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| King penguins, Falkland Islands |
Monday, 16 May 2011
Travelbite: Parading the penguin highway in the Falklands
Travelbite shares some inspiring words from Suzanne Holiday about the Falkland Islands and what they have to offer as a holiday destination ....
Real Travel magazine: More than Hakas in New Zealand
This month, to coincide with the Rugby World cup being held in New Zealand later this year, Real Travel magazine featured an example of the kind of tailor made itinerary that New Zealand In Depth specialises in putting together...
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The Independent: 10 Top Royal Wedding Escapes
A little belated posting this.....must've slipped through the net in all the excitement of one or more of the following (take your pick, more than one is acceptable):
a. an extra bank holiday
b. two long weekends in a row
c. a three day working week
d. holidaying in South America and Chile
e. the royal wedding
a. an extra bank holiday
b. two long weekends in a row
c. a three day working week
d. holidaying in South America and Chile
e. the royal wedding
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| Patagonia Camp, minutes from Torres del Paine National Park, Chile |
Travel In Depth photos from around the world: the Falkland Islands, Part II
If you've got a spare few minutes when you next have a cuppa....
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| Falkland Islands October 2010 |
I really must complain about the LAX transit lounge...
This is not what I expected at all from previous agonising experiences and I humbly accept that I will need to retract some of a historical post about the transit procedure for passengers transiting through to Auckland.
True, the flight was fairly quiet so the queue didn’t stretch all the way to Anaheim but the friendly greeting, smiles and witty banter I enjoyed with the lovely customs officer Flores was quite unexpected.
The lounge itself is still rubbish and the fact that we need to be contained at all and that I needed to pay $14 to apply for authorisation to be here for 2 hours continues to be baffling but common sense does appear to have started to prevail. Good job it was only 2 hours though given the slightly disturbing sign that was prominently displayed there.
True, the flight was fairly quiet so the queue didn’t stretch all the way to Anaheim but the friendly greeting, smiles and witty banter I enjoyed with the lovely customs officer Flores was quite unexpected.
The lounge itself is still rubbish and the fact that we need to be contained at all and that I needed to pay $14 to apply for authorisation to be here for 2 hours continues to be baffling but common sense does appear to have started to prevail. Good job it was only 2 hours though given the slightly disturbing sign that was prominently displayed there.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Travel In Depth photos from around the world: the Falkland Islands, Part I
If you've got a spare few minutes when you next have a cuppa....
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| Falkland Islands 2010 |
Travel In Depth photos from around the world: Nicaragua
If you've got a spare few minutes when you next have a cuppa....
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| Nicaragua 2010 |
Travel In Depth photos from around the world: Guyana
If you've got a spare few minutes when you next have a cuppa....
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| Guyana 2010 |
Travel In Depth photos from around the world: Tanzania
If you've got a spare few minutes when you next have a cuppa....
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| Tanzania 2010 |
Monday, 9 May 2011
Didn't try the SkyCouch in the end...
...as I was shown Business Premier instead!
I'm writing this in transit at LAX (more to follow) and have to report a fantastic experience with Air New Zealand on the new 777-300. Great crew providing typically friendly and familiar Kiwi service with real style, superb food with lots of choice, beautiful wines (with a couple of fabulous dessert wines) and very comfy lie-flat beds. I even got my head down for a couple of hours.
When things quietened down after the meal service, I had a good chat with various members of the crew and then spent a couple of hours sitting in Premium Economy which is also very impressive. They have the same wine selection but a more limited food choice that is tray served rather than the plated silver service in Business Premier but the quality is still very good.
The seating is very comfortable and the offset seat positions in the 2-2-2 configuration allow for either privacy at the sides of the cabin or an ideal layout for couples in the centre if needed. The only issue is the legroom which is a little less generous than I'd expected but I hear a rumour that Air NZ plan to remove a row of seats later this year and spread everything out.
All this said though, the best part of the 777-300 has to be the business class toilet - first time I’ve ever seen a window in an aeroplane lavatory, a proper room with a view:
I'm writing this in transit at LAX (more to follow) and have to report a fantastic experience with Air New Zealand on the new 777-300. Great crew providing typically friendly and familiar Kiwi service with real style, superb food with lots of choice, beautiful wines (with a couple of fabulous dessert wines) and very comfy lie-flat beds. I even got my head down for a couple of hours.
When things quietened down after the meal service, I had a good chat with various members of the crew and then spent a couple of hours sitting in Premium Economy which is also very impressive. They have the same wine selection but a more limited food choice that is tray served rather than the plated silver service in Business Premier but the quality is still very good.
The seating is very comfortable and the offset seat positions in the 2-2-2 configuration allow for either privacy at the sides of the cabin or an ideal layout for couples in the centre if needed. The only issue is the legroom which is a little less generous than I'd expected but I hear a rumour that Air NZ plan to remove a row of seats later this year and spread everything out.
All this said though, the best part of the 777-300 has to be the business class toilet - first time I’ve ever seen a window in an aeroplane lavatory, a proper room with a view:
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