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Jakarta is a dear city to me. Here I started my international career about nine years ago, working for a US-based NGO. Jakarta is chaos; not quite as bad as Mumbai, but definitely quite chaotic. Yet, I remember loving the city at first sight. Its skyscrapers give the city an aura of modernity (like Singapore); …
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Wintertime is clearly not the favorite time of the year for many people to visit Tokyo, and I quickly realized why. It was bitterly cold, and being outside wasn’t all that pleasant. The flip side of that is that hotels were very cheap by Tokyo standards. As IHG Platinum Ambassador I always look for InterContinental …
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Comes the new year, my first work trip has me headed to Japan again. Tokyo is probably not at its best during the long and cold Japanese winter, unless… it snows. Which seems to be what happened the day before I was supposed to get there. As I am drafting this from 33,000ft while seating …
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My short trip to Armenia quickly came to an end, and it was time to fly to Doha and then, from there, to London where I would connect on British Airways to New York where meetings were awaiting me. In the meantime, I would spend 24 hours in Doha – I always love the glitz and …
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A few months ago, I had booked a three nights stay at the Ritz-Carlton Aruba using my three nights certificate that came with the Ritz-Carlton credit card. As the certificates would expire in March, I needed a place where to go for a few days before then, and MLK weekend seemed the perfect time to …
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I had a Fall trip to Europe coming up before my trip to Armenia – London, like always. But to make things a bit different I decided to take a day off and to fly Austrian to Vienna, take a day to visit the city, and then fly to London for my meeting. After flying …
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When we arrived in Warsaw, we truly had issues in finding the train station exit – Warszawa Centralna is a real maze! Eventually we made our way out, and after trying to flag down a cab we were informed our hotel was just a couple of blocks away – which was indeed true. We walked …
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Flight EY160, DFW-AUH Sep 17th, 2017 19:55-19:35+1 Business Class, Seat 8G Sometimes things do not turn out quite as expected. Take today for instance. I was supposed to fly to London for work, but for some reason I decided to book my flight very last minute (actually, the reason is that we have a month-old newborn …
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Our journey started on American Airlines First Class from Dallas to Frankfurt, in one of the last 777-200 left with the old first class product. I have reviewed these seats and cabin many times, so I will not do it again. But I will speak about the service, still the biggest variable when flying American …
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Of all the airlines traveling across the Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic is surely the one that stirs more emotions among fellow travelers. The airline projects a hip, trendy image, that I had the chance to savor during my visit to the Club Lounge at JFK before my Singapore Airlines flight in November 2016. As I was …
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After two great experiences on Austrian business class, I was excited to finally fly the long-haul product on this niche but outstanding carrier. It’s really interesting how the Lufthansa Group leveraged Vienna’s location to make it a true central European hub with great connectivity to Eastern Europe. Still, I was able to connect to Chicago …
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After two great experiences on Austrian business class, I was excited to finally fly the long-haul product on this niche but outstanding carrier. It’s really interesting how the Lufthansa Group leveraged Vienna’s location to make it a true central European hub with great connectivity to Eastern Europe. Still, I was able to connect to Chicago …
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As you might or might not know, I am on a quest to visit at least 100 countries and territories by the age of 40. I am doing pretty good so far, but I think I will need to step it up a little to keep the pace going forward. Ukraine brought my tally up …
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As you might or might not know, I am on a quest to visit at least 100 countries and territories by the age of 40. I am doing pretty good so far, but I think I will need to step it up a little to keep the pace going forward. Ukraine brought my tally up …
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Boryspil Airport is not too bad. It’s fairly modern, with open spaces. After checking in I went through security (there is a priority lane for premium customers) and within minutes I was shopping for souvenirs and I was then in the main lounge that basically every carrier flying out of KBP uses. This was rather …
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Boryspil Airport is not too bad. It’s fairly modern, with open spaces. After checking in I went through security (there is a priority lane for premium customers) and within minutes I was shopping for souvenirs and I was then in the main lounge that basically every carrier flying out of KBP uses. This was rather …
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I am not sure why, but ever since reading online of people visiting Chernobyl on an arranged tour I have wanted to see first-hand the site of the biggest nuclear disaster in human history. It might be because my family always talked about Chernobyl as something very bad, very significant in human history; or because …
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I am not sure why, but ever since reading online of people visiting Chernobyl on an arranged tour I have wanted to see first-hand the site of the biggest nuclear disaster in human history. It might be because my family always talked about Chernobyl as something very bad, very significant in human history; or because …
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Ukraine – an odd destination for many. I mean, there is a war still ongoing in the East of the country, Crimea has been annexed by Russia, and Chernobyl is perhaps the first thing many people associate with Ukraine. However, this is a country that has had a tortuous and long history, blessed with beautiful …
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Ukraine – an odd destination for many. I mean, there is a war still ongoing in the East of the country, Crimea has been annexed by Russia, and Chernobyl is perhaps the first thing many people associate with Ukraine. However, this is a country that has had a tortuous and long history, blessed with beautiful …
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