• Hotel Report:  Lotte City Hotel Gimpo Airport, Seoul, South Korea

    Hotel Report: Lotte City Hotel Gimpo Airport, Seoul, South Korea

    With an early morning flight to catch from Seoul’s Gimpo Airport, I decided to spend the previous night at a nearby hotel. Not the cheapest option in these parts, but it was by far the most conveniently located – and the extra investment was rewarded with a spacious, comfortable room. Welcome to the Lotte City…

  • Flight Report:  MNL-HKG on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 934 (22 January 2020)

    Flight Report: MNL-HKG on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 934 (22 January 2020)

    The Manila-Hong Kong route is one of the busiest at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA code: MNL), and Cathay Pacific (IATA code: CX) carries a good chunk of the premium-passenger traffic between the two cities. Today, we’ll see what it’s like to travel in Business Class on this short but important transport link – and…

  • Airport Guide:  Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (MNL T3)

    Airport Guide: Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (MNL T3)

    Terminal 3 (T3) is the newest and largest of the four terminals at Greater Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA: MNL / ICAO: RPLL / Abbrev.: NAIA). This Airport Guide outlines what passengers can expect when they pass through this facility.

  • Airport Guide:  NAIA (MNL) Terminal 3, International Departures – Airside

    Airport Guide: NAIA (MNL) Terminal 3, International Departures – Airside

    ***CAUTION: This Airport Guide has been superseded and will no longer be updated. A new, up-to-date version (rewritten in 2022 and incorporating post-lockdown changes) is now available – please click here to view it.*** This Airport Guide describes what passengers departing on overseas flights can expect at the airside (passengers-only) zone of Ninoy Aquino International…

  • Airport Guide:  NAIA (MNL) Terminal 3, International Departures – Landside

    Airport Guide: NAIA (MNL) Terminal 3, International Departures – Landside

    ***CAUTION: This Airport Guide has been superseded and will no longer be updated. A new, up-to-date version (rewritten in 2022 and incorporating post-lockdown changes) is now available – please click here to view it.*** This Airport Guide describes what passengers departing on overseas flights can expect at the landside (public) zone of Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal…

Quote of the week

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

~ Rogers Hornsby