Before the pandemic began, I maintained a comfortable habit of visiting Japan and Korea on an annual basis…and venturing pretty much nowhere else. (Not even to other parts of the Philippines outside my home region.) Sure, the occasional family holiday would take me on detours beyond that well-trodden path, but as a solo traveller myContinue reading ““Tell the Queen I’ve come for tea”: Day 1 of my UK adventure (5th June 2022)”
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“Mum, I’m going out for my visa appointment”: The lead-up to my 2022 UK adventure
Step into my shoes for a moment. It’s early 2022. The pandemic’s been raging for the better part of two years, you’ve been imprisoned in your own backyard for all that time due to border closures, you’re bent over from work stress at a job that you loathe, all the news that you see onContinue reading ““Mum, I’m going out for my visa appointment”: The lead-up to my 2022 UK adventure”
Flight Report: DOH-LHR on Qatar Airways Flight QR 15 (04 June 2022)
I travel in Economy Class on most flights, but this was my first proper holiday since the start of the pandemic and an extra-special experience was warranted. Let’s see if an airline commonly ranked as one of the world’s best was able to deliver just such an experience on a seven-hour journey from Doha toContinue reading “Flight Report: DOH-LHR on Qatar Airways Flight QR 15 (04 June 2022)”
Flight Report: MNL-DOH on Qatar Airways Flight QR 929 (04 June 2022)
Diving happily into my first proper holiday since the pandemic began, I recently flew to the United Kingdom from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA code: MNL), passing through Hamad International Airport (IATA code: DOH) en route to London’s Heathrow Airport (IATA code: LHR). As a little treat after more than two years of lockdownsContinue reading “Flight Report: MNL-DOH on Qatar Airways Flight QR 929 (04 June 2022)”
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