Tag: travel

I am writing this from a detention holding cell in London’s Heathrow airport, in my trusty moleskine. My uneventful 13.5hr flight from Hong Kong landed at 04:50. After walking through kilometres of corridors I was at passport control by 05:20, and was in detention from 5:25. I was not given any explanation and was left… Continue reading Jailbird

I woke at 9am, and went in search of coffee. I walked all the way down Nathan Rd from Mong Kok to Tsim Sha Tsui (>4km) and finally found an open restaurant with a picture of coffee on the window. The coffee was strong and effective. Wide awake, I kept walking and it was not… Continue reading Hong Kong Day 1

God Bless the open access point! I am sitting on my bed at the Dragon Hostel in the Mong Kok area of Kowloon. I am drinking a beer which cost me HK$8 ($1.41 Aussie, €0,88). The place is clean, but as it is about 1:30am I don’t know what the other residents are like. I… Continue reading Append considerable flavouring to your aliveness!

I am over 6’5” tall. When I travel I always arrive at the airport before check-in opens in order to secure an exit seat. I need a longer legroom seat as the bones in my legs are longer than the gap between the seats. Today I arrived 3.5 hours before my flight was due to… Continue reading Virgin Atlantic = SCAM

I saw a fox on the street.

Yesterday I flew into London with Mel, Jem, Jan and John. They were all visiting me in Amsterdam over the weekend, Jan and John on their own World Tour, Mel and Jem because there was a long weekend in the UK. We all had a good time, with some tasty meals, tasty drinks and memorable… Continue reading Amsterdam to London