Lets see - Day 0 of the what I shall call the world trip haha. It's worldy I suppose because I am going to fly to at least 3 countries (Malaysia, England and and Canada) and will be see a lot more thanks to England and Europe and all that sort of thing. So world-wide it is. I don't know if I will ever get the chance to see so many place again in my life - maybe after I retire I might but I might be a bit too old to get up to some of the stuff I will be trying this time around.
So anyhow, Day 0. The first Day. I have a flight from Auckland to Malaysia today at around 1pm so I don't have a late nights sleep and Get to wake up around the very civil hour of 7am. I get up and I find after my shower, I am ready to go in about 10 minutes as I have done everything else the night before. So I sit down and watcha bit of tellie haha. My flatmate, again, is sleeping in and again has missed me leaving to go on holiday... bah. Gave him some grief about that later haha.
Got the Devonport ferry to the Auckland Viaduct, and then the Airport bus which picks me up right outside the ferry terminal and drops me off at the International terminal for $15 woohoo! I check in pretty easily, only 1 bag and hardly a queue at all. I had a quick look around the outside shops but decided to go straight through to the customs area and then had a big wander around the other shops and area. Bought a few gifts for people who I will be seeing (and stealing their beds hehe) and boarded the plane pretty much right on time.
The flight itself was very very good. I'm gonna have to say the Malay Airlines are the best of flown on. I had a little bit of leg room - which although wasn't much, you do notice it when you are 6 feet tall and never have much room to begin with. I had yummy spicy chicken satays for my meals and drinks were being served all the time! Plus as for passing the time on my 11 and a hlaf hour flight I watched a few movies and I'm sure I got the highest Tetris score haha! I played heaps of games and time just disappeared.
Landing at Malay airport was sweet too. I really had no idea where to go, but before we landed they played a little video of where to go for things and I also just followed the crowd :-) <-- always a smart move. I got through customs without a problem, in fact I did some naughty things and somehow skipped the bag checking area. I was following another Malayian guy and the guard yelled out to him (as he was missing the bag check area too - just walking past is) and they started yelling at each other, and I somehow managed to slip past. It wasn't until a little later that I realised what I had done hehe oh well.
Julie and her sister were there at the airport to meet me (yah!) and good for them too as I was probably going to lose a few dollar on a taxi ride into KL if not for them - White people seem to have to watch their backs over here haha - I'm sure the country was notified of my arrival and were updated on all the 'short' jokes that I have made over the years haha - better watch my back! As for the heat, well it was 2 degrees LAST NIGHT at 9pm.. gawd... So Julie and Joanna took me on a little drive last night seeing a few things that we really couldn't see in the dark and promising to take me into KL tomorrow. Should be good. The place where we a re staying is really nice! I even got a bed to sleep on haha which is a lot more than I was expecting or hoping for, so that was good.
Today we are off to KL for a bit of a look and then god knows where, Julie and Joanna seem to have a few ideas, so should be good - hope they include a bit of air conditioning because after Canada and the South Island I am becoming even more used to the cold :-)
Anyhow - will update a bit later! Cheers
Matt
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