I worked out of Jakarta more than ten years ago. Back then, getting a local number meant a queue, a SIM shop and a fair bit of pointing. I would have loved a Telkomsel eSIM that was live before the…
Wise has started selling eSIMs. If you already use Wise for travel money, you can now buy your mobile data in the same app, in a few taps, without downloading anything new. That’s handy. But handy usually costs something, so…
I have a hard rule for early morning flights: eliminate the variables. For my latest trip, I was booked on a 7:30 AM Singapore Airlines flight connecting through to Ho Chi Minh City. Having been burned in the past by…
I have been to nearly every lounge in Singapore. Unfortunately my favourites are the ones that you can’t buy entry to (think Qantas First). The Ambassador Transit Lounge you can buy entrance to, and it sits in one of those…
There is a lot to like about Angkor Airport at Siem Reap. It’s brand new, completed by the Chinese in 2023 and it shows. As it’s new the number of guests flying through in October meant the airport did not…
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We flew into Singapore from Sydney, en route to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), and decided to spend our layover checking out the SATS Premier Lounge in Terminal 2. If you are flying with Singapore Airlines on your next leg,…
We were booked on a 7:30 AM Singapore Airlines flight out of Sydney (SYD). Having stayed the night at the Rydges Airport Hotel (where my 5:00 AM alarm went off), we completely eliminated the morning stress. Between leaving the hotel,…
Most people have no idea how much data they need for a trip. If you go on Reddit, they’ll tell you to check your phone bill. That’s great if you don’t use the internet any other way. Try to find…