Category Archives: Travel

Airport Oxymorons

17 July 2008 – 16:59

Whilst waiting for a flight at the KLIA LCCT I did hear one of the great airport oxymorons:
This is a final call for passengers on flight XY123 to Bangkok, please go to gate 3 now.
This was then followed 10 minutes later by:
Again, this is a final call for passengers on flight XY123 to Bangkok, please [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thomo | Comments (0)

Travel Terms

11 July 2008 – 16:59

I travelled through Malaysia quickly recently on Air Asia - a low-cost airline. I learned a new term. It was LCCT. The LCCT is attached to KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) and means Low Cost Carriers Terminal. So, what does LCCT really mean? It means a big tin shed with rudimentary air-conditioning and the impossibility [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Malaysia | Comments (0)

British Airways - Old With The Signs

1 July 2008 – 9:53

March 2008. Thomo checks into a British Airways flight in Sydney. Whilst waiting in the queue I noticed the sign. See the date? Remember, the date - I was checking in in March 2008. BA is talking about new arrangements in March 2007. When exactly does something new become old? Time to update the sign [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Australia | Comments (0)

Airport Security? Cods!

14 March 2008 – 10:36

I’ve been travelling. I left Saudi Arabia on Sunday night and flew to Dubai, Bangkok, Sydney, then back to Bangkok and now I am sitting in Dubai prior to flying back to Saudi Arabia. So, that is five days, two airlines and four airports, twice over. The flights were Emirates (VERY nice airline) from Saudi [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Australia, Dubai, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Thailand | Comments (0)

King of the Castle

24 January 2008 – 12:42

I’ve been living in this hotel now for 17 months – nearly one and a half years. It is a long time in any language. I must admit now to feeling a little like the Major from Fawlty Towers – part of the hotel’s schedule being set around my patterns. Always a newspaper where I [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Thomo | Comments (0)

Clumsy Travellers

9 January 2008 – 16:53

That’d be the character that has 10 hours wait in a lounge with free broadband Internet access, deciding to catch up on his email and such only to discover that he packed the power plug adaptor into the hold baggage so is restricted to the 2 hours the battery will last.
The question is … is [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Thomo | Comments (0)

Across to the Other Aisle and to the Right Sir!

30 August 2007 – 1:04

I travelled a lot recently, spending some time in Australia. Whilst in Australia, I drove about 2,800 kilometres. By air, I flew from Jeddah to Dubai to Bangkok to Sydney to Auckland and return (somewhat more than 2,800 kilometres I will agree).
What perplexed me the most about this travel was relative costs and comfort. I [...]

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Back In The Saddle

25 August 2007 – 13:05

Sigh - the break is over and I am back in Jeddah at the office again 
It was great while it lasted and I will write up some things from the break shortly, as well as post a picture or two in the gallery … and get around to some more wargaming entries - [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Middle East, Saudi Arabia | Comments (0)

Air New Zealand, So Good and So Bad

23 August 2007 – 12:35

We travelled on Air New Zealand recently (sorry Jules, was only there for 22 hours - will catch you for dinner and drinkies next time). We had a flight from Auckland to Sydney (having flown to Auckland on Aerolingas Argentinas). I kind of liked the Air New Zealand service last time I used them a [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, New Zealand | Comments (0)

Thomo’s Travelling

4 August 2007 – 7:40

Yep - I’m on the move for a couple of weeks. In addition to being on the move, my laptop is currently belly-up, suffering from the failure of the fan that keeps the CPU cool (or so it seems). I had it checked in Jeddah and that is what the Toshiba serviceman there said, along [...]

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