Destinations

While I don’t write about destinations on this blog too often, every now and then, I visit a place that I absolutely think deserves an article. Yakushima, an island off the coast of mainland Kyushu in Japan, is certainly one of those places. The island’s ancient forest with thousand-plus-year-old Yakusugi cedars has been an inspiration […]

With the aviation highlight of the trip – the QSuites flight from Doha to New York – behind me, I caught the train from JFK airport to Fulton Street Station in the Financial District. [full_width padding=”10px 10px 10px 10px”] Fulton Street station. [/full_width] Day 1: Courtyard New York Downtown Manhattan/WTC From there, it was just

When booking positioning flights for the Qatar Airways sub-$700 business class fare out of Hanoi, it worked out in a way that I would be arriving in Vietnam the night before the Qatar Airways flight – and, only departing in late afternoon of the following day. As such, instead of looking for a hotel near

When planning my day in Yogyakarta during my “Golden Week 2017” trip, I considered a number of options for hiring a guide and arranging transportation. In the end, I decided to go with Java Bali Trips which seemed like a reputable provider. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed. Booking the Tour with Java Bali Trips I

Quite a while ago, in December 2015, I had a long layover in Istanbul and I had a chance to take the TourISTanbul city tour offered by Turkish Airlines to its transit passengers. I finally decided to finish up the review, and post it as Turkish Airlines still offers this great service. What Is TourISTanbul?