TANKS Travel Tales - a travelogue.......

After close to more than two and a half years of hiatus of air travel, I finally got to return to the airport to take my first flight in May 2022. Even though it was a short regional flight from Singapore to Cambodia's Siem Reap, finding myself back at the airport to take a flight had been a wonderful experience. Sure, there were things that were not the same as back then in November 2019 when I last took a flight. But there were also things that were still the same.  Let's start with things that were no longer similar. Firstly were the additional travel documentation to prepare before one is allowed to get one's boarding pass issued at the airport. These additional documentations include vaccinations records, permissions to travel (for some destinations), travel insurance (again, only required by certain destination countries and regions) and so on. For those who are usually well-prepared when it comes to dealing with paperwork, these requirements shouldn't present too

The photo of this Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777-300ER with Star Alliance Livery was taken in June 2019. The plane was scheduled to service the route from Los Angeles to Singapore via a transit stop-over at Japan's Narita International Airport at the time this photo was taken, showing it at one of the boarding gates of the Los Angeles International Airport. I am particularly attracted to planes with special liveries painted on them because they were definitely not common. The special liveries were  also usually interesting, artistic or simply awesome. More often than not, these planes only carried the special livery for a period of time before reverting back to the standard livery of the airlines. Thus, seeing a plane with special livery can be an exciting experience akin to a bird watcher spotting a rare bird species. :-) Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777-300ER with Star Alliance Livery, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, United States

While on transit at Frankfurt International Airport in February 2017, I spent the relatively long layover time between my flights admiring the planes parked on the tarmac and the gates. This is a picture of a handsome A340-300 plane at the gate. The photo was taken from the McDonald's restaurant (B Concourse) with my trusty phone camera while I was enjoying my breakfast on a cold morning on 19 February 2017. On business trips, I seldom bring along my DSLR  camera as I prefer to travel light for work.  This particular Lufthansa plane bears the registration D-AIGN and is an Airbus A340-313 decorated with the Star Alliance livery. Lufthansa Airbus A340-313 at Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (2017) Zoom-out view of the Lufthansa Airbus A340-313 at Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (2017)