@@ddixalot Alina has dealt with travel costs for years. I haven't at all. One trip finished it for me. But that blocks me from perspective for what "value" is for the digital nomad. The only "value" for me was a better exchange rate in ATMs in foreign countries. I can't really recall paying for ordinary things abroad.
I am Vietnamese. I have been watching your videos a lot. I'm very happy that you chose to travel to Vietnam for the second time. Wishing you and your dad a happy trip.
You made me remember when I visited my daughter in Japan in 2018, she lives there and I visited 3 weeks. She took care of me( her 72 year old Dad) just like I notice you looked after your Dad. We never forget things like this you know.
Thank you for visiting Vietnam. I live in Waterloo, Ontario, but was born in Vietnam, north of Hanoi. I haven't been back since left my birth place 40+ years ago so I am grateful that you are sharing your travel experience here.
Your dad can be a real hoot!!! “No, I’ve never been to a lounge. I’m just an old farm boy!” 😆. “This Alina girls knows all the ins and outs.” 😃 of course!!!! Love you guys! Hope your trip is nicely memorable! Take good care! DJ in Texas.
It's always so wholesome to see you travelling around with your dad, whether it's all across Canada or to foreign countries together. Glad to see you arrived safely in Vietnam, here's to an exciting stay for the two of you! :)
I like alina’s awkward embarrassment when she speaks to her father, things that are normal to her and a strange new experience to Gordon like airport lounges, there’s always a nervous chuckling from Alina, touring with an old farmer across Asia is a fun experience,two different worlds in a different world from Canada, they get along well, looking forward to Asia tour 2 the sequel! Much love ✌️❤️🇬🇧
It’s great to see you traveling again. When I was in the Army I flew from New Jersey to Vietnam. I don’t remember how long the flight was, but it was brutal! I’m about your father’s age, so I have to give him a tip of the cap, undertaking such a long journey flight.
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i am asian and i wouldnt go to vietnam. those people drive like ants. no one stops everyone honking and cutting each other off. and vietnamese dude got temper that always trying fight someone. vietnamese women are loud and sound like Skeletor is yeling at you. vietnamd and china two country i wont visit.
I just flew back from Ho Chi Minh city to London. Luckily a direct flight, however it was over 13 hours. I find aisle seats the best, you can get up without bothering other passengers and you can occasionally stretch your legs out in to the aisle from time to time. Luckily my flight was a night time flight too, so I managed to sleep the best part of 7 hours out of 13. Agree though long haul flights like that are never easy especially in economy.
I’m Viet-American and seeing you and your dad traveling to vietnam is a great feeling because it shows that people around the world are intrigued by the Vietnamese people and culture. Hope you and your dad have a memorable experience with your time in Vietnam.
Wow! What a long journey to Vietnam. Hats off to both you and your dad for toughing it out. And congrats for escaping Canadian winters. I’m thinking of escaping to the Maldives, but the 26 hour flight is really discouraging me. Have a wonderful trip Alina. Ps . Your father is the most adorable person. I work in Saskatchewan, and I love the people of Saskatchewan, especially the farmers. But it’s especially touching for me to see father and daughter travelling together. I would do anything to travel with my dad who has unfortunately passed away many years ago. I hope you both cherish these moments together.❤
Your dad is a trooper and so are you so happy to see you spend time with him. Have a wonderful experience in Vietnam. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I miss my father every day so great to see you with him. Cheers.👌💕
As fellow traveling Canadians, we just finished a flight from Vancouver to Johannesburg South Africa via Bangkok. To be fair we took a four day break in Bangkok between those flights, but that was the longest distance we’ve flown. The Vancouver Bangkok leg was 18 hours and the Bangkok to Johannesburg leg was about 18 hours, including a eight hour layover in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
@@Nordlys1966 Air Canada began seasonal nonstop flights from Vancouver to Bangkok in December 2022. I wish there were nonstop flights from the US to Thailand.
This video is interesting. Now, I'm curious about two generations interacting about tourism. And I'm also practicing my English, because the sound of the video and the spoken fluency is very clear and audible.
Hi Alina! Welcome back to Vietnam! I'm looking forward to some new travel adventures with you and your dad! Enjoy the winter warmth of SE Asia, hoping that our North American winter is not super cold. The coldest winters of my life were spent in Saskatoon.
My last trip was over 36 hours with two connections and waiting a couple of hours for the plane to actually pull up to terminal because of the weather. Several years ago I flew to Odesa, Ukraine and had booked a room with no windows at Hotel Mozart. It was wonderful for dealing with jet lag after an 8 hour time zone change.
