Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, RTW 2013, Thailand on Jun 29th, 2013
Today, we left London for Phuket, Thailand. Basically, it was a day of travel. We left the Allen House a little after 8am for our noon flight on a Malaysia Airlines A380 to Kuala Lumpur. Check-in, security, and boarding were all a breeze and ran as expected (early boarding of small children, gate check of […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Michigan, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Made it to Detroit with time to spare. So, our diversion was just a free trip to Ohio. Next stop: LHR
Posted in Delta Airlines, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Well, we’ve just landed in Cleveland. Weather in Detroit forced us to divert here for additional fuel as we couldn’t hold long enough in the air. Ugh. Our flight to London leaves in 5 hours. This shouldn’t have been close, but I fear this will delay us for a number of hours. Not an ideal […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Well, the “big day” is finally here. We’re heading east: around the world! As usual, the pre-departure week has been hectic. Too much to do; too little time to do it. One would think we’d start getting ready for such a trip earlier. We don’t. We know the drill: pack very light, fill up the […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Hong Kong, Japan on Mar 21st, 2013
We left Hong Kong around 8:30am, arriving in Tokyo a little after 1:00pm. Score (+1 country)! Sadly, our visit to Japan was even shorter than our visit to South Korea (on this trip anyway), and we departed around 3:00pm for Seattle. We flew on one of Delta’s Airbus A330s, which was formerly part of the […]