2017 US Airlines Rankings
The April 10 United Airline horrific incident of forcefully evicting a passenger from the plane was a major PR disaster for UAL. Incidentally, the annual US Airline rankings has just been published...
Category: Travel
Japan self travel – Hiroshima to Kagoshima in 10 days
I’ve written about Japan travel in general (this one is with the latest information dated early 2017 including radiation, getting online, car rental or passes, tolls, etc), you may also like to refer...
World’s Happiest Countries 2017
March 20th is the World Happiness Day, and the latest World Happiness Report 2017 has just been launched, published by The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) (which was commissioned by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Yunnan North (Lijiang, Dali and Shangri-la) – 10 days self tour
Four of us took a very leisurely trip of Yunnan North covering just the stretch between Dali and Shangri-la in a 10 days trip using a car with a driver who took...
Japan Travel in general
I’ve written several blog posts about Japan travel, e.g. this one on general too. So, many would find this post odd, but I want to write it both as...
Japan self tour based in Osaka, 8 days using rail passes
There must be some magic in the various shades of red leaves against the historic buildings and mountainous background that kept luring my returns to Kansai in...
Safest Airlines 2017
The safest airline ratings have just been published in January 2017. CX and QF again claim the top spot! Read all about it here!
A week in Rayong, Koh Samet and Bangkok, Thailand
Politics is so unpredictable, news of the August 2016 Thailand referendum endorsing constitutional changes said would bring a more stable environment there, but it seems to be wrong as it was answered by...
Google Duo making video calls “universal”?
There are various video calling apps including Apple’s Facetime, Skype, Tango, etc. But it seems that it’s not taken off and many people just shy from video calling. Google put the blame on Apple as...
World’s Most Liveable Cities 2016
Exactly one year ago (19 August 2015), I published my summary post on World’s most liveable cities 2015, Economist Intelligence Unit has just published their annual report for 2016 yesterday and here’s their new...