Skip to main content

Trip 05-06: Day 0 - Rush and away



Had been working busy lately. Busy until didn't have enough time to prepare the trip itinerary. Took a half day off on 30 Aug 06 and it was eve of national day. Had a quick lunch afer reached home. Then packed up all the necessary stuff. Just basic stuff. I've omitted those first aid kit stuff (hope nothing bad would happen). Then met up with SY to catch up the feeder bus. We were half an hour late from the initial schedule. Reached KL Sentral and proceeded to the bus to LCCT. To our surprise, there was another bus company (Aerobus) offered ride to KLCC and they charged RM9 for two ways. Surely it was a direct competitve to Skybus which cost RM9 per trip. Reached airport at 5pm. Checked in and waited for the departure time (6.20pm). The usual suspect: flight delayed.

Reached KK Terminal 2 around 9.15pm. The airport was small, which was ok for me. Stepped outside and there was construction at the front building. This made the airport a bit messy.

Reached KK town about 10pm after a long wait for cab. Headed to Borneo Backpacker Lodge. However, no occupancy. We went to the next door hostel - Lucy homestay - also recommended in Lonely Planet South East Asia edition. The place was a bit cramp. They had 2 domitory rooms. Charge: RM18 per head, inclusive breakfast. So we took up the offer.

Then we went out for a scroll. There was a night market in Gaya Street. I supposed it was held in conjunction of National Day. Lots of people roaming around. We were told that there would be firework display at midnite. So we headed back to our guesthouse after a while.

Midnite, 12am, 31 Aug 2006. Merdeka!
The sky was filled with fireworks. It was not the best one. Maybe because of budget constraint?
Then it was time to sleep.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The wedding of ....

This wedding has some similarity with ours but, by comparison in every detail, each is still distinctly unique.
Post a Comment
Read more

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Just came back from Japan last week. Went to Tokyo for conference and added side trip to Tateyama Alpine Route and Kanazawa. I must say that Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route was great. You can do the trip either from Nagano side or Toyama side. For us, we did it from the Nagano side. Took the Shinkansen to Nagano early morning. Then boarded the express bus to Ogizawa. From there, we boarded the tunnel electric bus to get to Kurobe Dam. From the dam, it was all the way up to the peak (almost). Murodo is the highlight of the route. This is the place where you get to see snow covered peak and lake. In spring, there's snow wall nearby Murodo station. From Murodo, we descended to Bijodaira and Tateyama Station to catch the local train back to Toyama. The fare for the entire route is not cheap, but it's worth it. A hike from Bijodaira to Murodo should be interesting, which can be considered in future. View from the tunnel electric bus, onward to Kurobe Dam Arrived at Kurobe Dam View of t...
Post a Comment
Read more

MyVi

Had got my new MyVi last Friday. Initial consumption was a litre for a 10-km drive. Well, it seems quite costly but this is still early to judge as the engine needs up to 5,000km drive to get optimize (that's what people tell me). Enjoy driving it.
4 comments
Read more