(yes yes, i know i've been to Brunei 4x, Miri 2x, Lawas 2x and Sabah once in that 3 months.. but to travel to West Malaysia or to go back home is Still a different feeling altogether)
as we all know, Limbang isn't a very easy town to connect to other places as it only flies via Miri, and i was trying to connect to Penang, so i bought the Limbang - Miri flight and Miri - Penang flight from MAS. the flight transits at KL, and the Miri-KL flight has one stopover at Kuching (which i didn't know till i bought the air ticket..)
I thought to myself, "Wow 4 Flights! that's as bad as it could get!"
i was Soooo So So wrong.. thankfully my 4+pm flight to Miri was not delayed.. but the Miri flight to KL via Kch was delayed 35mins.
That's still ok.. until in that flight they announced that there was system failure due to bad weather conditions in Kuching so they had to turn back to land in Sibu (takes 30mins), wait for 30mins and then fly back to Kuching (another 30mins) to stopover for 40 mins before the next flight to KL.
i was Soooo So So wrong.. thankfully my 4+pm flight to Miri was not delayed.. but the Miri flight to KL via Kch was delayed 35mins.
That's still ok.. until in that flight they announced that there was system failure due to bad weather conditions in Kuching so they had to turn back to land in Sibu (takes 30mins), wait for 30mins and then fly back to Kuching (another 30mins) to stopover for 40 mins before the next flight to KL.
imagine my shock.. such a long delay and i still have the LAST flight from KL-Penang to catch... whyyyyy????
so what could be worse than 4 flights? well, 5 flights! (yes, and touchdown at 6 airports: Limbang-Miri-Sibu-Kuching-KL-Penang)
my friend teased me for being able to "conquer" Sarawak in 1 night (4 towns) and still being able to fly to the other end of West Msia (up to Penang, only took the extra ride to Kedah the next day, to Really conquer the northern end of Sarawak which is Limbang up to the other northern end of West Msia, Alor Star)
Goes without saying that i Miss the KL-Penang flight (by nearly half an hour), but thankfully i was travelling with MAS so they had to take good care of me!
hotel voucher with breakfast at the 5-star Pan Pacific KLIA Hotel (around RM500-900/room, which is already more than the cost of my air ticket) and a new ticket for the first flight to Penang the next morning.
not bad, fortunately i had nothing urgent to rush for.
Pan Pacific KLIA Hotel
two single rooms for the night at a 5 star hotel.. very very big change from my no-aircon, no-heater etc.. room in Limbang.. thus my holiday begins NOW!
the restaurant had very pretty Christmas cakes!
and the complimentary buffet breakfast was simply sinful (another big difference from my typical simple meals or bbq/steamboats in Limbang) ... goes without saying that i was spoilt for choices at 6am in the morning!
yes.. my 12 days holiday when i checked into the 5-star Pan Pacific KLIA hotel which comes with a scrumptious buffet breakfast! what a grand opening ceremony indeed, difficult to top that! i nearly forgot i actually missed my flight to be here.
and before i forget, Merry Christmas again!!
and before i forget, Merry Christmas again!!
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