We had a late night departure tonight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth at 2350. It was going to be another day of lazy gluttony when Kim found out that the Motorcycle Grand Prix was on at nearby Sepang racetrack. Wow! Just the sheer chance of that! And the fact that we got our hotel room at a steal despite the event!
I opted to stay behind at the hotel. The thought of watching lots of glorified scooters go round the track in the hot humid weather didn’t appeal … yes they are glorified scooters, all very low cc, with the highest at 500cc I think. Even the thought of some god of a racer with the name of a fashion designer, Valentino Rossi didn’t appeal.
Checking out at night, despite having paid for the night at the hotel, we walked across to the airport.
The 5 hour flight to Perth was good. The very new AirAsia X Airbus A330 was a bit cramped carrying nearly 400 people but I won’t complain because it was so ridiculously cheap at AUD216 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur and back to Perth. Bear in mind that AUD115 went to airport taxes, largely Australian, meaning the airline only pocketed AUD65 for the return flight, AUD16 for round-trip meals and AUD20 for round-trip 15kg luggage.
The flight was an amazingly quiet flight where we were seated. In full climb it was quieter than in a similar seat in a B747 with just the ventilation running (and engines off)!
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- Enjoying the food at the airport’s food hall.
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- Make sure you tighten those nuts, OK?
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- They zoom past really quickly … and they buzz like flies (high pitched) because they have tiny motors.
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- People getting into the spirit.
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- It rained very heavily.
