SQ246 BNE-SIN diversion to PER (8 July 2025)

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Just reported in the press this afternoon, SQ246 from Brisbane to Singapore was diverted to Perth airport today (8 July) because of a technical issue....

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From Sorrento, we made a day trip to Capri...

To be continued!

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Later that afternoon, I retraced the same route, but this time at running pace.

Down the steps...



...to the Marina...

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Eventually we reached the town centre...



Unlike many of the towns on the Amalfi Coast, Sorrento was quite flat...
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From the hotel high up on the cliff face, it was possible to walk down a long flight of stairs to beach level, and then onward to Sorrento town centre......

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Earlier in the day, we had done some exploring of the hotel...



There was a beautiful pool...



...set...

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There was a bottle of Prosecco in our room, a gift from the Belair, to celebrate our anniversary...



We opened it that evening...

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The bathroom...



...large shower stall...



Toiletries by Ortigia...



Plush...

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Eventually we tore ourselves from our seats and left the view to head to our room a couple of levels below the lobby. The lobby was the top floor -- all...

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We finally arrived at Sorrento Bus station, where we caught one of the local taxis to our hotel, the Belair.



What a fantastic...

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Dominating the landscape was Mount Vesuvius...



This was still an active volcano, and was, and is, considered one of the most...

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The next day, we left Rome for Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.

We had originally planned to take the train from Rome to Naples, then head...

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A glance at the dessert menu...



The donut with lemon curd was all we could manage, but it was a wonderful way to end the meal....

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For the pasta course, we shared the Maccheroni coated in amatriciana sauce, with tomato, guanciale and pecorino...



This came...

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For our second courses, we asked for recommendations for 2 different reds...



We were both slightly clueless about Italian wines,...

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The tasting menus looked so tempting, but we were not sure we could handle so much food, so we decided to share some of a la carte selections...
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The wine list was a massive tome...



...with a nice selection of wines by the glass, at very reasonable prices by Singapore...

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Lunch on our final day in Rome was at La Ciambella, located a short walk from the Pantheon.



This was a fairly new restaurant...

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The weather in Rome was perfect when we were there, normally in the low 20's or high teens. This was perfect running weather. I carved out time for an...

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Our favourite bar in Rome was the Gerry Thomas Bar Room, an offshoot of the legendary Gerry Thomas Speakeasy.

The Gerry Thomas Bar Room was...