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A beach for thrill-seekers

Posted on 14/06/2010 by in Americas, Places, Travel tips

Maho Beach, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles For those out there, like me, who love beaches and airplanes, this beach offers the best of both worlds! Maho Beach is a beautiful white sandy beach, with turquoise blue water lapping at its sands on the Dutch side of the Caribbean isle of St. Maarten. What makes this [...]

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New plans for Air Asia’s KL hub unveiled

Posted on 13/03/2009 by in Asia, Places

Update: 30th October 2009 The Malaysian government announced recently that groundwork for the new LCCT terminal will begin in November. The whole project is slated to cost about 2 billion Ringgit (EUR 400 million) and is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2011. In addition to the new terminal and apron space, the present [...]

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Nail-biting landings

Posted on 07/03/2009 by in People

I just read a great article on Travel & Leisure on the world’s scariest runways (check out the slideshow) and it’s brought back quite a few harrowing memories. I remember a landing once in the days when Hong Kong had its Kai Tak airport. It was during the monsoon and the plane was shuddering continuously and [...]

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Heathrow most tedious, JFK rudest

Posted on 14/02/2009 by in Travel tips

This poll confirms what I’ve always suspected. London’s Heathrow is in my book one of the most tedious airports in the world, if not THE most tedious. And I had a nasty experience with an unbelievably rude immigrations officer at New York’s JFK airport many years ago. Since then, I’ve avoided JFK at all costs [...]

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