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The one and only time I flew to Oz, we spent a few days in Hong Kong. I grew up watching shed loads of Hong Kong cinema, so it was epic!
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Nice. My partner worked with a woman from Sri Lanka so that trip was pretty cool. The overnighters/weekenders aren't enough time to get involved but they are a nice break from the dread of the long haul and a nice little surface scratch for local food/drink and the odd bit of sightseeing.
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That used to be a nice stopover location ... not so sure the city has quite the same vibe now.
That said, Doha or Dubai is the shortest route to OZ. Massively so. So if you're planning direct, that;s the way to do it. I did go via Singapore before but that meant an 8 hour layover in the airport plus an increase of in-air flight duration by 4 hours or so
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I fucking hate flying to/from Oz.
I'm a DVT risk, so nowadays we stop somewhere. Last trip we used the pod hotels in Doha airport but other times it's been a couple of nights in Bangkok or KL. The best one was a week in Sri Lanka on the way over.