Wow welcome back to Hanoi Alina, I'm excited for you, been there in 2019 planning for another trip in Saigon myself. Your dad is still in great shape enduring 30 hrs flight, hats off to him. 👍
Glad to see your dad could join you! When you age, there’s no reason to sit around and wait to die when you can go out and enjoy life and your dad is also escaping the brutal Canadian winter. You guys couldn’t have picked a better time to travel to Hanoi and the cost of living in Asia is lower than its in Canada and many people have given up immigrating to the West or are returning home because its very tough to live comfortably in Canada. Nice hotel with the daily breakfast perk and you could unwind after that long flight and extended layover in Tokyo. Thanks for the video and looking forward to more during your stay abroad. Take care and stay blessed! 😊
Thanks for the video Ms. Mcleod, I really enjoyed it and glad you and your father made it. Longest flight for me was 12 hours from China to Toronto, it really sucked cause every time I got up to stretch my legs the flight host told me to sit down. And it was freezing in the plane. Thanks again and I look forward to your work.
14 hours is quite unimaginable for me since I’ve never flown overseas. My longest flight is only 6 hours but even that seemed like a long time! Flights longer than 2-3 hours feel like an eternity, imo.
15 hours from YVR to AUS on a 787 - tbh it was torture, but worth it in the end. So nice to see you and your Dad traveling together again! You two are delightful❤
Your dad is such a sport and so nice to see the two of you travelling together and him having a great time together. I miss my dad and it is so nice to see this. God bless you both 🎉
I live in NZ now and my family is still in Alberta, so every time I want to visit it's at least a 13 to 14 hour flight (to Vancouver).But my longest flight was from New Zealand to Spain which was 24 hours in the air, stopping in Doha. Have fun in asia!
Hope all your travels go well Alina. Yes, the airlines are squeezing the seats closer together to fit in more passengers. Recently we flew the red eye from Vancouver to Halifax non-stop on our return from the Yukon. Very uncomfortable. My longest flight was 14 1/2 hours to Sydney, Australia from San Francisco in 2012 which went well. But I am getting older and don't enjoy that kind of travel as much. Your Dad is a great sport to be on these adventures.
super cool you brought your dad into the lounge, we have the same cards too and always so happy to see their reaction when we bring a one timer into lounges
Very nice to see MATURE/RESPONSIBLE content from Alina Mcleod and her dad who I am deeply in love with! I am deeply in love with maturity, rational mindedness, calmness, cultural sensitivity/etiquette, high intelligence/knowledge!!
I love your dad! (and you too Alina). He is great! And so practical and true! Nothing is ever free...someone pays for it at some point! Keep up the great channel! The longest flight for me was from T.O. to Scotland. About 7-8 hours. That was long enough for me confined in a tube full of people!
Just came back from flying "around the world" trip. YYZ to ADD for 13 hrs and layover for 16 hrs before the flight to HKG for 10 hrs. Inbound from HKG to TPE for 2 hours and 14 hrs from TPE back to YYZ. Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Longest flight I did was Montreal to Aman, Jordan, about 11 hours. We switch plane and did 7 hours to Calcutta, then we did 3 hours to Bangkok. I thought it was not so bad. 5 years ago, we did 14 hours from Montreal to Shanghai, that was not so bad. The worst flight was flying back from Beijing, a 9 hour flight to Vancouver and then 5 hours to Montreal. I5 was so hot in the plane coming back to Vancouver, I had to get up and stretch my legs a dozen times. I now try to go to places that offer a direct flight of less than 6 hours.
I don't know what it is but there's something comforting to me to see you back traveling around in SE Asia. Looking forward to catching some of the vids and following along with you and your dad.
You may as well take a cruise that starts in The Couver, goes up the coast to Alaska, across the Aleutians, down to Kamchatka/Petropavlovsk, stopping in Japan. Then another cruise from Japan to Nam. You arent in a hurry so may as well be relax and enjoy the trip on a boat.
@@AlinaMcleod visit Da Dat city or Dak Lak province if you have time. If you love coffee, it 'll be the best destination for you. There are so many coffee shops with incredibly low prices, especially local coffee shops.
Enjoy your journey. Get there safe and sound. Wishing you a safe journey and a relaxing holiday when you arrive. May your journey be free from stress and bring you home safely.
It's so wonderful you are taking your father with you on your trip! My father and I are close as well and so I would love to do that with him, however, he wouldn't dare travel internationally nowadays with the craziness this world has to offer. But I WILL do it someday!
