Since getting the travel bug (as I seem to have now) I have started looking for cheap ways to travel in premium cabins. I have mentioned a few ways to find good deals in previous posts and so using those techniques it is possible to find some great deals in Business or First Class cabins. … Continue reading Flying on separate tickets – what can go wrong
Since I have become more interested in travel, particularly air travel in premium cabins, I just wanted to give a shout out for a great site that specialises in just that… https://www.turningleftforless.com/ In fact, it was only after travelling in First with British Airways from London to Chicago that I started looking on the web … Continue reading Turning Left For Less
On my RTW trip (See: https://www.purplemud.co.uk/2018/11/30/round-the-world-in-8-days/) I arrive in Delhi at 6:40am. OK, I will have to go through customs and immigration but even on a bad day that shouldn’t be more than an hour or so and then my next flight to Kuala Lumpur is not until 11pm the next day… that gives me … Continue reading Things to do in Delhi
In the last post about my Round the World (RTW) trip I said I had to find my own flights and that this was not that easy. Here I will explain just how I found the flights and what I had to do to get them at the price I wanted. There are a number … Continue reading RTW – ITA Matrix : The Way to Cheaper Flights
Philleas Fogg, in Jules Verne’s novel “Around the World in 80 Days”, considered it a challenge to circumnavigate the world in under 80 days. He had a bet and a limit of £20,000, to achieve it. Nowadays of course, it seems ludicrous that it might take this long and if you try really hard and … Continue reading Round The World – in 8 Days
Just back from a fantastic week in Kraków, Poland. As I’m just about to start my Open University studies I used last week as my last chance to travel before I get stuck into my books. I have not been to Poland before and didn’t really know what to expect but what a super place… Modern, … Continue reading Kraków, Poland
Good but beware closed rides We enjoyed our day at Universal Studios but the 2 rides that I hadn’t done before were closed! Rip Ride Rockit and Disaster! Both were closed for maintenence without a reopen date. Going in February is both good and bad. Many stalls and shops were closed but then again there … Continue reading Universal Studios, Florida
