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 […]
Bangkok vs Ho Chi Minh City – population size and other comparisons
Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City are two of the largest cities in Southeast Asia (the largest being Jakarta). It was recently reported that Saigon now has up to 13 million people living in the city. No one really knows the exact amount, but it was thought that there were 8 million, with the city […]
Cafe Saigon 1975 – a war memorabilia cafe in Ho Chi Minh City
[Edit: This cafe has since closed.] In my quest to visit different cafes in Saigon, I’m always looking out for new places in my wanders. One day I found a sign pointing down an alley that stopped me in my tracks. It was for Cafe Saigon 1975. There are some years in history that are […]
