Suppose to leave the house at 7.30am in the morning thinking that my flight departure was at 9.45am. After checking the flight slip, realised that that’s the arrival time, and departure was actually at 9.05am. Woke my brother up and had to rush to the airport, namely KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport). I was taking the Malaysian Airlines to Kuantan.
Thank god there were no traffic jam that morning, smooth all the way and my brother also convinced me that we’re suppose to be only 45 minutes earlier at the airport instead of the 1 hour that I thought.
At the airport, KLIA, I went straight to the check in counter for Domestic flights. An airport personal stopped me and told me to print out my boarding ticket. Everything is automated now, no need to wait in long queues for your bording tickets. There’s an interactive kiosk that can print the boarding ticket for you. Firstly, insert your online confirmation ticket number, check for your name, check for correct spelling, check for correct issuing country and proceed to print. The boarding ticket will then be printed out. Proceed to the check in counter to check in any bags if required.
I was suppose to take this flight along with 3 Vietnamese supplier for the new system that we’re installing at Cherating Holiday Villa. Since I could not find any 3 group guys looking like a Vietnamese, decided to proceed to the boarding room.
After scanning the boarding pass and a long stare at my face, the security personal allowed me to proceed to the boarding room. My boarding gate was 8A, and a flight number of 1268. There are many shops in there selling expensive and branded stuffs. From perfumes to designers’ bags. Looking at me dressed so casually, no one bothered to stop me for a sales.
The airport is quite well labelled and it’s easy to look for your boarding gate, only that you have miles and miles to walk. I think it took me 15 minutes to my boarding gate. Burger king had a stall there, Famous Amos had a stall there and of course some cafeteria which double or tripled their prices.
Upon arrival at the boarding gate, I searched for those vietnamese friends again, not knowing how they look. Finally decided to ask a group of 2 people and the only one with a camera, yes it was them.
The flight was delayed, we had to wait about an hour just to know what was going on. Kuantan was raining badly, so the pilot was adviced not to carry on with that flight until further notice. Finally at 11.30, we boarded the plane and had clearance for lift-off.
The view was marvellous from up there, you can see every river was flooded due to the monsoon season.
We arrived at Kuantan Airport at roughly 12.15pm. Mr Ridzuan from Cherating Holiday Villa picked us and from there, it’s another 45 minutes to the hotel.
First thing we did was to check in, dump our bags into our rooms and Mr Khaled, the GM of Cherating holiday villa invited us for lunch.
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KLIA MAS Flight
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KLIA MAS Flight
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Inside MH1268 Flight
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Sky near Kuala Lumpur
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Sky at Kuantan
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Kuantan Airport
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My King Size Bed
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View from balcony
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Cherating Holiday Villa Beach