When I fly long haul, I have a rule that if I am awake, I get up and walk around the aircraft at least once an hour. For this reason, I always prefer wide body aircraft with the two aisles, you can use the galleys to cut through and form a quasi walking path. I have only ever done a 14-hour flight from ICN to JFK and fortunately it was in business class on A380. Even there I had a hard time making 14 hours. It felt so good to get off of the plane. I am not sure I could do 14 hours in an economy cabin, unless maybe it was JAL's roomier economy.
My longest flight? Vancouver to Melbourne, almost 17 hours non stop. Loved visiting there, hope to see you tour Australia sometime. Look forward to watching your adventures in Asia, besy wishes to you and your Dad.
If you have plan to go to Thailand I recommend to go to Loy krathong and Lantern festival in Chiangmai it’ll be hold on Nov 27-29, don’t miss because people from all over the world come to this beautiful festival every year
Such a great thing to do being able and willing to take your dad on the long trip. We recently took my dad back to Vietnam as well since we left 40 years ago. Hard to describe that feeling that he had being back for visit. Your had so funny and cute :)
Glad to see you make it to Asia safe and sound. 30 hrs is a long flight. I normally just try to hibernate and hope I would wake up once arrive. Enjoy your adventure...
Alina was my mom's name, I didn't know it can be an english name too. Your videos and relationship with your dad are adorable. Enjoy and God bless you so much 💗 🙏
My longest single flight was 19 hours. Newark to Singapore. On the Singapore Air A350-900 ULR. It was part of 3 flights to get to Bangkok. YYZ->EWR->SIN->BKK. With connections, it was something like 30 hours +/- an hour. Can't remember.
So cool. My mother turns 60 next month and I am bringing her to Asia for 2 weeks as a gift to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. Regarding the flight length I did many 10+ hour ones but one I remember was with Cathai Pacific Chicago- Hong Kong 16 hours.. economy… awful but I survived. Enjoy Vietnam Alina!
I am just back from travelling to Rome from Comox Vancouver Island to Vancouver to Munich to Rome. The plane was late arriving in Munich & I had to rebook arriving 5 hrs late in Rome, missing my pre-paid pick-up ($50 E no refunds) I never slept and was exhausted. Left Comox 6 am arrived 8 pm the following nite. Jet lag did me in & I ended catching a really bad cold.
Good morning Vietnam. Glad to learn that you and 'the big cheese' have safely arrived in Hanoi, albeit wearily. Hanoi ? you pick the most unusual places. In the future when you reminisce about your world travels, I am sure that the trips with your Dad (and Mom) will be the most meaningful and memorable. All the best Ms. Mcleod and Mr. Mcleod. Go do Hanoi.
I am glad to see you make it safe to Asia, take good care of your father. My longest flight was from Amsterdam to Miami, I told you about my Canada plans some weeks ago, if I will take a flight it will be Vancouver directly, it is around 9,5 hours. If I go for are more ambitious plan it will be by ship to Halifax and discover parts of Canada from there. Enjoy your stay and I will see your next vid 🙂
oh wow i'll give Mr Mcleod a big high five for surviving a 14hr flight in the middle seat! 😱I could never do that! One these days I like go to Tokyo but the long haul flights just freak me out.
Chicago to Warsaw was a long flight and anytime you cross the pacific it is a long flight because it seems they have to go way up north and touch the Aleutian Islands and come south again.
Wow that's quite the journey. Awesome to do it with your Dad. Reminds me of my Delhi - Toronto flight this year. Delhi to Vancouver 15hr - Didn't leave Delhi until 4:00am - so we were up all day as we had to be at the airport at 1:00 am. Then a 4 hr layover in Vancouver and finally on to Toronto. Something like 38 hours door to door. Yikes. Luv your channel. Looking forward to the next episode. Tom from Toronto
Hello, hope you and dad are doing ok after that long flight. The longest flight was when we flew with stops and layovers was to Chengdu , China . It was 32 Hr. Surprisingly , we handled it quite well. Have you been to China ? It's a beautiful country. Enjoy your time in Hanoi, Vietnam. We enjoyed our time there. Sending you much love❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Alina you are very pleasant and your dad is awesome. Respect you for talking care of your dad and giving him an opportunity to explore. Enjoy and god bless you both.
Every time venturing out from Australia is a long flight. Have only ever managed to sleep once, when a lot younger, after heaps of travelling. You get used to it and simply have to factor it into your planning. Get wise to how to minimize travel time. Crash at the first hotel booking to recover from the jetlag. Try to find a hotel with sauna if possible as this really freshens me up. 30 hours is a long flight - maybe a bit over that is the longest I have endured. Well done getting $30.00 hotel accommodation for 2 people. That is unheard of these days but not for you apparently. Enjoy SE Asia - your Dad is a real trooper and very entertaining:-) Your new luggage looks like a good, useful, stress reliving investment.
