{"id":368,"date":"2018-03-09T17:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2018-03-09T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:25:20","slug":"en-route-to-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"En-Route to Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I flew Qatar airlines to Doha and thence to Singapore.\u00a0 As a cyclist from South Africa I highly recommend them.\u00a0 In and out of Africa you get 45kgs luggage allowance in Economy Class and your bike is included in this allowance.\u00a0 The planes are new, there is legroom, the food is good and the cabin crew are very friendly.\u00a0 Having said that, let me tell you my story.<\/p>\n<p>On the flight to Singapore one of the cabin crew, a lovely lady from Burma\/Myanmar called Ki Kie asked why I am visiting\u00a0 Singapore.\u00a0 I told my story and gave her one of my cards so she could follow my blog if she was interested.\u00a0 Some time later Ki Kie appeared at my seat and said, &#8220;Please follow me&#8221;.\u00a0 She led me to the galley where the team were assembled and this is what occurred &#8211; and it was delicious!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_366\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366\" data-attachment-id=\"366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?attachment_id=366\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?fit=2976%2C3968&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2976,3968\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Best Wishes from the Cabin Crew\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ki kie and the cabin crew of Qatar Airlines made this to wish me well on my journey&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A lovely surprise. How incredibly thoughtful of Ki Kie and the team&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?fit=678%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"Best wishes from Qatar Airlines\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?w=1356&amp;ssl=1 1356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083540.jpg?w=2034&amp;ssl=1 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lovely surprise. How incredibly thoughtful of Ki Kie and the team<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_367\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367\" data-attachment-id=\"367\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?attachment_id=367\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?fit=2976%2C3968&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2976,3968\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"My new friend, Ki Kie and Me\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ki Kie and the cabin crew gave me such a lovely surprise. Such kindness and spontaneity makes everlasting memories &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ki Kie and Me &amp;#8211; thanks to the entire team. This was just delightful&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?fit=678%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"Best wishes from Qatar Airlines for my adventure\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?w=1356&amp;ssl=1 1356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180309_083612.jpg?w=2034&amp;ssl=1 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ki Kie and Me &#8211; thanks to the entire team. This was just delightful<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I flew Qatar airlines to Doha and thence to Singapore.\u00a0 As a cyclist from South Africa I highly recommend them.\u00a0 In and out of Africa you get 45kgs luggage allowance <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?p=368\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"En-Route to Singapore","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places","category-roads-n-routes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgdVGU-5W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}