Southeast Asia 2017

Nothing worse than putting on the same clothes you wore already on the world’s 4th longest flight yesterday, but with no other choice, we head out to explore the city. As the hotel name suggests, we are right next to the Singapore River, and start our tour walking along the water, following the highlights outlined in our guide book: Robertson Quay, Clarke Quay, Elgin Bridge, Boat Quay, Covenagh Bridge, and finally the Merlion at the marina. From here we follow … Read More

We land after 17 hrs and 8 minutes of pretty comfy (for economy class) flight, as the 2 of use had the row of 3 for just us. Immigration takes just a few minutes, but as we get to baggage claim, bad news awaits. Our luggage – as well as the bags of 50 or so other passengers on our flight – never made it onto the plane … it’s still sitting in SFO! Bummer … Just a lame “sorry” … Read More

Bags are packed, goodbyes are said and by 10:25am we are ready for take off on Singapore Airlines flight SQ31, from SFO to SIN, a non-stop, 17+ hrs flight