Vietnam has always been high on my list of countries I'd love to visit - I'm looking forward to the series! There's something uniquely awful about Air Canada's 777 seating configuration though, I flew from Frankfurt to Calgary on one last year; it was the most cramped and uncomfortable economy class I've ever flown. Never again 😵💫
Hi Alina Hope you have a great trip Your father looks very well after a very long trip The longest trip i took was form Libya to Vancouver B _C via London In one very log day
I once did Frankfurt to San Francisco via Lisbon within 17 hours and almost slept at immigration. Getting up at 3 in the morning, arriving at 5 in the evening in Millbrae.
Great video Alina! Great to see you with your Dad. Whew that's a long flight. I think the most we have ever done was a 11 hour flight and that was very tiring. Have a great time and looking forward to future videos!
the key to flying to Asia from the Western hemisphere is to catch a night flight... your body tends to be in "sleep" mode and youll be more incline to sleep due to the night hours! not recommend to catch morning, day flight as your eyes, body is not naturally gonna sleep..... after years of traveling to Asia and Japan 5x, i always catch a night flight if available and it makes the flying in economy little better.. you can manage to get few hours or half of your flight time, it makes a big difference.
I am flying back to Canada for Xmas and I got a one-way ticket (always buy one way - always cheaper buying two one ways than a return - it just is) for $650 cad ($475 usd) on Philippine Airlines. Of course that isn't a direct flight but the price is right and Philippine Airlines is a decent airline. I flew to Ho Chi Minh City from Vancouver in September for $455 cad on ANA, the world's best airline - there are ALWAYS bargains if you book a couple months ahead.
Most airlines pad the flight time by about 45 minutes in case they are stuck at the runway at takeoff or landing. The problem with being early or late many times you have to wait for a gate.
What a nice and gracious thing to do, taking your dad with you on a trip to Southeast Asia. You are a fantastic daughter and person.
Thank you very much! :)
I'm wondering if the two of them will do a "face time" sort of thing with the mom back in Canada.
My son swears by the Amex card. I just can’t get past the fee. I thought he said his fee was $800.
@@ddixalot Alina has dealt with travel costs for years. I haven't at all. One trip finished it for me. But that blocks me from perspective for what "value" is for the digital nomad. The only "value" for me was a better exchange rate in ATMs in foreign countries. I can't really recall paying for ordinary things abroad.
@jweek12 hello
I am Vietnamese. I have been watching your videos a lot. I'm very happy that you chose to travel to Vietnam for the second time. Wishing you and your dad a happy trip.
You made me remember when I visited my daughter in Japan in 2018, she lives there and I visited 3 weeks. She took care of me( her 72 year old Dad) just like I notice you looked after your Dad. We never forget things like this you know.
Thank you for visiting Vietnam. I live in Waterloo, Ontario, but was born in Vietnam, north of Hanoi. I haven't been back since left my birth place 40+ years ago so I am grateful that you are sharing your travel experience here.
My pleasure! Hope you get to visit again sometime!
Alina ! So glad you are back on international adventures ! Specially with your dad I love him so much ! He is adorable 😍
Your dad can be a real hoot!!! “No, I’ve never been to a lounge. I’m just an old farm boy!” 😆. “This Alina girls knows all the ins and outs.” 😃 of course!!!! Love you guys! Hope your trip is nicely memorable! Take good care! DJ in Texas.
He is a comic. Always wondering what his comeback will be.
Gotta add this: I would have been so glad to have a dad who could crack a joke, especially a humble one. Mr. Mcleod gets a gold star from me.
It's always so wholesome to see you travelling around with your dad, whether it's all across Canada or to foreign countries together. Glad to see you arrived safely in Vietnam, here's to an exciting stay for the two of you! :)
I like alina’s awkward embarrassment when she speaks to her father, things that are normal to her and a strange new experience to Gordon like airport lounges, there’s always a nervous chuckling from Alina, touring with an old farmer across Asia is a fun experience,two different worlds in a different world from Canada, they get along well, looking forward to Asia tour 2 the sequel! Much love ✌️❤️🇬🇧
Your dad is a real trooper! Treasure your time together! I lost my dad earlier this year and I wish I could have taken him to Sicily.
that's cool you get to travel with your dad, I wish my mother was in better health for me to do the same thing
It’s great to see you traveling again.
