Author Archives: gordiestravels

of chatting with a friendly UK Immigration officer, explaining why I’m here, how long for, and have I got enough money for my stay. I kid you not, took 40 seconds to clear Immigration by facial recognition matched to a passport scan. Boring!

Andy and I, great mates, pair of idiots, together again! God, can he cook!

How about this for pure Communist bullshit. 3 times in the first few hours of the flight, a tall Chinese male in dark blue pants, a dark blue jacket, walked slowly around the aircraft. A bit ‘sus’. I looked at his back after he passed me. The dumbass forgot to turn the camera’s screen off.Continue reading “Paranoid Communism at work”

I’ve been in the Aviation game since 1975. When the dipshit counter staff try and tell me, we will be airborne in 50 minutes when I’m watching them digorge massive freight pallets from the aircraft, with a dozen waiting to be loaded, I tend to lose my shit. I sincerely hope someone has checked theContinue reading “Just Liars”

I am connected to the internet in the Airport via a Singapore Proton VPN and yet the CPP can still block me from accessing Google Maps! Imagine living here? No – thank – you

Never, ever again. Just a disorganised shit fight. There is NO EVIDENCE of Chinese economic miracle, superior construction etc. It’s broken, run-down and poorly run. All the staff are rude, unfriendly, and unhelpful. There are no restaurants or cafes open whilst waiting for the London flight. No shuttle turned up for the hotel, so aContinue reading “Shanghai Pudong Airport”

I hope they checked the oil. If it drips, it’s full. For weight n balance the rear ass end cabin is fucking chockers. It’s got to be 35 degrees in here! No air circulating… Mid cabin empty That’s how they make a profit… And none of the cabin staff speak English… In front of meContinue reading “Good Grief”

Check this out from Optus. $300 a month for 1.5 gig or 50mb per day international roaming? WTF? Who buys this?

I sat next to a group of Japanese high school students, waiting with their teacher, to board a Jetstar flight home to Tokyo. Sadly, Western kids are not polite like this. The Japanese kids were giggling, mucking around and very happy but also being NICE. Not loud, not ridiculous, just lovely. We shared a fewContinue reading “Japanese students”