Airboy does Lagos, Nigeria

I’m currently nursing my pot noodles and I’m about to dig in the curry goodness. But while the water boils I thought I’d take it to the blog and write about what went down in Lagos, Nigeria. As you may know from the few previous posts, this destination within the Emirates network is unique in [...]

Airboy does Birmingham, UK.

UK flights are so random these days. We can feel the loads slip. Cabins are empty, most probably due to this economic downturn. The Pound Sterling being in the crap also helps ! People do not fly as much or think twice before booking their tickets. Especially small businesses. Leisure travel is still (from the [...]

Airboy does Zurich, Switzerland

Why can’t we have the same passengers on each and every flight of our network ? Why can’t people just be like them ? This would transform the world in a whole new place already. People would discover that travelling with other people can lead to new friendly relationships. Instead of narrowing their thoughts between [...]

Airboy does Columbo, Sri Lanka

Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve had a good layover. After my last stint in Shanghai, my hopes were down a notch. But with an easy as pie flight over to Columbo, Sri Lanka, I was ready for some adventures. Add to that the extensive rest I had before. I was all pumped up [...]

I can feel it coming in the air tonight.

Before you carry on reading, please immerse yourself with the track that played non-stop all along my Paris By Night trek :

Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
With not much happening on a Sunday night in Paris, I decided to share my Paris By Night experience. I ventured out in the cold wearing no less [...]

Airboy does Osaka

Airboy Does Osaka | HQ from Airboy Sodwee on Vimeo.
So here we are, in the bus taking us back to the airport. The girls are behind yapping away like it’s not permitted. Gossiping in their own langage : Japanese. I can only take so much so I got the laptop out with some good background [...]

Airboy does Paris…again.

This was my second Paris this month, and I have another one coming up. The crew on this one was exceptional. From the purser to the Grade 2s, we all had fun on-board. Both ways. Riccardo (Richard) managed to swap a flight to be on this CDG. And Juan, one of my flatmate Khalils friend [...]

Airboy does Paris

Blimey, it’s so nice to be back in the hood. Where I grew up. Nice to see Father, Mother and Brother all well and having a blast with their new toy : a blender. Mum’s enthusiasm about the machine is beyond belief. She’s so excited about making fresh pina coladas that she had to show [...]

Airboy does New York City

The prospect of having to spend 14 hours with not-so-frequent flyers, and therefore very demanding, wasn’t the best of rewards. Fortunately, we landed safely in the [free] country. I spent half the flight trying to explain we’ll be handing out customs leaflets and immigration cards before our approach of JFK international to my passengers misunderstanding. [...]

Honkers (updated with pictures)

Honkers was better than I expected. We managed to have a hell of a laugh on the way over with a great Purser (I wont disclose his identity for obvious confidential reasons) as well as a wicked crew & flight deck. Also part of the crew was Marlon, a reader of this very blog and [...]

Airboy does Mauritius !

This WAS one of the best layovers I have yet experienced. Lovely, enjoyable crew set in Paradise for 36 hours. We were bound for Mauritius on my favourite flying machine (B777-300) meaning I had a few meters between my jumpseat and the first row of Golddigging pax in front of me. Yeah, no lie, they [...]

MotherOfSodwee : Adventures with the Ticas and the Nicas

Airboy has the great pleasure of welcoming MotherOfSodwee for her debut blogging experience. Please do leave comments and reactions to her stories. First up is her trip to Central America with beloved FatherOfSodwee. Photos are below…

Well here we are just back from the most amazing 3 week trip to Costa Rica & Nicaragua…..first of [...]

Airboy does the typhoon in Hong Kong

Hey long time no speak. I’ll correct this and offer you an entirely new post about my last trip to HKG. As you may know by now, I had put down a bid on the system for Hong Kong… When the roster were published, I had 3 back to back Hong Kongs awaiting. Not so [...]

Speeding in Bangkok

I couldn’t update you guys from Bangkok because I was running out of time. So all I did was post a video. I’ve had a great time there. The flight over was easy and short. That’s what’s good about those less than 8hr flight layovers : leaving you nice a fresh ready for some action [...]

Airboy does Bangkok

Just a quick video post cause I have no time to write anything right now, I’m supposed to shave and get ready :