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Review – Cathay Pacific Airbus A333, business class, Hong Kong to Bangkok, January 2025.

This was part of a 6 days trip I made to Bangkok in January 2025 to visit my parents, who would be flying on to Bangkok the next day. I booked this flight a couple of days in advance, and paid 28.000 Asia Miles for it, plus a small amount (around 500 HKD I believe?) in taxes. I was happy to see that the flight had a 1-2-1 reverse herring bone set-up, which meant lie-flat seats, and not the regional business class that Cathay offers on many flights.

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Exploring Saipan in March 2019

Exiting the terminal there were not many people oustide, but a couple of guys holding home-made signs saying Taxi. I looked around a little bit, and saw no other taxi signs, so I decided to go with one of the guys, who quoted me a fixed price (I think 10 dollars) to my hotel, The GrandVrio in Garapan. The fare was fair, so I decided it was a good option.

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Review – Hong Kong Express Airbus A320 Hong Kong – Clark, Philippines, May 2025.

This is my most traveled route, I normally fly betweeen Hong Kong and Clark 3 times per month, as my family lives there. Cebu Pacific has two daily flights, and Hong Kong Express has one, and genrally speaking, Cebus flight schedule suits me to most, but this time I had to fly in the afternoon, so I decided to go with HK Express instead.

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Review – Hotel GrandVrio resort, Saipan

This post has been pending for 6 years for some reason, so I figured it was time to get it moving and out there. I made the booking for the hotel via Agoda.com, and after looking around for a while I settled at the GrandVrio resort for my 48 hours visit. However, I was arriving at 5 am, and checking out at 2:30 am, so I had to book the room for 3 nights to be sure it was available.

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Quick Review – Hong Kong Express – Hong Kong – Saipan – Hong Kong, 2019.

This is something that has been pendig for a very long time, but for some reason or another I have never gotten around to completing this trip report series. Time to change that, hoping to get it all done in May, so I can move on to the next one.

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Lounge Review – Priority Pass Lounge, Da Nang International Terminal, September 2023

I didn’t expect there to be any lounges available at Da Nang International terminal, so I was surprised to see a sign saying the CIP Orchid Lounge accepted Priority Pass / Lounge Key, so I headed upstairs to check it out. It is located airside, after immigration turn right and head upstairs to the mezzanine floor.

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Exploring Ba Na Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023

My visit to Ba Na Hills was a part of my first time exploring Da Nang in September 2023. I didn’t know much about the place, other than the hand holding the bridge, and was not quite sure what to expect. And boy did I get surprised, so that is why I decided to dedicate a whole post to this amazing place.

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Exploring Da Nang for the first time, 48 hours in September 2023.

As previously mentioned in my introdution to this holiday here, this was my 4th visit to Vietnam, a place I come to love more each time I go there. I won’t bore you with the details from the past, and just pick at at leaving the airport, I got a taxi from the airport to my hotel, the 4 Points by Shearton, for a fixed price of 300.000 VND. I was a little confused when I sat down in the taxi and was told I had to pay 300, I was affraid I was being scammed and quoted in USD, but it turns out that they often leave out the ‘thousand’ part in Vietnam.

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Review – 4 Points by Sheraton, Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023

When I traveled to Da Nang in September 2023, I stayed 2 nights at the 4 Points by Sheraton, Da Nang. A full trip report can be found here. I booked a standard room online through the Marriott Bonvoy app, and the total price for 2 nights came to 5.230.000 VND (around 200 USD.).

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48 hours in Da Nang, Vietnam, September 2023

This was my 4th time visiting Vietnam, and first time visiting Da Nang. I spent most of 2023 traveling to the Philippines to see my family there, but a couple of times I was not able to find suitable tickets on my days off to go there, so I had a few chances to explore other destinations instead. This trip gave me 48 hours to explore Da Nang, Vietnam, a place I didn’t know much about before I went there, but I was very pleasantly surprised!

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