rings. Good food and friendly staff, though. Chicken curry with a sandwich—was that brunch or dinner? And…

Stopover in Doha

After a six-hour flight, I woke up early again: layover in Qatar. I got off the plane via the stairs and bus, and it turned out to be 30 degrees Celsius at 6 a.m. A beautiful airport in Doha, Al…