It’s an early start this morning for the Amtrak Cascades train to Vancouver, Canada. The train departs Seattle’s King Street Station at 7:45am, which means needing to be at the station by 7am for baggage […]
During a leisurely breakfast at the Intercontinental’s Quills restaurant at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, an SMS arrives from Qantas that QF64 has been delayed by 70 minutes. That’s okay, I can still make […]
Having arrived in Santiago, Chile from Melbourne, I have two full days in Santiago before heading to Buenos Aires, and then Ushuaia, Argentina. Monday February 26, 2018 Sleep has been a challenge with noise from […]
Today’s off-train excursions on The Ghan are to Marla and Alice Springs. The first stop is a sunrise breakfast at Marla. Up at 5.30 am, the constraints of the single cabin in the dark and […]
The Ghan leaves Adelaide Parklands Terminal today, bound for Darwin. My subcontinental Fangio of a taxi driver insists on taking the speed humps leading to the railway station at 60km per hour and seems to […]
Mt Fuji is clearly visible from QF25 as it descends into Tokyo. Ascending above the cloud cover, the snow capped peak provides my first glimpse of Japan. As we get closer to Haneda airport, the […]
