Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 177 From: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) To: Singapore (SIN) Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 221 From: Singapore (SIN) To: Sydney (SYD) I flew with Singapore Airlines from Saigon to Sydney (via Singapore, of course). I compared flights with Skyscanner and Singapore Airlines had the best price range and times for my […]
Visiting Minsk on the free 5-day visa for Belarus
Borders have a magnetic pull for me, which gets stronger the closer I get. Belarus wasn’t in my travel plans until I looked at a map of the Baltic states. Minsk is practically just down the road from Vilnius, so it seemed logical to visit after my visit to Lithuania. Initially I wasn’t going to […]
Finding the best flights using multi-city flight search
When I travel to Europe I usually visit a few destinations, so prefer to fly into one city and out of another. In this situation I will search for multi-city flights rather than the return flight option. As an example I will use a recent trip flying from Ho Chi Minh City to Europe, arriving […]
Flight Review: Singapore Airlines – Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 186 From: Singapore (SIN) To: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) I flew with Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City. I have flown with Singapore Airlines a few times before, including once already from Singapore to Saigon. This time it was the final leg of a journey, with the […]
Flight Review: Lufthansa – Berlin -> Frankfurt -> Singapore
Flight: Lufthansa LH 201 From: Berlin (TXL) To: Frankfurt (FRA) Flight: Lufthansa LH 778 From: Frankfurt (FRA) To: Singapore (SIN) I flew with Lufthansa from Berlin to Singapore via Frankfurt. This was part of an open-jaw ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to Europe. After numerous flight comparisons I picked a deal with a group […]
Hostel Review: Cityhostel Berlin
Hotel Name: Cityhostel Berlin Address: Glinkastrasse 5-7., Mitte, Berlin, Germany [Edit: This hostel was ordered to shut down, which you will discover why in this article.] I stayed at Cityhostel Berlin in Berlin. I booked a bed in 6-bed dormitory for 23 Euro a night. Cityhostel is in Mitte (middle or centre in German) so […]
Flight Review: Belavia – Minsk to Berlin Schoenefeld
Flight: Belavia B2 891 From: Minsk (MSQ) To: Berlin (SXF) I flew with Belavia from Minsk to Berlin. To qualify for the 5-day free visa in Belarus you must fly in and out of Minsk airport. I arrived with Belavia from Vilnius. For my exit flight I just looked at what European flights were close […]
Notes on Tallinn
Visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site Old Town, old warehouses, hipster area, and the E-Residency program. I last visited Tallinn in 2000 on a whirlwind tour of Scandinavia. Seeing that Tallinn was a short ferry trip from Helsinki I couldn’t resist paying a visit. I didn’t get to visit the rest of the Baltic nations […]
Flight Review: SWISS – Singapore -> Zurich -> London
Flight: SWISS LX 179 From: Singapore (SIN) To: Zurich (ZRH) Flight: SWISS LX 316 From: Zurich (ZRH) To: London Heathrow (LHR) I flew with SWISS from Singapore to London via Zurich. I searched for flights with Momondo, and these flights were the second and third leg of my journey (the first being Saigon to Singapore). […]
Flight Review: Singapore Airlines – Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 183 From: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) To: Singapore (SIN) I flew with Singapore Airlines from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore, which was the first of three flights to London. I compared flight options with Momondo using the multi-city flight option. This wasn’t the cheapest option but I preferred to […]
