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Information:
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Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
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Daylife.com - news
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Good causes:
Sister
Joan - Bangkok
Regional Info:
BKK Magazine
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In
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TimeOut Dubai
Travel:
Circle of Asia
Tales of Asia
Smart Travel Asia
Finance:
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Aviation:
Amadeus (airline
schedules)
Airliners
- aviation forum
Thailand Info
thailand.com
learningthai.com
sawadee.com
bangkok a-z
Back in the UK:
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Government:
The
"new" White House
Photography
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Tai's Travels - Year 4
This
page records the fourth year of Tai's travels with Emirates Airline, starting
from 1 December 2009, starting with a month of standby flying in December 2009.
The most recent flight is shown first. The map
is of countries visited on a layover or a turnaround flight. Note year 3 is
already up to 75 trips in the ten months to the end of September.
Links
Tai's Travels
Year One - 69 trips
Tai's Travels Year Two - 69
trips
Tai's travels Year Three
- 87 trips
Tai's Blog
- adventures of an EK jet-setter. Many more pictures.
Emirates Airline - the company's web site
Dubai Airport - the airport's own web
site - good arrival/departure information
Tai's Travels - the picture gallery. Pictures
from her travels with Emirates are here:
Africa
Europe
Asia and Australia
Americas
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Tai's well known passengers |
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Tim
Clark
Gordon
Ramsay - F word chef and TV person
Bob
Geldof - Boomtown Rat - and hunger campaigner.
create your own visited country map
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Flight |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
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Leave from 15-30 September |
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291 |
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Hong Kong |
12-14 September 2010 |
380/381 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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290 |
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Dhahran (Dhamman) |
5 September 2010 |
821/822 |
Turnaround |
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289 |
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Bahrain |
3 September 2010 |
837/838 |
Turnaround |
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288 |
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Colombo |
31 August - 1 September 2010 |
650/651 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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287 |
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Male and Colombo |
27-28 August 2010 |
654/653 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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286 |
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Tripoli |
23-24 August 2010 |
745/746 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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285 |
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Khartoum |
21 August 2010 |
733/734 |
Turnaround |
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284 |
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New York |
17-19 August 2010 |
203/204 |
3 nights away, 1 night layover |
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283 |
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Perth |
11-13 August 2010 |
420/421 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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282 |
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New York |
5-7 August 2010 |
201/202 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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281 |
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London Heathrow |
1-2 August 2010 |
007/008 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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280 |
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Kuwait |
26 July 2010 |
859/860 |
Turnaround |
Called out from Airport Standby |
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279 |
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Guangzhou |
23-25 July 2010 |
362/363 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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Leave from 16-21 July BKK/Hua Hin |
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278 |
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Cape Town |
13-15 July 2010 |
770/771 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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277 |
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Khartoum |
11 July 2010 |
733/434 |
Turnaround |
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276 |
86 |
Houston |
6-9 July 2010 |
211/212 |
3 nights away, 2 night layover |
No pictures - rain ! |
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275 |
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Delhi |
3 July 2010 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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274 |
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Paris CDG |
28-29 June 2010 |
75/76 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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273 |
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Delhi |
26-27 June 2010 |
512/513 |
Overnight turnaround |
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272 |
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New York - JFK |
22-24 June 2010 |
201/202 |
3 days away; 1 night layover |
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271 |
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Bombay |
15-16 June 2010 |
500/501 |
Overnight turnaround |
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270 |
85 |
Amsterdam |
12-13 June 2010 |
145/146 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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269 |
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Bombay |
10 June 2010 |
506/507 |
Turnaround |
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268 |
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Larnaca/Malta |
7 - 8 June 2010 |
107/108 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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267 |
84 |
Seychelles |
5 June 2010 |
707/708 |
I night away - 12 hour layover |
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266 |
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Johannesburg |
31 May-2 June 2010 |
763/764 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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265 |
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Cairo |
25 May 2010 |
923/924 |
Turnaround |
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264 |
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Mumbai |
23 May 2010 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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263 |
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Beirut |
21 May 2010 |
953/954 |
Turnaround |
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262 |
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Moscow |
18-20 May 2010 |
131/132 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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261 |
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Bangkok Sydney Christchurch |
6-13 May 2010 |
418/419 |
6 nights away |
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260 |
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Johannesburg |
