Splendour of Yellow Stone National Park

Yellow Stone National Park and Grand Teton Park are amazing natural wonders.Kudos to the US govt to have mandated protection.The water,the craters,geysers are amazing.
It is a pity that many americans are not aware of this wonder.The flights are expensive.
I would suggest using GotoBus.com for economical packages(caution:be prepared for mandarin and english commentary)I strongly suggest visiting Yellow Stone at least once in your lifetime.

Singapore Airlines and South West Airlines,Tokyo Airport

The SQ 12 A 380 service to LAX is very good,seats are wider and good options like in flight usb/power adaptors etc.But the IFE seems to have lesser viewing choices with the advent of e reading.There were lesser movie options than before which seemed a shame.
They have a nice option under travel which allows travellers to know more about the flying process,it covers flight preparation,in flight ,turbulence,routes,take off etc.
The service seems to have gone down a wee bit,they mis pasted the Special meal request,and on pointing out was not corrected.
Tokyo Aiport transit area needs to catch up with other Asian airports-it looks old and passe when considering the options now provided by Singapore,KL,HK etc
Prices seem to be high.
The queues at LA airport seem never endless and chaos for customs aggravate it.
Southwest maintain a pretty tight outfit and run things efficiently-but they do not have seat allocations unless pre booked.The in Flight service is very good with free baggage.

Quirky Jakarta and others

Had a quick dash to Jakarta last week.While Jakarta has made some nice progress,some things don't seem to change!The large opulent buildings,the traffic,large cars etc.The economy seems to be doing well.
Also noticed that budget airlines flying to and fro Jakarta seem to provide a very light snack-while Jetstar provides free water,AirAsia doesn't.
The Visa on arrival fees have been raised to USD25/-while you are supposed to pay the fees in USD,you get the change in IDR,the guy at the counter just pcoketed 500 rupiah,and when asked he looked as if what's the big deal,of course in value it may not be much,but why pay him when other can be paid?Just imagine if he keeps 500 Rupiah daily of all 1000 passengers who come in?
Jakarta has also introduced a good rule-certain roads need a minimum of 3 car passengers,they fine cars which have lesser number of passengers,but the people have got around it-there are these small boys/women,guys who wait and for 10000 Rupiah are taken to the end of the road to get around this issue.
Wish the bring the same level of ingenuity and innovation to other areas.

Singapore Airlines Website

The new website at www.singaporeair.com has been giving problems to users and had an issue with booking as well.The problem was resolved by calling the membership services who were efficient in resolving the problem.Having been used to the old site,the new one will take some time getting used to.Hope they resolve the issues soon.
Wonder why SQ flights are more than 50% expensive than other similar ones?

Qantas and Perth Airport

Flew Qantas to Perth after a long time and was impressed by their in flight services and quality of meals both ways.They can still improve their service like providing newspapers when asked for especially when it was there at the entrance.
People complain about Indian airports but some of the Australian airports are not too better as well.They lack lounge privileges and dining options are expensive and limited.

Dalian batch Interaction

Remote Interaction with Dalian Class on 04th May