Tuesday was our Malaysia day. Well half of it was. The other half was spent on Air Asia, which we came to figure out exactly why their fares are cheaper than others. You get what you pay for. The flight was 8 hours from Brisbane to Kuala Lumpur and the plane was big enough. But there were no TVs to view anything. Not that we would have anyways because I’m sure they would have charged. They charged for almost EVERYTHING. We understood with looking for cheap fares that this might be the case and I can understand charges here and there but I wasn’t even able to get water for free. That was the one the thing that really irked us. Charge us for food if you’d like, for extra services, drinks, whatever. But at least keep your passengers hydrated. It’s only civil. They offered bottled water but I wasn’t in the mood to pay what they were charging. All I wanted was a cup of water. No go. Kris was somehow able to procure a cup of hot water without charge, thankfully, and on the bright side, I wasn’t charged to take a leak. Suffice it say we are glad to be done with the airline. I write this to you from our flight on Wednesday, Gulf Air, going to Bahrain. They have given us drinks, lunch, TV service, headphones and even a little packet that included special socks and an eye wrap. TOTALLY different story. Props to you Gulf Air! Just shows you that putting the word “Air” in your name doesn’t make you like everyone else. (Air New Zealand & Gulf Air) Fingers crossed for Air Baltic and Ryan Air…
Our irritation didn’t quite end with the flight. We, unknowingly, were brought to Kuala Lumpur International’s LCCT, or low cost carrier terminal. It was a zoo! Signs all over the place, very hot and humid and extremely confusing. We were told our flight tomorrow was out of KLIA, the airports international terminal (all though we just took an international flight) and would have to take a bus there. Didn’t really know where to go for that, so we assumed the proper tourist initiative and asked anybody we could find. Paid for the bus to the other terminal which was 30 minutes away, figured out where we needed to be for tomorrow and finally made our way to the shuttle that took us to our hotel. We were hoping to get a chance to get into downtown KL but by the time we got to where we were staying, checked in and into our room, it was already 6pm, the biggest thing we were hoping to get a chance to do downtown (Petronas towers) closed at 7 and we knew it would be far too easy to get lost at night in the city. That coupled with the expensive train that got you there and back, it just didn’t seem like we’d be able to make it worth it. So we gave ourselves a break, ate a good dinner and took it easy for the evening in our room. We were fine with that. Malaysia had not been in our plans when we dreamed of the trip. It just happened to be our best way of heading west from Australia. The irony of the whole situation is after we had debated earlier in the evening about getting downtown, including Kris wondering if we should just Carpe Diem or seize the day, we ended up watching Dead Poets Society on TV. Would Robin Williams approve? Hmmmm.
Got up the next morning, had a good, free breakfast and successfully navigated another airport. Next stop, the Middle East! (After an 8 hour layover in the Kingdom of Bahrain of course…)
Since we really didn't do anything of great interest so here are a couple pretty wildlife pictures surrounding the hotel.
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