When I was in the Army I flew from New Jersey to Vietnam. I don’t remember how long the flight was, but it was brutal!
I’m about your father’s age, so I have to give him a tip of the cap, undertaking such a long journey flight.
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Welcome back to Vietnam! I wish that you and your dad will have a good time there
i am asian and i wouldnt go to vietnam. those people drive like ants. no one stops everyone honking and cutting each other off. and vietnamese dude got temper that always trying fight someone. vietnamese women are loud and sound like Skeletor is yeling at you. vietnamd and china two country i wont visit.
Alina is a so lovely. To do this for her Dad is priceless. Wish them both an amazing time together.
Thank you so much!
I just flew back from Ho Chi Minh city to London. Luckily a direct flight, however it was over 13 hours. I find aisle seats the best, you can get up without bothering other passengers and you can occasionally stretch your legs out in to the aisle from time to time. Luckily my flight was a night time flight too, so I managed to sleep the best part of 7 hours out of 13. Agree though long haul flights like that are never easy especially in economy.
I’m Viet-American and seeing you and your dad traveling to vietnam is a great feeling because it shows that people around the world are intrigued by the Vietnamese people and culture. Hope you and your dad have a memorable experience with your time in Vietnam.
Thank you!
you are a vietnamese. Not amercian
😂，someone wants to escape，someone wants to come in.@@patrickchak1393
Your Dad is a winner
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He's lucky to have you
Wow! What a long journey to Vietnam. Hats off to both you and your dad for toughing it out. And congrats for escaping Canadian winters. I’m thinking of escaping to the Maldives, but the 26 hour flight is really discouraging me. Have a wonderful trip Alina. Ps . Your father is the most adorable person. I work in Saskatchewan, and I love the people of Saskatchewan, especially the farmers. But it’s especially touching for me to see father and daughter travelling together. I would do anything to travel with my dad who has unfortunately passed away many years ago. I hope you both cherish these moments together.❤
it is so nice to take your dad along and wish you both had a wonderful trip
Your dad is a trooper and so are you so happy to see you spend time with him. Have a wonderful experience in Vietnam. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I miss my father every day so great to see you with him. Cheers.👌💕
My pleasure! It is very special to make the most of the time we have with our parents :)
As fellow traveling Canadians, we just finished a flight from Vancouver to Johannesburg South Africa via Bangkok. To be fair we took a four day break in Bangkok between those flights, but that was the longest distance we’ve flown. The Vancouver Bangkok leg was 18 hours and the Bangkok to Johannesburg leg was about 18 hours, including a eight hour layover in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Still very long!
There's a Bangkok to Vancouver non-stop flight now? 😳
@@Nordlys1966 Air Canada began seasonal nonstop flights from Vancouver to Bangkok in December 2022. I wish there were nonstop flights from the US to Thailand.
I love airport videos because I love civil aviation. Amazing hotel deal. Your dad is an inspiration. He is so down to earth 👍😊🇮🇪🇨🇦🇻🇳
This video is interesting. Now, I'm curious about two generations interacting about tourism. And I'm also practicing my English, because the sound of the video and the spoken fluency is very clear and audible.
I love how Alina and her dad travel together. We get the views of two generations. Very cool! 👍
Hi Alina! Welcome back to Vietnam! I'm looking forward to some new travel adventures with you and your dad! Enjoy the winter warmth of SE Asia, hoping that our North American winter is not super cold. The coldest winters of my life were spent in Saskatoon.
Of course they would be lol
My last trip was over 36 hours with two connections and waiting a couple of hours for the plane to actually pull up to terminal because of the weather.
Several years ago I flew to Odesa, Ukraine and had booked a room with no windows at Hotel Mozart. It was wonderful for dealing with jet lag after an 8 hour time zone change.
Hello Alina, for me personally your videos are more interesting, when you travel with your dad, have a good trip and good fun
Wow welcome back to Hanoi Alina, I'm excited for you, been there in 2019 planning for another trip in Saigon myself. Your dad is still in great shape enduring 30 hrs flight, hats off to him. 👍
Glad to see your dad could join you! When you age, there’s no reason to sit around and wait to die when you can go out and enjoy life and your dad is also escaping the brutal Canadian winter. You guys couldn’t have picked a better time to travel to Hanoi and the cost of living in Asia is lower than its in Canada and many people have given up immigrating to the West or are returning home because its very tough to live comfortably in Canada. Nice hotel with the daily breakfast perk and you could unwind after that long flight and extended layover in Tokyo. Thanks for the video and looking forward to more during your stay abroad. Take care and stay blessed! 😊
Yeah Canada with its weather and prices isn't super appealing right now lol
Thanks for the video Ms. Mcleod, I really enjoyed it and glad you and your father made it. Longest flight for me was 12 hours from China to Toronto, it really sucked cause every time I got up to stretch my legs the flight host told me to sit down. And it was freezing in the plane. Thanks again and I look forward to your work.
