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We have just now booked with Scenic for the Feb 24 Antarctic circle. We have friends who did that trip on Scenic Eclipse last year and said it was exceptional. So... a second-hand recommendation once-removed, but a recommendation nevertheless and one that we have actioned :)

We had one at Vomo in Fiji. Took us a while to get the hang of it. On the first day, we accidentally gave him the slip, which caused him no end of concern. He was looking for us everywhere. He was with us from first thing until bedtime every day. He would interface between us and everything...

I do it. I have a low tolerance for people who dick around, or come to the airport wearing every metal item they own. But, I have had someone get grumpy at me for doing it -- a pilot. It was in the US. I hoped I wasn't on his flight.

Yeah, I think so. Certainly an effective way of ending the conversation.

I should add she showed me the list. It had maybe 6 or 7 numbers on it. Seemed like a lot of chairmen to me - I thought that was supposed to be pretty exclusive.

Tried to access the CX lounge two days ago with Mrs Waimate01 and teen Waimate01 in tow, all travelling Business. Arrived around 20:00 for a 22:40 boarding. A very nice lady on the desk said "just let me check the list". No dice. I said, "but OW!", she said "chairmans club only". I said...

Does aviation make use of securite?

Suzhou and Tongli make a nice day trip. Contact Miki Wei - she has a variety of private guides which we've used a couple of times. Very professional and friendly guides.

We've visited four cities in China and each time we get a guide for the first day. Once, the hotel reservations clerk said he'd be delighted to be our guide. As it turned out, he was unavailable and one of the girls behind the desk filled in on her day off. In every case, the guide seemed to be...

I fill in my Ebola card, bring it home, shred it and and put it in the bin. I presume that's what they wanted.

We were told about half of them were connecting.

Thanks for your answer, jb. Also on the same flight, I thought the route was quite curious. We pretty much headed to HKG, then turned 90 degrees right and flew along the coast to PVG. It was almost as though there'd be a problem overflying Taiwan, and really looked like going the long way...

Travelled QF129 SYD-PVG last week with a scheduled 9:30 departure. At 9:00 the customs people walked off while we still had 30 people not yet on the plane. We ended up pushing back 60 minutes late, and everybody managed to come along to Shanghai that day. My question is, how is the decision...

Nice trip report. I went there and stayed at the Blue Lagoon a couple of years ago, and can agree with all of what DrA says. Thankfully we didn't have a surprise stopover in Pohnpei! Couple of my own observations: - there *is no good way* of getting from Australia to Chuuk - Blue Lagoon is...

As others have mentioned, one day isn't long for this sort of caper, given all that's involved in getting there and back. An alternative, which offers a somewhat similar experience, is to pick up a 4WD at Tin Can Bay and drive out to Double Island Point, past the wreck of the Cherry Venture...

Turn them into AUD on a Westfield card and spend them on whatever you like.

CoffeeSnobs.com.au -- and you know it's good, because it's got the ".au" :)

The Shangri La (not associated with the 'other' Shangri La) in Santa Monica.

It's all to do with bone structure and facial changes that kids go through as they mature, and that happens at different ages. An immigration dude said we should "try" our 14 year old, and she worked fine. Make the kid go through first just in case they get rejected.

Just got back from Hakuba. Nice enough snow - fabulous compared to Oz/NZ, but compared to other places more like "serviceable". The shuttle bus was a real bugbear for us. An hour of awkward discomfort each morning and afternoon. Really quite unacceptable. They should at least have buses with...