Today is Easter Saturday. We departed Brisbane on time at 9:55 pm aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA444 for the 9 hour flight to Honolulu. As we will be crossing the International Date Line, we set our watches back 20 hours and were served a light meal of sandwiches before settling back to catch some sleep.Feeling a bit like groundhog day, we woke for the second time on Easter Saturday and were served breakfast at 9:30 am before coming in to magnificent views ov...

We flew this leg on Emirates A380-800 Rego A6-EDE and took a fairly southerly route near the tip of India and over Sri Lanka. We crossed the coast near Broome and flew over Alice Springs before landing in Brisbane at 6:10am.

Our plane was delayed about half an hour and left Glasgow about 10pm last night. We were on an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER Rego A6-ENR. I reckon there was a near miss around dawn when we made a sharp turn to the right and then I noticed a large aircraft pass close by, out the left side window!We landed in Dubai about 8am. By the time we changed terminals and found our new departure gate it was almost time to check in again. However, the boarding was incredibly sl...

First we caught a taxi from the hotel to the Belfast City Airport where we boarded the 10:10am Flybe flight 125, a Dash 8-Q400, for the short trip to Glasgow. We landed at 10:55, collected our bags, and then took them to the Left Luggage shop to be stored while we caught a shuttle bus into the city. Mainly, we were on a shopping mission at the Forever 21 store for Chelsea. Then, we intended to wander around town a bit to fill in the time, as our next flight wa...

Being our last full day before heading off tomorrow, we decided to take it fairly easily today. It had started raining overnight and continued all day so it was a good day to relax. We have been very fortunate with the weather the whole trip.We went out in our parkas and umbrella for a last walk around the city. We headed for the Victoria Square shopping centre which features a large glass dome in the roof for panoramic views of the city. Then it was back to ...