Airline Route Maps
Let’s stir up controversy with some airline route maps. JetBlue is in the news for having displayed Palestinian Territories on its in-flight map. I don’t care. What I do care…
JR West Kansai Area Rail Pass
I’ve written a lot about Japanese rail passes, but never about one in the Kansai region, which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara. A short visit last month helped change…
The World’s Smallest Escalator
After all, the world’s smallest escalator still involves travel. As usual, there’s an unrelated backstory involved. While studying abroad in Hong Kong in 2005, I used to walk around Kowloon…
Hong Kong Chase Sapphire Lounge
The Hong Kong Chase Sapphire Lounge — formally, Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club HKG — is a decent addition to Hong Kong’s pack of lounges. Plus, it’s Priority Pass-accessible.…
What is a Positioning Flight?
If you have ever come across the term “positioning flight,” it doesn’t always have to do with human locomotion. To clarify the first definition, it simply refers to when an…
Pakistan Makes it Easier to Visit for 126 Countries
If Pakistan has been on your travel list, but for whatever reason you haven’t been able to visit, I bear good tidings for you. As of 14 August, there have…
