SINGAPORE - The 19th Smallest Nation

The World's ONLY Island-City State

We didn't leave Dubai on schedule ...

... and, our arrival in SINGAPORE was delayed 24 Hours

The FLIGHT
CAUTION: Mini-rant follows

There's a 4 hour time difference between Dubai and SINGAPORE and this was to be a 6h 30m flight. We were scheduled to leave Dubai 20:00 Feb 5 and arrive SINGAPORE 07:15 Feb 6. We paid for premium-economy class and boarded on time. Due to a repetative technical fault with the aircraft, we spent 5 hours on the plane; either not moving, being towed or just driving around. We were offered water and a few other non-alcoholic beverages, cupcakes disguised as muffins and some peanuts. 

Eventually our flight was cancelled. Along with first and business classes, we were shuttled to a hotel room in the airport by 2:00 am Feb 6. 

This International Group we waited with (clockwise left to right), included travellers from UAE (Bruce), Canada (Helen), New Zealand (June), Philippines, Malasia, Australia (Brad), England, Singapore (Sandeep) and Korea. 

BASECAMP 10.15.16 ... Itinerary for " Five New Countries & Two New Continents "

After much discussion, we've settled on a General Itinerary for the next adventure.

Unfortunately, we'll be short a team member this time. LOAF won't be joining us, but we will be travelling with Van Kiwi, a close cousin of his, when we're in New Zealand. We'll still be LOAFin Around though. I've created a new acronym to suit the title for our next travel map ...  

Life On A Fixed income " Around The World Part 1 "

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Helen wore her Travel Agent hat and spent many hours 'getting us the best deals in the best places ' ... she investigated countless international flight combinations and permutations, poured over maps in search of the best long and short term locations for all the activities we enjoy, scanned Google maps to verify the suitability of accommodation bookings, researched car and camper van rentals and in the end ... made all the final arrangements for us. 


Tip: ensure stressless travel arrangements ... there's that stemless wine glass again, photo lower left.