Just a warning to anyone out there. I’m trying to book a flight from Bangkok to Hanoi at the end of the month. Vietnam Airlines have one leaving at midday which is great as I’m due in around 7:00am from London, via Mumbai. However, it’s around £130 booked direct. I checked using the excellent SkyScanner [...]

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I’ve not posted much on here recently as I’ve not one a lot of travelling since I got back last summer. However, I’m trying to organise some things for Easter and summer and thought I’d pop another “Tip” post up. This really applies to you if you’ve got a bit of spare time around the [...]

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This one’s definitely worth bearing in mind. I’m sure a lot of us book flights as cheap as we can get them. This usually means getting the ones that can’t be changed, upgraded, moved, altered or cancelled without a complete loss of the ticket cost. Note those two words at the end: “ticket cost”. As [...]

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I don’t know if that’s grammatically correct, but it’s the limit of my Irish Gaelic for the moment, so deal with it. It’s been a long day (well, more accurately, it was a very short night) and my forthcoming week looks to be as busy and full as any tourist could want it to be. [...]

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Gotchya! I meant packing everything into my rucksack… This time, I have the experience of knowing what I need and don’t need; what I’d normally pack and never use and so on. I also have the “advantage” of a ludicrous 15kg limit on three of my upcoming flights, courtesy of the cheapskates at RyanAir (seriously, only [...]

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Just sorted my flight to Bangkok. Thai Airlines this time. Thankfully, the price had actually dropped compared to when I checked the other night – by around £40. Bonus. So I’ll be setting off from Heathrow on the night of July 3rd, arriving in the afternoon of the 4th. Approximate dates for Cambodia and Vietnam [...]

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A couple of flights are now booked, as are some activities (kinda). Don’t forget that you can always keep up to date with my plans via my Google Calendar. The link’s to the right under the page-by-page calendar.On Saturday 7th June, I fly from Glasgow Prestwick to Cork, Eire. This will be my second trip [...]

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Yes, something reduced in price in Scotland! They’re not that tight, you know. Specifically this is of use if you’re using Glasgow Prestwick Airport. It’s apparently the only airport in Scotland with its own train station and it’s making the most of promoting this. As far as I’m aware this is a permanent offer. Anyone [...]

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Friday was a short day in the office until Chris drove me to Geneva airport for my Bristol flight. I’d opted to get my passport sorted in Newport so I could catch up with some people I’d otherwise not get a chance to see on my next trip home. Passing through security and so forth [...]

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