Champagne and Clouds - Sydney to Ho Chi Min City🥂

A farewell from the team and it was time for our 2026 adventure to begin!

It was a wet, miserable morning in Sydney, but we had a secret weapon: the business lounge.

Recharged by the business lounge breakfast, we boarded our Vietnam Airlines flight for stage one of our trip to Carcassonne. I was a bit nervous remembering my last trip home from Vietnam. The remedy? A couple of glasses of champagne and a fully flat bed.

An eight-hour flight later, we touched down in a warm and humid Ho Chi Min City. Instead of braving the weather, we spent our four-hour layover treating the business lounge like a luxury pit stop - showering, grazing, and snagging some last-minute gifts.

Then, it was time for the final 11-hour stretch. Our itinerary for the rest of the flight? Eat, sleep, repeat. And honestly? It was a pretty good way to spend the day!