So that wraps up the trip report for our trip to Southeast Asia. I figured it would be worthwhile to provide a bit of a recap and some final thoughts. Trip Length: 16 days Distance Flown: 19,196 miles Distance Sailed: 3,413 miles Favorite Port: Ko Samui So would we recommend taking a cruise to see Southeast […]
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Cathay Pacific B777 Regional Business Class – Hong Kong to Singapore
The final flight of our journey was a very late, very short red-eye to Singapore in the regional business class seats. The flight was scheduled to depart at 1:50AM and arrive at 5:40AM. It was a completely full flight. Because of the late hour, the crowded flight, and just general exhaustion at this point, I […]
Cathay Pacific “The Wing” Business Class Lounge – Hong Kong
After landing we decided to take a walk around the Hong Kong airport to see what it was like and to stretch our legs. We ended up at the Cathay Pacific Wing business class lounge. The lounge was split into two levels. We were directed to the upstairs level which had two sections: a seating area […]
Cathay Pacific B777 Business Class – Chicago to Hong Kong
After leaving the lounge, we walked across the hall to the gate. Boarding began shortly thereafter. We were seated in middle 2 seats of the mini-cabin section of business class. This section was extremely private with just two rows of business class seats and very little foot traffic. The seats themselves were very private, quiet, […]
British Airways Terraces Lounge – O’Hare Terminal 5
Given the unreliability and unavailability of flights leaving our home airport, we decided to fly out of Chicago O’Hare Airport to be safe. We parked the car and arrived at the airport about 2 hours before the flight. Security was the normal mess you find at O’Hare with the chaos compounded by non-English speakers being barked […]
Introduction – Southeast Asia Cruise
I have been wanting to visit Asia for quite some time. After my parents returned from their trip and raved about it, I knew we had to go. We decided on a cruise because it took some of the headache of planning away and we just really like cruising. In addition, Samantha was very concerned […]