Cheap Flights?

This is a great video about flying Low Cost airlines! Its all in good fun!  My good friend Cath Andrews from Explore Italian Culture sent it to me! Thanx Cath!

If you fly low cost airlines, (especially Ryanair in the UK) then you will really relate to this video.
If you are not from the UK, these ladies are hilarious from Fascinating Aida.

I would love to see them live! They remind me of  my friend Rick Green's comedy troop from Canada - The Frantics!

Enjoy!

A New Efficient Way to Board an Aircraft?

Could it be true? Is there a way to board an aircraft without the usual bumping, grinding and fighting for space in the overhead bins and the aisles?

According the the new TV show "This vs That" there is. It is called the "Steffen Method" and makes sense to me! Steffen is a scientist who was tired of the chore of boarding an airplane created a computer model that looks like it would work. "This vs That" tried it out!

Essentially it follows a diagram of boarding as follows:

1. Start with families and people with special needs boarding first
2. Fill every other row, starting from the back, with window passengers entering first, then middle seaters, then the aisle seaters.

Check out this video to see how the test went! 

As you can see it was quite successful! It took half the time the normal boarding takes! Now how can we get the airlines to adopt this method....and to be honest the passengers too. I don't think that people travelling together will want to board separately, but hey stranger things have happened!

The Flight Experience in Singapore

On our recent trip to Singapore, Warren wanted to try the Number one rated experience on Tripadvisor for Singapore - the Flight Experience Singapore. So we booked it before we arrived in Singapore to make sure that we could do it.

Essentially this experience is a training simulator for a Boeing 737. Warren LOVED to fly, so this was a no brainer for us. It is expensive, but worth it. Warren actually did the "flying" and I observed from the jump seat.

The Flight Experience is located at the Singapore Flyer complex. We arrived a few minutes early to settle in.
We chose the 45 minute experience which gave Warren 2 take off and landings. He chose to take off and land from Toronto (our hometown) and from Las Vegas (go figure!).

The co pilot takes you through everything you need to know. I have to say that this was such a blast even from the jump seat. You really feel like you are in the cockpit of a real plane and Warren felt like he was flying a real plane!

As you can see in this video, we got to give the copilot a tour of Toronto, well the downtown core anyway.

We totally recommend this experience. We purchased the video that went along with it as a memento, it wasn't too expensive either. It includes the audio of what Warren and the Copilot said to each other.

Here is the website for the Flight Experience Singapore and see the reviews on TripAdvisor

Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour and the Star Ferries

On a recent trip to Hong Kong, Warren and I decided to play tourist (ok fine we actually are tourists) and took the Star Ferry to Honk Kong Island from Kowloon and then boarded the Hop on Hop Off bus. On our last visit to Hong Kong we didn't see the sun once, this time however we didn't see many clouds or a drop of rain!

I took this photo as we were walking to the Star Ferry. You can see the Star Ferries and Hon Kong Island. The tall building is IFC - which used to be the tallest building in Hong Kong, until the ICC in Kowloon opened this year.

Click here for more information and travel facts about Hong Kong