14 hours is quite unimaginable for me since I’ve never flown overseas. My longest flight is only 6 hours but even that seemed like a long time! Flights longer than 2-3 hours feel like an eternity, imo.
15 hours from YVR to AUS on a 787 - tbh it was torture, but worth it in the end. So nice to see you and your Dad traveling together again! You two are delightful❤
I really enjoy seeing you traveling with your dad!
Your dad is such a sport and so nice to see the two of you travelling together and him having a great time together. I miss my dad and it is so nice to see this. God bless you both 🎉
I live in NZ now and my family is still in Alberta, so every time I want to visit it's at least a 13 to 14 hour flight (to Vancouver).But my longest flight was from New Zealand to Spain which was 24 hours in the air, stopping in Doha. Have fun in asia!
Oh wow, that’s LONG
Hope all your travels go well Alina. Yes, the airlines are squeezing the seats closer together to fit in more passengers. Recently we flew the red eye from Vancouver to Halifax non-stop on our return from the Yukon. Very uncomfortable. My longest flight was 14 1/2 hours to Sydney, Australia from San Francisco in 2012 which went well. But I am getting older and don't enjoy that kind of travel as much. Your Dad is a great sport to be on these adventures.
Oh yeah, the flights to/from Canada-Australia are some of the toughest!
super cool you brought your dad into the lounge, we have the same cards too and always so happy to see their reaction when we bring a one timer into lounges
Very nice to see MATURE/RESPONSIBLE content from Alina Mcleod and her dad who I am deeply in love with! I am deeply in love with maturity, rational mindedness, calmness, cultural sensitivity/etiquette, high intelligence/knowledge!!
I love your dad! (and you too Alina). He is great! And so practical and true! Nothing is ever free...someone pays for it at some point! Keep up the great channel! The longest flight for me was from T.O. to Scotland. About 7-8 hours. That was long enough for me confined in a tube full of people!
Just came back from flying "around the world" trip. YYZ to ADD for 13 hrs and layover for 16 hrs before the flight to HKG for 10 hrs. Inbound from HKG to TPE for 2 hours and 14 hrs from TPE back to YYZ. Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Longest flight I did was Montreal to Aman, Jordan, about 11 hours. We switch plane and did 7 hours to Calcutta, then we did 3 hours to Bangkok. I thought it was not so bad. 5 years ago, we did 14 hours from Montreal to Shanghai, that was not so bad. The worst flight was flying back from Beijing, a 9 hour flight to Vancouver and then 5 hours to Montreal. I5 was so hot in the plane coming back to Vancouver, I had to get up and stretch my legs a dozen times. I now try to go to places that offer a direct flight of less than 6 hours.
❤ With a love of God that you took your dad to Vietnam. You're wonderful daughter and wish your mom were there. Have a great time. ❤😊
Great job Alina, taking your dad on such a memorable trip!! Close family connections!
I don't know what it is but there's something comforting to me to see you back traveling around in SE Asia. Looking forward to catching some of the vids and following along with you and your dad.
SEA is a very comforting place for me :)
You flew 30hrs for a $25 hotel? What dedication! I hope you enjoy your escape from our Canadian winter.
Oh I will
@@AlinaMcleod I forgot my longest flight, Toronto to Athens.
warmly welcome back my country Vietnam, you are our friend
Thank you!
You may as well take a cruise that starts in The Couver, goes up the coast to Alaska, across the Aleutians, down to Kamchatka/Petropavlovsk, stopping in Japan. Then another cruise from Japan to Nam. You arent in a hurry so may as well be relax and enjoy the trip on a boat.
Long flights aren't so bad with a companion but still can drain a person. Glad you and your Pops made it Alina! ❤❤
Really love it when you bring your dad along
So sweet. I’ve challenged my daughter to the same venture for me. Since she is as sweet as you, she’s accepted.
Great to see you traveling international again with your dad. Travel safe and enjoy your trips. Thanks for sharing the video
Well come to Viet Nam! I've followed you on RUclips for a long time. Hope you have a great time in Viet Nam. Thank you for coming back here
Thank you so much, happy to be back!
