The veteran voyager

Last year, in April, Singapore Airlines announced that it would be returning to Brussels, and I was thrilled because it meant all of my favorite airlines (Qatar, ANA, and Singapore)...

Flying short haul economy in Asia can be such an absolute delight. The flight crews are kind, efficient, and professional. There are meals on two-hour flights and they are generally...

There is nothing better than when you expect to fly in an aging plane’s interior only to find out that the airline has recently refurbished the bird that you will be taking. Such was...

I have been going to Japan for a decade now, but until very recently, I had never made it off the mainland. At the tail end of a month-long trip to the Land of the Rising Sun in November,...

If you have followed this blog for a while, you will ascertain that I am a fairly seasoned traveler. I’ve been in some hairy situations in my voyages: severe food poisoning in Malawi,...

A couple of months ago, I had a business trip to Berlin and was surprised by how expensive the hotel rooms were in September. Wanting to stay in the middle of the city, I managed to...