Cycha
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Good morning everyone! I come to you live from a shared hotel room and sinking mattress. I shall not identify the hotel out of fear that we may only be one out of a handful of guests; it would be far too easy to identify us.
Travelling by air is always a bit of a momentous occasion, if only for the fact that every flight we take must be bracketed by a four-hour drive and a night or two put up in a hotel. Even if we did have the Tullamarine rail link (
) it would still be quite the journey, which can add considerable expense.
Knowing this, I typically would have to justify a day-trip joyride to the first MEL-WSI flight on JQ372–but given the nature of this forum, I don’t have to. Woohoo!
Last night we celebrated our arrival by wrangling family into joining us at David’s Hotpot in Melbourne. Hotpot isn’t local to us at all, so it’s always a delight to have. Moreso watching someone realise they can go to town on the meats, mushrooms, and veg, only to crack down on a Sichuan peppercorn—what a delight! Something new to me were the desserts included, which had two options of self-serve jelly dessert (a base of ice jelly, which you could then add chopped fruits, nuts, and popping pearls at your leisure) and a more western self-serve ice cream machine, with an option for vanilla, matcha, or mixed. I tried as much as I could, and found the jelly dessert surprisingly refreshing and enjoyable. The ice-cream, particularly the vanilla, was higher quality than you’d typically find from a machine, and both flavours were not overly sweet.
Now I’ve woken at 3:30am and have spent the last half-hour or so writing this trip report. In another hour we’ll be making our way down to the Skybus, so stay tuned
Travelling by air is always a bit of a momentous occasion, if only for the fact that every flight we take must be bracketed by a four-hour drive and a night or two put up in a hotel. Even if we did have the Tullamarine rail link (
) it would still be quite the journey, which can add considerable expense.Knowing this, I typically would have to justify a day-trip joyride to the first MEL-WSI flight on JQ372–but given the nature of this forum, I don’t have to. Woohoo!
Last night we celebrated our arrival by wrangling family into joining us at David’s Hotpot in Melbourne. Hotpot isn’t local to us at all, so it’s always a delight to have. Moreso watching someone realise they can go to town on the meats, mushrooms, and veg, only to crack down on a Sichuan peppercorn—what a delight! Something new to me were the desserts included, which had two options of self-serve jelly dessert (a base of ice jelly, which you could then add chopped fruits, nuts, and popping pearls at your leisure) and a more western self-serve ice cream machine, with an option for vanilla, matcha, or mixed. I tried as much as I could, and found the jelly dessert surprisingly refreshing and enjoyable. The ice-cream, particularly the vanilla, was higher quality than you’d typically find from a machine, and both flavours were not overly sweet.
Now I’ve woken at 3:30am and have spent the last half-hour or so writing this trip report. In another hour we’ll be making our way down to the Skybus, so stay tuned
