From BrisVegas to Bangkok

We got to Brisbane international airport with a couple of hours to kill. At first we thought we could fill in the time with a bite to eat. But at midday most of the food outlets had already closed. WTF! So we had to resort to stale sandwiches from the newsagent.

It wasn’t long before we heard an announcement blaring through the airport advising all passengers on Jetstar flight JQ65 that boarding was about to commence. It was the first false start to the trip. A nano second later a real person informed us that the previous announcement was automated and that in actual fact our plane had arrived late and as such our boarding was delayed. What an excuse to get a coffee and a milkshake before boarding the budget Jetstar flight.

We had a meal included but we had no idea how budget the meal was going to be. If their domestic service is anything to go by we could expect banana bread and cheese and crackers. It was a little more substantial than that, slightly. That was if we didn’t starve before they got to us.

The hosties started in the row over from us, they served the guy sitting next to me, skipped us and then they went to the other end of our row before running out of supplies and aborting their mission, only to return to serve the other row again. “Excuse me, you’ve missed us!”. The wait wasn’t really worth it: beef lasagne, cheese and crackers and a drink. It filled the hole for a moment. Luckily, I also stocked up on extra supplies for the flight.Read more