Sunday 1 Sept. Up at sparrow’s today, early breakfast and then off to the airport. Domestic this time, less hassles in that we didn’t have to go through customs and immigration. Other than that officialdom reigned. We had to go through three sets of check points. The first was about 40 metres from the car park – here we had our passports checked and proof that we were flying shown. People fare welling or greeting passengers are not allowed to enter the terminal. Next stop (60 metre walk) was to go through security where all our luggage and us were checked. Then to check in. After that through another screening area where we were scanned again. The flight to Urgench took an hour. The aircraft was an A320 and the flight was near full. The aircraft ... read more

Here it is day 3 - sitting at Changi Airport waiting for onward flight to Dubai. Flight time is about 2 hours away so I am wiling away the time in the Kris Business Class Lounge. Arrived in Singapore on Sunday afternoon and proceeded by taxi to my friend Peter's place for a couple of nights. Peter's son Ryan was also staying with him. We went out to a local food place (Chinese) and had a very pleasant dinner. THe food, although from a "fast Food" establishment was tasty. I thought the other guys had ordered too much (seven dishes) but when they came I saw local knowledge helps. The dishes were smallish. Yesterday (Monday) I did the tourist thing. Went up to Orchard Road and jumped on the Singapore Airlines Hop-on Hop-off bus. Traveled around ... read more

Hi All Just to update you - I have converted my Travel Blog from Private to Public as several people could not register with their email addresses. Not all addresses are accepted for some reason. Anyway - now public. This time next Sunday I will be in the air on the way to Singapore. Charlie... read more