An off away we go...

It has been close to a month since my last blog update and I do admit, I had WIFI access but blogging on an iPad is nearly close to impossible! Furthermore, it was pretty much go-go-go all the way so the last thing on my mind was blogging. Alas - reality hits and am back to the reality. 2nd day back to work and it is as if I have never left on a near 5 week break. Where did I go? Well, it was an awesome trip that took me across 3 continents and 6 countries. Destination 1 - Vancouver via LA.

The actual destination itself was Whistler, BC. Reason - snow activities i.e snowboarding. Problem was, as we landed in YVR - we heard our names paged on the intercom and was informed that even though we made it on flight, our baggage didn't! It was stopped in LAX by the TSA for random checks and was coming on a later flight which arrives at 5pm. It was 130pm. Thing was, as we were heading to Whistler - the next trip up to Whistler was at midnight - and with no spare warmer clothes, we were sooo screwed. But persevered we did and arrived at Whistler at 5 pm (caught the 230 bus up) and after a quick bite, waited for our bags and our adventures began.

We snagged ourselves some upgrades which meant we ditched cattle class and went slightly up-market to Premium Economy. It was simply a blast flying on Premium Economy with Qantas (this is not a paid post btw); you sit on the UPPER DECK of the A380 - *score*. The cherry on top of the cake was that we had the exit row seats which meant - plenty of leg room and the ease of roaming around without interrupting anyone :)

I could get used to this - and the flight starts with free beer/bubbly! We even got mistaken as newlyweds :))

View of LA as we head into LAX before rushing to catch the next leg to Vancouver (YVR)

People on the upper deck get away with heaps! We took the opportunity to walk down to Economy ~ I've always wanted to walk up onto the upper decks but on these A380's - the airports actually have their walkways set so that it brings you directly upstairs...

Flight path - nearly there - well, somewhat - 14 hr flight - and at this point we had 6 hrs 50 mins left. There is only as much movies and reading one can do before you start getting bored.

On our Air Alaska flight to YVR. Isnt that such a gorgeous view from above?

And fast forwarding to Day 1 - taking 1 of the gondola's up Whistler :)