Nedlands

When I booked my flights to Australia with a five hour layover in Perth, I contacted Aunty Alice to ask if we could meet for coffee. We met for coffee, but we also underestimated the traffic going back to the airport. I ended up missing my flight... a first for me!

At Perth Airport, I managed to sweet talk the agent into rebooking me onto the next morning's flight to ADL without charge. It turned out that he was an ex-Singaporean and a former Singapore Airlines staff, and all I needed to do was tell him that I was switching my loyalty from Star Alliance to OneWorld.

I stayed with Aunty Alice at her apartment and had dinner with her boyfriend Kevin, whom I was meeting for the first time. The next morning, Kevin drove me to PER.Read more