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2018 – Part 06 – Garuda Indonesia Business Lounge Jakarta

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2018 – PART 6

Jakarta: International Transit & Garuda Indonesia Business Class Lounge Review

As previously mentioned there was a ground agent who met 12 people who had a connecting Garuda flight to Australia. Once we were all accounted for, confirmed on the list with our luggage tags, we descended an escalator and stairs to the apron where a separate bus waited for us versus the buses for the passengers where Jakarta was their final destination.

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2018 – Part 03 – 9 hours in Amsterdam

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2018 – PART 3

an afternoon in Amsterdam

Arriving early, we had just around 9 hours before our flight to Kuala Lumpur & Jakarta. Once off the plane we headed towards “Holland Boulevard” as the terminal map I downloaded indicated airside lockers were available. Upon arrival though the map was correct, it was out of date.

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2018 – Part 01 – Toronto Airport & KLM Lounge

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Australia & New Zealand 2018 – Part 1

Toronto Terminal 3, KLM Crown Lounge

Welcome to our epic trip for 2018! For notes on some of our planning elements, check out the Trip Planning posts to give you an idea of what is in store for us. This post covers our initial journey on our flights to Australia. We start with our first airport & lounge. Let’s go!

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June 2017 part 18 – Journey Home

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Journey Home

As we woke up we realized our vacation was coming to its conclusion and it was time to head home.  Amber had already packed the night before allowing us to effortlessly check out and make the short drive over to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.  The Sixt rental car location was sandwiched between the terminal 2 buildings.  This made for a short walk to Terminal 2A. 

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June 2017 Part 1 – To the Gate

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If we didn’t enjoy our journey, how much can we enjoy our adventure?

Air Canada operates one daily, daytime transatlantic flight from Toronto.  Almost all other eastbound transatlantic flights, North America to Europe, are red-eyes leaving sometime in the evening and arriving in the morning in Europe.  This is great for having a connecting flight in Europe, but leaves us jet-lagged and results in us spending the first day in Europe sleeping a lot.

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