We boarded our Malayasia Air flight at 12:05 AM in Melbourne. After an 8-hour flight, we landed in Kuala Lampur. What an exotic airport! It was chock-full of duty-free shops. Lots of people with middle-eastern clothing. Quite interesting to see Muslim-dressed women clerks selling duty free luquor. I was intrigued with all the exciting-sounding cities listed on the departure board. I haven't heard of many of these locations...
After 3 hours, as we were getting ready to board a Sri Lankan flight to Colombo, our names were called. Was something amiss? No.....we were bumped to business class!
After 3 hours of being pampered in business class (unfortunately too early to take advantage of free drinks), we landed in Colombo. This airport was even more foreign-feeling. Not many Caucasians. Many prayer rooms, a big platform area of rest and pray, special bathrooms for feet-washing, and LOTS of security. 
Military guys walked around in full uniform, saluting each other, and asking everyone to show boarding passes as we walked around. George took a little rest after seeing many middle-eastern men doing it....
Then a 10-hour flight to London. Nice and uneventful. We would highly recommend Sri Lankan Airlines. Great service and the least expensive flight we found.
We arrived at Heathrow at 8:00 PM. Since it is summer here, it was still day-light. We caught the "tube" to downtown, King's Cross Station. On the trip, we overheard Brits talking about Brexit. It will be interesting being here during this time.
We arrived at our hotel about 10:00 PM near King's Cross and hit the bed.
That pic of George is so funny, but he needed a pillow of some sort... Surely. I also hope you found some time to have your feet washed - That sounds like a special treat. Love this post, and happy you've made it safely and stylishly (in Business Class) to London! Best wishes, A & L xx
ReplyDeleteI have good friends in Singapore, so I visited there a few years ago. While there, we took the train to Kuala Lumpur - never made it to the airport, but the city was absolutely fascinating. Gleaming skyscrapers, Starbucks everywhere, a very modern city - then you'd go around a corner and find this ancient market place filled with people that looked like it hadn't changed in 1000 years. Really cool.
ReplyDeleteAll sounds great!
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