1-3 May 2010 |
763/764 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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259 |
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San Francisco |
25-28 April 2010 |
225/226 |
4 days away, 2 night layover |
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258 |
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Beirut |
20 April 2010 |
953/954 |
Turnaround |
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257 |
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Guangzhou |
17-19 April 2010 |
362/363 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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256 |
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Kuala Lumpur |
14-15 April 2010 |
346/347 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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255 |
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Kuwait |
12 April 2010 |
857/858 |
Turnaround |
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254 |
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Colombo (via Male) |
7-8 April 2010 |
654 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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253 |
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Cape Town |
4-6April 2010 |
770/771 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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252 |
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Hyderabad (1st 1st class!) |
2-3 April 2010 |
526/527 |
Overnight turnaround |
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251 |
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Tunis |
28-29 March 2010 |
747/748 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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250 |
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Mumbai |
25 March 2010 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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249 |
83 |
Chennai |
23 March 2010 |
546/547 |
Turnaround |
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248 |
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Beirut |
21 March 2010 |
953/954 |
Turnaround |
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247 |
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Athens |
19 March 2010 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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First Class Upgrade Training |
14-18 March 2010 |
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Delayed from 2009 |
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246 |
82 |
Durban |
9-10 March 2010 |
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2 days away, 1 night layover |
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245 |
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Amman |
7 March 2010 |
901/902 |
Turnaround |
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244 |
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Frankfurt |
3-4 March 2010 |
47/48 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
No pictures - too busy studying |
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Vacation |
21-26 February |
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243 |
Birmingham |
18 - 19 February 2010 |
37/38 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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242 |
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Damascus |
17 February 2010 |
911/912 |
Turnaround |
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241 |
81 |
Lagos |
14-16 February 2010 |
783/784 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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240 |
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Sydney |
9-11 February 2010 |
414/415 |
3 nights away, 1 night layover |
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239 |
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Singapore and Melbourne |
31 January - 5 February 2010 |
404/405 |
5 nights away, 3 nights layover |
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238 |
80 |
Kuala Lumpur |
26 - 27 January 2010 |
346/347 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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237 |
79 |
Mauritius |
21 - 23 January 2010 |
701/702 |
3 nights away, one night layover by the beach! Envy! |
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236 |
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Munich |
17-18 January 2010 |
49/50 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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235 |
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Birmingham |
12 - 13 January 2010 |
37/38 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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234 |
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Mumbai |
11 January 2010 |
506/707 |
Turnaround from standby |
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233 |
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Bangalore |
9 January 2010 |
564/565 |
Overnight turnaround |
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232 |
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Moscow |
3 January - 4 January 2010 |
133/134 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
Changed roster |
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231 |
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Beijing |
31 December 2009 - 2 January 2010 |
306/307 |
3 nights away, one night layover - from standby |
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230 |
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Thiruvananthapuram |
25 December 2009 |
520/521 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
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229 |
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Frankfurt |
22-23 December 2009 |
45/46 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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228 |
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London Heathrow |
15-17 December 2009 |
005/006 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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227 |
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Beijing |
12-14 December 2009 |
306/307 |
3 nights away, one night layover |
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226 |
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Male |
7 December 2009 |
658/659 |
Turnaround |
Called out from standby |
Emirates has 97 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. Destinations in red have not yet been visited.
49 visited in year 1 in Blue.
14 visited in year 2 in Green.
14 cities visited in year 3 in
Orange
8 cities visited in year 4 in
Purple
15 still to visit in
Red
100 in total by end 2010 (excluding Dubai)
Indian Subcontinent [17 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.
Asia and Australasia [19 destinations]: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Europe [25 destinations]: Amsterdam, Athens, Birmingham, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Istanbul, Larnaca, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Madrid, Malta, Manchester, Milan, Madrid, Moscow, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Paris, Prague, Rome, Vienna, Zurich and Venice.
GCC/Middle East [12 destinations]: Amman, Baghdad, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Dhahran (Damman), Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Riyadh, Sana’a and Tehran.
Africa [18 destinations]: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Dakar, Durban, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Mauritius, Nairobi, Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis and Luanda (Laounde).
Americas [6 destinations]: Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo, San Francisco and Toronto.
Medina excluded as the route is seasonal from July to September.