Post #146 - March 6, 2013 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (draft)

What we did: flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; flight to Guangzhou, China; flight to Auckland, New Zealand
Budget: 1800B/$60; Spent: 1694B/$57

• Woke up at 5:30am this morning to catch our ride to the airport at 6am
• Jeff was not feeling well because of his burns
• Our very nice guesthouse owner (Man) drove us to the airport; when we got downstairs he was waiting for us and he told us his wife wanted to give us a discount on our last night at the guesthouse; we assumed this was because she still felt bad for recommending the sunset BBQ tour; when we got dropped off at the airport, we gave them the full amount saying that we had a very nice stay; I think Man appreciated this
• We checked in
• Grabbed a coffee and an amazing sandwich
• Skyped with Jeff’s mom
• Went through customs; realized we had stayed exactly the maximum number of days allowed by our visa in Thailand; very lucky
• We waited for plane for about 10 minutes, then boarded
• Two hour flight to Kuala Lumpur was uneventful; Jeff slept; Patty listened to iPod
• Arrived in Kuala Lumpur, went through customs
• After asking at an information desk, realized our departing plane was leaving from another airport that was about 20 minutes away by bus; not a big deal because we had about 7 hours
• Grabbed lunch at McDonalds
• Bought bus tickets; waited for bus; bus ride was pretty quick
• We arrived at the airport too early to check in; airport is beautiful; reminded us of Hong Kong’s airport
• We went to an eating area to go on wifi and wait
• Sent Landon Facebook messages wishing him luck with his fight, which was tonight
• Checked into plane; went through security
• Took a tram to another part of the airport; grabbed lunch at Mediterranean restaurant; food was good but pricey
• Went to wait by gate, not boarding yet
• Went through another round of security, waited to board
• Boarded; plane ride was about 4 hours to Guangzhou
• Our layover in China was a little more than 2 hours
• We went through security for people who are transitioning through China; no problems
• Found some seats by our gate to wait and charge our iPhone and laptop for the ride
• We got busy talking and missed the call to board; about 25 minutes before the flight was scheduled to leave we went to go check at the gate and realized it was last call; boarded
• Very nice plane; comfy seats
• Fed us first meal almost right away (fish and potatoes)
• We then went to sleep