Even more pics
Best tearoom, best food and I want to be adopted by these people please, bad bad tyre…
Pictures, because Google still sucks
In order: Christmas elves on Qantas, room with a view and a dog, funny carousel for cartman’s imaginary friends, and honest sign in the best ice cream cart in Tassie! 😍
Tassie
The flight from HND to HBA was pleasant, although it was a really ancient 747-400. Business class was just as ancient, but still lie flat (very slight angle only) and that’s what’s counts. The Qantas staff was super nice, attentive, and friendly, food was good and plentiful. And they had the entire sixth season of…
Encore
Not quite finished with Japan yet. I was really surprised how easy it is to get around these days. When I was there for the first time, many many years ago, there were no English signs, Western credit cards weren’t accepted and the ticket machines didn’t speak English either. These days, it’s almost disappointingly simple.…
Land of the rising Son
We took advantage of the brilliant weather in Tokyo and spent a lot of time in the various gardens. There’s a ton of them and while a lot of things had already settled down for winter, maple leaves still gave off a beautiful glow in the winter sun. Lovely, they definitely know how to do…
The far East
Believe it or not, flying First seems to be the best means to counter jetlag I’ve found so far. A shame that I can’t afford it usually. But where do I start? BA managed not to mess up my flight this time. That alone is a small miracle. And the cabin crew was very friendly,…
Aussie Fragments, pt MCMXVII
Aussie humour hasn’t changed that much though. Still nearly no sense of irony or sarcasm, but sometimes the blunt ones are the best:
Post-Homophobic Australia
One small thing I had forgotten when I wrote my enthusiastic piece about Australia’s enlightment. They even have public Glory Holes! “Golden Hole” is the Aussie slang word for it and they are even signposted from the highway – way to go Berlin! Hats off.