November 2018 TAP Portugal flight Toronto to Lisbon

In November 2018, I had a short work trip. I’ll skip over the work parts and focus on how I got around, and what I did outside of work. So what can you do when you have a few extra days? Well, let’s get there first.

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2018 – Part 71 – Bali

With just around 6 hours between our flights in Bali, we had one final debate of what to do as we left the aircraft and entered the warm humid [air-conditioned] area of Bali airport.  Enter the country and go exploring for a few hours?  Or transit immediately for our next flight and hang out in an leisure destination airport?

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Australia to canada

  • 14,175 miles
  • 27 scheduled hours of flight
  • >36 hours for connections and a stopover

Part 69 – Long Journey Home begins


Overture

Our time in Australia & New Zealand had come to its end.  After spending a week in Sydney at the same hotel, we had time to reflect on the pace of the trip at the beginning, where one or two night stays was the norm.  The upside to that pace was the many locations, and opportunities to explore the many parts of the Australia.   And even after 5 weeks we still had not set foot in the state of Western Australia!

After a short and efficient ride from the hotel, we arrived at Sydney’s International airport to begin our journey home.  Our first flight was operated by Gaurda Indonesia, but before the flight, it’s time for the Lounge Report of Skyteam Lounge Sydney.

2018 – Part 60 – Flight Report Virgin australia, ayers rock to sydney

Our time around Uluru and Kata Tjuta had come to its conclusion after two nights.  As we gathered in the resort’s main area to wait for our shuttle to the airport we were informed that our journey to Sydney was delayed. 

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