I travel a lot, mostly for work. So when I can get longer layovers in interesting places, it’s fun. One time I flew from Montevideo, Uruguay to Capetown, South Africa via New York and London. It was very much not the shortest flight. But I got to do 12+ hour layovers in New York, London, and Joberg. I caught up with friends at the first two, and actually went on a safari to see lions on the third.

Since moving to Aotearoa New Zealand I’ve had a number of times going snorkeling in Fiji during long layovers!

But most airline search engines don’t let you search for tickets with very long layovers in interesting places. Apparently I can do layovers on my way to Nostrasia in Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, China, Osaka, Malaysia, and the Philippines!

Anyway, when I was searching for crazy flights I found a new search engine, airwander.com for exactly this kind of travel. One ticket for $900 round trip has a day layover in Osaka, Xiamen, Cebu, Singapore, and Sydney. Yep, a day in each place, it takes 109 hours… but the layovers are long enough to actually go in and explore the place rather than just the airport terminal. Including longer layovers overnight, to get a hotel room.

Does anybody else do this?