At some stage I had to book the tickets (there and back). And it appeared, that it's not so easy also..
When I applied for a visa, one of the additional requests from the embassy was the itinerary - i.e. I had to go to the travel agent and ask him about the available itinerary to Christchurch and back. At the same time I could book the tickets there..
Then we find such an itinerary (it was the chipest one):
Bishkek-Tashkent-Kuala Lumpur-Auckland, and the same way back. From Auckland to Christchurch I had to fly using local (NZ) airlines, and book the tickets separately.. This is because we couldn't find the direct way from Bishkek to Christchurch.
But when I came to that agent later to buy the tickets, it appeared that the Kuala Lumpur-Auckland section was no more accessible.. This is strange, 'cause I reserved the place, but the agent couldn't explain, he just said this way is no more accessible.
After searching the other ways (it took about 2-3 hours!!), we found the other way for me to fly to Auckland, but the departure point was Almati (Kazakhstan) - I had to travel the the Almati Airport by car.. And also the travel agent suggested to buy the ticket as soon as possible..
In disappointment, I've asked my sponsor in NZ, whether it was possible for him to book the tickets for me remotely.. He tried to do so, and he was more lucky than me.. Finally he reserver the tickets for me, and we decided to use this last variant (also because it was easier to pay for the tickets in this way). So my way to NZ and back would be:
Bishkek-Istanbul-Dubai-Bangkok-Sydney-Auckland-Christchurch
and a month later - the same way back..
I like to fly.. I like the feeling of acceleration, when the engines start to work at full power on the runway.. But it seems to me, that at the end of the trip I'll hate flights.. :) I'm going to have 6 flights there and 6 flights back. It'll take more than 2 days of flights in either way.. (i.e. I depart on 20th of November early in the morning, and I'll be in Christchurch only on Nov 22nd in the evening).. Wow..
I hope, I'll have inernet access between the flights - so I could share my feelings/photos here.. my HTC P3600 - Windows mobile phone with roaming, Wi-Fi, Photocamera and GPS module will be with me.
When I applied for a visa, one of the additional requests from the embassy was the itinerary - i.e. I had to go to the travel agent and ask him about the available itinerary to Christchurch and back. At the same time I could book the tickets there..
Then we find such an itinerary (it was the chipest one):
Bishkek-Tashkent-Kuala Lumpur-Auckland, and the same way back. From Auckland to Christchurch I had to fly using local (NZ) airlines, and book the tickets separately.. This is because we couldn't find the direct way from Bishkek to Christchurch.
But when I came to that agent later to buy the tickets, it appeared that the Kuala Lumpur-Auckland section was no more accessible.. This is strange, 'cause I reserved the place, but the agent couldn't explain, he just said this way is no more accessible.
After searching the other ways (it took about 2-3 hours!!), we found the other way for me to fly to Auckland, but the departure point was Almati (Kazakhstan) - I had to travel the the Almati Airport by car.. And also the travel agent suggested to buy the ticket as soon as possible..
In disappointment, I've asked my sponsor in NZ, whether it was possible for him to book the tickets for me remotely.. He tried to do so, and he was more lucky than me.. Finally he reserver the tickets for me, and we decided to use this last variant (also because it was easier to pay for the tickets in this way). So my way to NZ and back would be:
Bishkek-Istanbul-Dubai-Bangkok-Sydney-Auckland-Christchurch
and a month later - the same way back..
I like to fly.. I like the feeling of acceleration, when the engines start to work at full power on the runway.. But it seems to me, that at the end of the trip I'll hate flights.. :) I'm going to have 6 flights there and 6 flights back. It'll take more than 2 days of flights in either way.. (i.e. I depart on 20th of November early in the morning, and I'll be in Christchurch only on Nov 22nd in the evening).. Wow..
I hope, I'll have inernet access between the flights - so I could share my feelings/photos here.. my HTC P3600 - Windows mobile phone with roaming, Wi-Fi, Photocamera and GPS module will be with me.
2 comments:
These are great news, indeed! :)
I'm really happy you've made the decision to fly. A job here is merely a job, while this experience can turn your vision upside down - in a good sense, i hope :)
Good luck, and bring us back the photos :)
Heh, ten years ago I had Bishkek - Tashkent - Moscow - Amsterdam - San-Paolo - Buenos-Aires - Mar-del-Plata journey and fourteen days later the same way back excluding San-Paolo and Tashkent. Looks like the same number of risings and landings :)
Anyway, Bruce Schneier ensures airflight is safer than road traveling, which is safer than usual ratix's road-flight :)
You'll stay for some time in Dubai and Auckland airports, right? Don't forget to take some camera shots there.
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