5 March 2014
Eating on Saudia
I might have a new favourite airline. Saudia or Saudi Arabian Airlines seem to offer fares are low as budget airlines… Posted by Alex Chan on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
5 March 2014
City of Two Niles
I woke at 0545 and stayed in bed till about 0730. There was no point getting out of bed too early as the Nova Airways office at the airport didn’t open till 0930. I walked there and when I tried to pay, they said that it wasn’t possible for me to go on Saturday anymore. […]
4 March 2014
New Day in a New Country – Sudan
Arriving in Khartoum Parts of the 11h wait at Riyadh dragged on. I tried keeping myself occupied and it did help. I had some really sleepy moments but became more awake in time for my 0540 flight to Khartoum. Once again, Saudia fed me well on the 3h flight. I arrived into a cloudy Khartoum […]
3 March 2014
Flying the “God Bless You” Jet
Leaving KL Things couldn’t have been better with an 1100 checkout from the hotel and a 1500 departure. That’s until I tried hailing a taxi outside the hotel in gridlock traffic at 1100 in competition with a couple of other people. I gave up and climbed up the ladder to the skybridge to get to […]
2 March 2014
Back to KL again
After a late breakfast, Peter and Shukri dropped me off at Melaka Sentral. It was 1015 and I managed to get a bus that was just about to leave at 1030. The journey was much faster today, arriving at Bandar Tasik Selatan’s bus terminal 1215. I trained back to the hotel to unload and grabbed […]
1 March 2014
Staying with Friends in the Historic City
Friends Peter and Shukri had invited me to visit and stay with them in Melaka. I had only been there about 20 months ago, so it will be a nice relaxing stay without having the pressures of trying to squeeze in all the historic sights. My hotel was really handy being on the same train […]
28 February 2014
At the Sudanese Embassy (Take 2)
I arrived at the Sudanese Embassy on-the-dot at 0930 and walked to the back of the building to find the door closed. The receptionist wasn’t in side; in fact there was no one in there. I waited for about 15 minutes before someone opened the door. After a brief wait, Mr Sabri turned up and […]
27 February 2014
Back to KL
With a 1430 departure from Kuching to KL, I had a leisurely morning getting ready and tidying up after myself at my apartment. My parents dropped me off at the airport and it was an uneventful trip to KL and then to the Tune Hotel in Downtown. I met up with an old school friend […]
20 February 2014
Family Time
Today I fly off to Kuching for a week to spend time with family. It is a 1645 departure. With an 1100 check-out from the Tune hotel (most shops don’t open till then), there isn’t much time to do anything before heading out to the airport. Just laze around in bed and finish up my […]
19 February 2014
At the Sudanese Embassy
I had 4h30 minutes of solid sleep and woke up before 0700. Being at the tail end of the time zone, it was still pitch black outside. I made up some milk-and-muesli for breakfast before hopping on the train to Ampang for the Sudanese embassy. While I can get a visa-on-arrival at Khartoum, there is […]