@@AlinaMcleod visit Da Dat city or Dak Lak province if you have time. If you love coffee, it 'll be the best destination for you. There are so many coffee shops with incredibly low prices, especially local coffee shops.
Enjoy your journey.
Get there safe and sound.
Wishing you a safe journey and a relaxing holiday when you arrive.
May your journey be free from stress and bring you home safely.
It's so wonderful you are taking your father with you on your trip! My father and I are close as well and so I would love to do that with him, however, he wouldn't dare travel internationally nowadays with the craziness this world has to offer. But I WILL do it someday!
When I fly long haul, I have a rule that if I am awake, I get up and walk around the aircraft at least once an hour. For this reason, I always prefer wide body aircraft with the two aisles, you can use the galleys to cut through and form a quasi walking path. I have only ever done a 14-hour flight from ICN to JFK and fortunately it was in business class on A380. Even there I had a hard time making 14 hours. It felt so good to get off of the plane. I am not sure I could do 14 hours in an economy cabin, unless maybe it was JAL's roomier economy.
Did a Christchurch to Amsterdam 30 hours trip recently. Never again.... Completely destroyed me.
Welcome back to Vietnam
My longest flight? Vancouver to Melbourne, almost 17 hours non stop. Loved visiting there, hope to see you tour Australia sometime. Look forward to watching your adventures in Asia, besy wishes to you and your Dad.
Yeah those Australia flights are something else
It's so cool that your dad is traveling with you again.
Hey, I used the same sunscreen and I liked it very much. I usually bought it off Amazon and been using it for more than 2 years 😂
If you have plan to go to Thailand I recommend to go to Loy krathong and Lantern festival in Chiangmai it’ll be hold on Nov 27-29, don’t miss because people from all over the world come to this beautiful festival every year
Such a great thing to do being able and willing to take your dad on the long trip. We recently took my dad back to Vietnam as well since we left 40 years ago. Hard to describe that feeling that he had being back for visit. Your had so funny and cute :)
Thanks for another refreshing and informative video, lots of good tips!
The hotel deal is incredible 🙂
Glad to see you make it to Asia safe and sound. 30 hrs is a long flight. I normally just try to hibernate and hope I would wake up once arrive. Enjoy your adventure...
Alina was my mom's name, I didn't know it can be an english name too. Your videos and relationship with your dad are adorable. Enjoy and God bless you so much 💗 🙏
Wow thats quite an outing! I don’t fly much anymore so its interesting to see what it is like now. Enjoy your refuge from the ice and cold! 🥶
Your Dad is so cute, hope he will have a good time in Vietnam.
My longest single flight was 19 hours. Newark to Singapore. On the Singapore Air A350-900 ULR. It was part of 3 flights to get to Bangkok. YYZ->EWR->SIN->BKK. With connections, it was something like 30 hours +/- an hour. Can't remember.
I am glad to see your dad that could travel with you. Your dad so nice God bless you and your dad
Thank you so much!
I'm always so happy to see your dad with you in your travels! 😍😍
So cool. My mother turns 60 next month and I am bringing her to Asia for 2 weeks as a gift to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. Regarding the flight length I did many 10+ hour ones but one I remember was with Cathai Pacific Chicago- Hong Kong 16 hours.. economy… awful but I survived. Enjoy Vietnam Alina!
That’s awesome! Hope you guys have a great time!
I am just back from travelling to Rome from Comox Vancouver Island to Vancouver to Munich to Rome. The plane was late arriving in Munich & I had to rebook arriving 5 hrs late in Rome, missing my pre-paid pick-up ($50 E no refunds) I never slept and was exhausted. Left Comox 6 am arrived 8 pm the following nite. Jet lag did me in & I ended catching a really bad cold.
Welcome to Vietnam! :)
Thank you and likewise :)
Good morning Vietnam. Glad to learn that you and 'the big cheese' have safely arrived in Hanoi, albeit wearily. Hanoi ? you pick the most unusual places. In the future when you reminisce about your world travels, I am sure that the trips with your Dad (and Mom) will be the most meaningful and memorable. All the best Ms. Mcleod and Mr. Mcleod. Go do Hanoi.
Can’t wait to follow your adventures!!!
My, longest travel day was 32hours from Manila to Toronto. 2 layovers and I did it with a broken shoulder that I got ice Skating in Manila at a mall.
I am glad to see you make it safe to Asia, take good care of your father. My longest flight was from Amsterdam to Miami, I told you about my Canada plans some weeks ago, if I will take a flight it will be Vancouver directly, it is around 9,5 hours. If I go for are more ambitious plan it will be by ship to Halifax and discover parts of Canada from there. Enjoy your stay and I will see your next vid 🙂
oh wow i'll give Mr Mcleod a big high five for surviving a 14hr flight in the middle seat! 😱I could never do that! One these days I like go to Tokyo but the long haul flights just freak me out.
