Qatar airlines do not necessarily serve food at a defined time. Passengers can decide when they want to eat and what kind of meal they want. Excellent. But is it lunch or dinner? Do they have 2 meals? Or 2 snacks? Or one of each? Diva eventually decided on tea and biscuits to start, an excellent afternoon tea later and, on the Doha-Singapore leg, a continental breakfast. TSH had meze, a chicken dinner, fruit and, on the second leg, an omelette and chicken sausage.
Diva liked doing the 14 hour flight as 2 lots of 7 hours but TSH thought that the break in Dohar was hard work - miles to walk, more security checks and a crowded lounge. Even though it was the biggest business lounge either of them had ever seen. With its own indoor lake!
The accommodation on the flight was the most comfortable they have ever experienced (including when travelling first class) and the Qatar airlines service was of exceptionally high standard. The games supplied included 2048 and Diva was delighted to score a rare 2048 after being awake well past her normal bedtime. She went on to try for 4096 but didn't quite make it.
On arrival in Singapore, the baggage came off quickly, the taxi driver was waiting and the hotel room welcoming. Plane to hotel in less than an hour.
A total contrast with the gremlins who have taken over the house. In about 10 days, they had trouble with wifi, trouble with the BBC signal, an iron falling noisily off its wall-mounted stand and a carbon monoxide emergency. The latter turned out to be a false alarm, but involved having the gas switched off for about 18 hours. No heat and no hot water. But they were supplied with a new alarm and 2 brand new non-returnable fan heaters.
