Pacific Princess, Amazon Cruise Friday March 13, 2009 Today we board the Pacific Princess, the main reason for this vacation. We had arrived in Manaus on a TAM Airlines flight last night at 12.05am, and caught a cab to the Novotel Hotel in Manaus. We had a buffet breakfast, and there was a big choice of dishes on offer, one of which was Piranha soup. Paul was glad he tasted it. It had a fishy flavor but was not anything out of the ordinary. Catching a cab to the port of Manaus, porters were waiting to take our luggage via overhead [View Full Entry]

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March 12, Thursday, 2009 Buenos Aires - Sao Paolo - Manaus Time to leave Argentina. We checked out a 11am and took a taxi to the Airport. We were flying British Airways, and had used the online check-in yesterday, so all we needed to do was drop our bags at the Club World desks. Our seats were 64AB on the Upper desk of this 747-400. Clearing security was like the old days, very easy and simple. How we all miss that. We went to the American Airlines Admirals Club lounge before our flight, an older style lounge but quite comfortable with [View Full Entry]

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Sydney Buenos Aries Monday March 9 After packing the night before, our chauffeured car arrived at 7.20am. It was a Silver Statesman, not Black as Jeffrey had requested but very nice nevertheless. There was some light rain, but the driver loaded the bags, and then we bid farewell to the dogs, and our adventure began! Yesterday, we had been contacted by a Qantas First Host, who explained what services were available to us to before our flight. We were offered curbside check-in, and given a number to call when we were 10 minutes from the terminal. Paul called the number provided [View Full Entry]

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Buenos Aires, Monday March 9, 2009 After showering, we had a while to wait for our bags. We went for a walk to find camera batteries, and following directions from the Concierge we ended up at Florida, a pedestrian avenue with many small stallholders set up in the middle selling jewellery, art, scarves as well as artisans making wire artworks among other things. We kept walking, just browsing, and hawkers were constantly vying for our business for their restaurants. We came along to Ave De Mayo and in front of us was a long line of political demonstrators with many banners [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, March 9th We went to Starbucks for a coffee and tea, and had a quick walk around before catching a tram to the Ferry Terminal. We had decided earlier to catch a ferry to Sausalito, for lunch. The trip over was great, going past Alcatraz and seeing seals in the bay. At Sausalito we walked around the shops, and many tourists hired bicycles and were walking around in the sun. Most of the restaurants had no outdoor eating areas, but we eventually found a fish and chip shop with tables on the sidewalk. Jeff ordered our lunch while I went [View Full Entry]

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Fort Lauderdale, United States Friday, March 7th, 2008 Our Taxi took us to the Sheraton Yankee Clipper; which is around 2km south of the main area of Fort Lauderdale beach. As it was so early, our room was not ready, so we asked for directions to a deli. We could not it though, so walking along the road a bus pulled up, and we jumped on. Paul asked where we could go to eat, and we ended up at Denny’s. After picking our rental car from Thrifty, we drove back to the hotel, but our room was still not ready. The [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 21, February An early start, as our flight to Los Angeles departs at 9.30am. We checked out of Bellagio at 7am and took a taxi to the airport. At the US Airways check in we were unfortunately charged excess baggage, as two of our bags weighed in excess of 50 pounds each, something that had not been on problem on our flight here. C’est la Vie!. Then we came across the dreaded TSA, and boy did they have attitude here! The only good thing was it did not take long. It just seems to both of us that there are [View Full Entry]

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Monday February18 2008 After finally finishing packing, we both took a deep breath and sighed in relief…..The time had come for our long awaited trip! We ordered a taxi to the Airport, and our flight was scheduled to depart at 3.35pm. Check in was quick very fast at the Priority desks, as was customs. We bypassed the duty-free shops and headed straight to the new Qantas Club, which had only reopened from its refurbishment today. The lounge itself has not changed much, just some cosmetic refurbishment, new furnishings and n improved food and beverage offering. After a glass of Katn [View Full Entry]

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December 28, 2007 What a perfect way to end the year we thought, lets go to Singapore! Luckily we were able to organise flights and accommodation, and Jim was able to look after the dogs. I made my way to Sydney Airport and met Jeff at 3pm after his shift finished. After check in we made our way to the Qantas Club, and while I had a refreshing drink, Jeff showered and changed. The lounge is in middle of some renovations and hopefully will look good as good when it’s finished as the new Fist lounge. Our flight was QF5, a [View Full Entry]

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Sunday August 12 2007 Jeff and I decided to make a mid winter trip to warmer a climate. Central Australia seemed a good decision, and Yulara (Ayers Rock and the Olgas) was the destination. We arrived at Terminal 3 at Sydney Airport, and after checking in for flight QF728 in seats 2 A&C, we made our way the Qantas Club. It’s always nice to relax have a coffee before a flight. Our flight departed at 09.50 and was scheduled for 3.5 hours. There were only 4 other passengers in Business class, which made the cabin half full. After takeoff, we [View Full Entry]

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