It’s not often you see German prioritized over Spanish. Drinking fountain at the gate in SIN on the way to REP.
Category: Cambodia
Arrived at hostel in Singapore
Yes it is 2am here. Next flight is in 13hrs to somewhere new!
It only took me 30min from plane arriving at gate to sitting in a taxi. Sweet!
You know that IKEA commercial where the woman yells “start the car”? This was me yelling “stop the car” a few times as he sailed by the address. Pretty funny actually.
And this Hostel is 10x better than the last one on the inside. Lockable room with only 4 beds and power ports and lockers at each bed, and an ensuite bathroom. And cleaner. For S$30/US$25. Breakie included too.
Arrived in Hong Kong last night
Arrived reasonably refreshed, speeding through the efficient immigration top find all bags already on the carousel.
Quick ATM stop, by an airport express train ticket for HK$90/US$12 from a kiosk and jump on the waiting train.
Alight in Kowloon 21min later and HP on the evening’s last free shuttle that gets me to within a five minute walk of my hotel.
Uh oh. Sleep will be tough
Not only is there someone sitting next to me now but the empty centre 5-seats are all gone too.
This is almost 8hrs HNL-GUM with no upgrade possible.
At least my seatmate is not oversized
Flight UA #1
It’s not everyday you get to fly on #1 In this case IAH to HNL, although flight #1 is changing to a different route next year
First class snack box
On my United Express commuter jet early this morning in “first” class . Now that’s living the high life
Tech dilemma: upgrade Android?
Last night my phone informed me of an available update to Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean is 4.1.1).
Do I really want to upgrade hours before my trip? What if it bricks my phone? OK that’s unlikely.
Now the phone is asking me to upgrade every hour or so.
Seems all the Nexus people were pulled over for a random check today at YYZ
The (Cdn) guy who directed me to the extra screening had a sense of humor at least: I asked if the nexus line moved and he replied “yes, and they’ll serve you breakfast in there too”
It took 10 minutes, mostly waiting for my turn for a cursory bag search.
The lounge was open before 5:30 but I couldn’t stay long as it was a long walk to the very end of the commuter jet wing of the terminal.
And my 6am flight? It can’t take off until 6:30 due to noise restrictions.
And yes, I am upgraded on 3 of my 4 flights today.
11 hours until the first flight… alarm set for 3:45 (a.m.! Oof!)
At least I’m packed and can relax now…
Needless to say a taxi will be involved in the morning, oh the luxury! (ok, I’m using a Groupon. But public transit wouldn’t be an option at that hour)
Flight map for upcoming HKG/SIN/Cambodia trip
Flights for my upcoming trip to HKG/SIN/Cambodia in one week:
(REP is Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is; PEN is Phnom Penh, the capital)
The red lines YYZ-IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG-SIN are 5 flights / 12,718 miles each way on UA (I’m upgraded on 8 of those 10 flights and waitlisted for one more leg). Though I spend one night in HKG on the way, and 12 hours in HKG on the way back.
The 2 green lines are JetStar Asia flights (a LCC = low cost carrier).