Date: 20 December 2016 Departure: 13:00 Arrival: 06:24 Flight time: 10 hours, 30 minutes Seat: 1K, window on the starboard side I awake just before […]
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Cathay Pacific Airways, Business Class – A 330-300: Hong Kong to Perth
Introduction I spend my last day in Hong Kong walking through the narrow streets of Wan Chai and its many food markets. The sights, sounds […]
Russian Fairtyles and a Round the World Trip with Swiss, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, Air Tahiti, Air France and Virgin America
Preamble In his Morphology of the Tale, which was published in 1928, Vladimir Propp analyses the narrative structure – or morphology – of Russian folklore […]
Cathay Pacific Airways, Business Class – B 777-300ER: Hong Kong to Frankfurt
I just disembarked from a Cathay Pacific Airways B 777-300ER, arriving from Singapore. I now have another two hours to kill before my next flight […]
Cathay Pacific Airways, Business Class – B 777-300ER: Singapore to Hong Kong
Introduction In Singapore I spend the entire week at the Singapore Air Show, as an exhibitor in the Swiss Pavilion. It’s certainly been an interesting […]
Cathay Pacific, Business Class – B777-300: Bangkok to Singapore
The unrest in Thailand, and in Bangkok in particular, is having a serious and damaging impact on the nation’s economy and reputation abroad. And the […]
Cathay Pacific Airways, Business Class – A 330-300: Hong Kong to Bangkok
After three days in Hong Kong it’s now time for me to move on to my next destination, which is Bangkok, where I shall be […]
Cathay Pacific, Business Class – B 777-300: London Heathrow to Hong Kong
I just disembarked from a British Airways A 319 flight from Basel. My next stop will be Hong Kong. I am going there by Cathay […]