Today, we flew Jetstar Asia from Phuket to Singapore. We departed our hotel around 7:30. Check-in and clearing outbound immigration was relatively painless. Jetstar is a budget airline (a la Southwest and JetBlue) that’s a subsidiary of Qantas (like the old Delta “Song” and United “Ted” concepts). There was nothing remarkable about it other than […]
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Busy day, not a lot of sleep last night, and an early check-out tomorrow. Sooo… you’ll have to wait another 12-24 hours to read about our exciting Day #10. Stay tuned… Shortly after finishing my Day #9 post, Libby emerged from the bedroom with complaints of a fever. She’d started suffering from cold symptoms earlier […]
Today’s plan was to relax and enjoy the resort. We woke up to blue skies and started the day with breakfast and coffee at the Coffee Club in Turtle Village. After getting back from the coffee shop, we met the resort’s baby elephant on the way to the pool. That’s right. A baby elephant. I […]
Day #8: Arriving in Thailand (and Malaysia)
Posted in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, RTW 2013, Thailand on Jun 29th, 2013
We landed on time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The airport is a pretty nice, modern facility. Changing planes / gates was very easy (only one security checkpoint at the outbound gate). Since our flight to Phuket was a bit delayed, we spent a little extra time enjoying a morning cappuccino. We ended up leaving about […]
Day #7: Leaving London…
Posted in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, RTW 2013, Thailand on Jun 29th, 2013
Today, we left London for Phuket, Thailand. Basically, it was a day of travel. We left the Allen House a little after 8am for our noon flight on a Malaysia Airlines A380 to Kuala Lumpur. Check-in, security, and boarding were all a breeze and ran as expected (early boarding of small children, gate check of […]