Enjoy your time in Vietnam, Alina! 😊
Chicago to Warsaw was a long flight and anytime you cross the pacific it is a long flight because it seems they have to go way up north and touch the Aleutian Islands and come south again.
Wow that's quite the journey. Awesome to do it with your Dad. Reminds me of my Delhi - Toronto flight this year. Delhi to Vancouver 15hr - Didn't leave Delhi until 4:00am - so we were up all day as we had to be at the airport at 1:00 am. Then a 4 hr layover in Vancouver and finally on to Toronto. Something like 38 hours door to door. Yikes. Luv your channel. Looking forward to the next episode.
Tom from Toronto
Hello, hope you and dad are doing ok after that long flight. The longest flight was when we flew with stops and layovers was to Chengdu , China . It was 32 Hr. Surprisingly , we handled it quite
well. Have you been to China ? It's a beautiful country. Enjoy your time in Hanoi, Vietnam. We enjoyed our time there. Sending you much love❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
That is very long! No haven’t been to China yet but would be great to visit.
Alina you are very pleasant and your dad is awesome. Respect you for talking care of your dad and giving him an opportunity to explore. Enjoy and god bless you both.
Every time venturing out from Australia is a long flight. Have only ever managed to sleep once, when a lot younger, after heaps of travelling. You get used to it and simply have to factor it into your planning. Get wise to how to minimize travel time. Crash at the first hotel booking to recover from the jetlag. Try to find a hotel with sauna if possible as this really freshens me up. 30 hours is a long flight - maybe a bit over that is the longest I have endured.
Well done getting $30.00 hotel accommodation for 2 people. That is unheard of these days but not for you apparently. Enjoy SE Asia - your Dad is a real trooper and very entertaining:-) Your new luggage looks like a good, useful, stress reliving investment.
Vietnam has always been high on my list of countries I'd love to visit - I'm looking forward to the series! There's something uniquely awful about Air Canada's 777 seating configuration though, I flew from Frankfurt to Calgary on one last year; it was the most cramped and uncomfortable economy class I've ever flown. Never again 😵💫
Hi Alina
Hope you have a great trip
Your father looks very well after a very long trip
The longest trip i took was form Libya to Vancouver B _C via London
In one very log day
I once did Frankfurt to San Francisco via Lisbon within 17 hours and almost slept at immigration. Getting up at 3 in the morning, arriving at 5 in the evening in Millbrae.
Great video Alina! Great to see you with your Dad. Whew that's a long flight. I think the most we have ever done was a 11 hour flight and that was very tiring. Have a great time and looking forward to future videos!
11hrs is also very long!
@@AlinaMcleod True it is but you and your Dad are the real travel Troopers. You never cease to amaze!
Love watching you and your dad travel again. You are such a wonderful daughter. Viewer from Australia.
Thank you so much!
Enjoyed your video and so impressed with you travelling with your Dear Dad. So special.😊
AFAIK flights from Canada to Vietnam often take 18 hours max, stopover in Taipei.
LAX to Guangzhou 14 hours, then connecting flight that was 2 hours- no regrets!
Your dad is so precious ❤
the key to flying to Asia from the Western hemisphere is to catch a night flight... your body tends to be in "sleep" mode and youll be more incline to sleep due to the night hours! not recommend to catch morning, day flight as your eyes, body is not naturally gonna sleep..... after years of traveling to Asia and Japan 5x, i always catch a night flight if available and it makes the flying in economy little better.. you can manage to get few hours or half of your flight time, it makes a big difference.
Thanks for the info + video!
I am flying back to Canada for Xmas and I got a one-way ticket (always buy one way - always cheaper buying two one ways than a return - it just is) for $650 cad ($475 usd) on Philippine Airlines. Of course that isn't a direct flight but the price is right and Philippine Airlines is a decent airline. I flew to Ho Chi Minh City from Vancouver in September for $455 cad on ANA, the world's best airline - there are ALWAYS bargains if you book a couple months ahead.
Nice one
Love to see your dad happy face. Thanks for share
Most airlines pad the flight time by about 45 minutes in case they are stuck at the runway at takeoff or landing. The problem with being early or late many times you have to wait for a gate.
So happy to see you on the road again!
Arrived in Vietnam! Enjoy the warmer temperatures. Had I the opportunity, I would also escape the winter. Hope that the trip will be enjoyable!