Flights to Singapore

So, here is the brief outline of my flights to Singapore.
Firstly, here is the itinerary:
Calgary --> London, Heathrow
London --> Dubai
Dubai --> Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka --> Singapore

So, to follow up on the Air Canada post, no they would not let me use my upgrade and no they would not offer me an upgrade (nor would anybody else at any point of my journey). Too bad, but I didn't really think it would work out.

In addition to the seat upgrade my dad also gave me a pass for the Air Canada lounge. I got to the Calgary airport nice and early (around 4:15 for my 8pm flight) so, I figured that once I was through security I would be able to hang out in the lounge for a bit. However, I was in terminal B - which has no lounge. So I stuck it out for a while and read my book.

Once on the flight I offered to change seats with a lady that was looking to sit with her friends whom were seated behind me. I ended up sitting with a Norman, a British fellow who has houses in London and Calgary. We chattered for a while and I found him to be quite interesting. Most notably he rally races Porches in Europe and had spent 4 years in Singapore openining an office of a manufacturing firm he works for.

The flight was pretty good and nothing too exciting. Coming into Heathrow we were put in que and it was interesting to see the other planes flying in a circle above and below us. I've never seen another plane that close before. Kind of interesting.

Once in Heathrow I had to dash for my connecting flight. I sat in the huge security line-up and made it out just in time to board my flight, which sat on the ground for a while.

The Air Emirates plane I just got on was nicer than the Air Canada plane and included the personal screens in the back of the headrest. All in alll, this flight too was pretty good and nothign too exciting. Air Emirates has good airplane food.

Getting into the Dubai airport was like entering a whole other world. As it is called, Dubai is the city of contrasts. It was amazing to see the traditional Arab clothing, the mosque in the airport and the Irish pub. Yep, a good old Irish pub in the middle of this opulent gorgeous airport. The airport itself was extremely intereseitng with a whole concourse for duty free shopping where you could buy everything from books, to cameras, to computers, and even a Jaguar.

When I can, I will attach a picture of the airport, which looks more like a Las Vegas casino.

The flight to Sri Lanka was also good on the best plane so far. We stopped there, but did not de-plane.

Finally, after x number of hours of flying (arriving a total of 35 hours after I began my journey (I think)) I finally arrived in Singapore. I got my temporary pass and came into the airport.

The taxi ride to NTU was amazing. I got to see a lot of the city and really appreciate how different everything is. From people riding in the backs of trucks to driving on the left hand side of the road. Everything was very different.

Anyhow, that's it for the journey. My next post will be shorter.