ID: Jakarta Trip Day 4

Our last day in the city. After breakfast, we walked to Plaza Senayan which is situated just behind our hotel. Since it was still early, the shops just opened and there were not many people yet. After strolling for an hour, we decided to cross the road to Senayan City Plaza. This mall houses another set of high end boutiques (Plaza Senayan also has lots of boutiques), so it sorts of complement those in Plaza Senayan. It seems that this is bigger than Plaza Senayan.

We just walked around and around noon, we walked back to Plaza Senayan for lunch. Had kebab at the food court for lunch. The food court was bustling with people from nearby offices. Seronok jamu mata hahahaha.....

Around 12.30pm, we decided to walked back to the hotel and checked out at 2pm. For our transport to the airport, we booked with the hotel at Rph150,000 per trip with Avanza. Considered as a good bargain since this includes toll and luggage (with no extra payment if we stuck in traffic jam). Normal cab will cost around Rph110,000 inclusive of toll. However, if the traffic is bad, the fare may go higher. In fact, the transport booked with the hotel is also from Silverbird group of companies, the only trusted taxi services in Indonesia.

We left the hotel at around 2.40pm and praise to God, the journey was uneventful. We reached the airport within 30 minutes. There is nothing much to do at the airport, so we decided to go into the check in area. Scanned our bag and walked to the designated check in counter. Unfortunately, the counter is not yet opened.

MH occupied counters 36 until 40. In fact, there were around half a dozen of passengers waiting in front of the counters. In the vicinity, other airlines in progress of check-in their passengers are ValuAir VF504 to SIN, AirAsia Indonesia QZ7716 and 7676 to BKK and BKI respectively, Shenzen Airlines to Nanning, SQ961 to SIN, EK357 to DXB, and EY471 to AUH (which was delayed from 3.20pm to 7.10pm).

MH check in counters opened at 4.05pm and within minutes, we were checked in by a new staff (in my opinion - since she is not that smooth in handling the check in). Immediately after checked in, we proceed to immigration and into the airside. Now, since there are some time to kill, we settled at Starbucks with a nice view of tarmac.

Our bird for the day, MH722 is an Airbus 9M-MKE. I have been in this metal before on my flight to DXB four years ago. The flight log for this bird can be found here.

The plane landed at CGK as MH723 at 5.25pm and will depart at 6.30pm to KUL as MH723. The push back was at 6.30pm and within 15 minutes, we were airborne via runaway 25R.

Flying at 40,000 ft above sea level with average speed of 900km/h, the route took us along the Sumatera coast line into Palembang, Singapore and over the city of Johor Bharu before descending into KUL. The ETA was 9.20pm local time.

We landed safely via runaway 14L at 9.15pm, 5 minutes ahead of schedule and taxied to Contact Pier at Main Terminal Building. Parked at A8 and within minutes, we were in the terminal.

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ KLIA, Sepang

~~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself~~

ID: A Trip to BDO (KUL - BDO)

Long Chinese New year weekend. I decided to join my family and brother in Bandung, Indonesia. My brother and his family have been staying there for nearly two years and my parents just joined them last week.

So this trip is a shopping trip cum visiting family :-))

Left Damansara around 6.30am to KL Sentral via a taxi.

 Decided to spend less in transportation as possible :-). Took Aerobus to LCCT from KL Sentral at 7.05am. Upon arrival at the LCCT, rushed directly to the check in counter. Luckily the counter was already opened and no one queuing there. Good!

Once checked in, walked to LCCT Food Garden for a breakfast. The price is reasonable.

By 9a.m. walked back to the terminal. Surprisingly, the departure hall was not as crowded as I expected. This is Air Asia Indonesia, hence the seat was assigned. Cool.. no rushing to get the good seat.

The aircraft, B737-200 christened PK-AWC arrived from Jakarta on time. The boarding started soon after and by 9.55am, push-back started. Was assigned seat 19E and Izam at 19F.

Landed at Bandung 11a.m. local time. It was indeed a small airport (I was told about the airport before). In fact, the only international flight into Bandung is from KUL. It shows the high demand from Malaysians to spend money in Bandung :-))

The overall arrival is crowded due to immigration and baggage claim area at the same place. All bags must be scanned by the only X-Ray machine. So, once you have cleared immigration, you sort of have to do a u-turn to put your hand-luggage into the machine.

The bags will be delivered based on the checked-in tag. So better get it ready. Once you spot the bag, just go and take it. If necessary, you need to open your bag for manual inspection. No worries, if you are not carrying anything illegal, no problem with it. 

I have to open my bag since I carried couple bottles of soy sauce :-))

Within 30 minutes, out of the airport to my darling nephew and niece outside the hall :-))

It was an uneventful flight!

~ MT @ Indonesia

~~ Hussein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

TH: ALA-BKK-KUL

Woke up at 6am to freshen up and had breakfast. By 7am, I was already at the lobby and the driver was already there. I was with another candidate who is traveling back to Jakarta. However, she was to stop overnight in Bangkok to visit some friends.

We reached the airport around 7.35am and immediately approached by the “baggage handler”. This is the same concept as you experience when you arrived in Jakarta airport (at least, based on my experience). I could not have a chance to say no and our luggages were already on the trolley. These people are quick. At first there were two of them and inside the terminal, another guy joined. They asked for 5000 tenge. I said no tenge. Then, they asked for USD5. We disagreed. Later, my colleague just paid USD2, one dollar each.

Almaty airport is small with 20 counters for check in. Six counters are dedicated for Air Astana, and the remaining for other airlines plying Almaty routes. This morning, there were flights to AMS with KL, FRA with LH and a chartered to Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt. Although there are no passengers at all at the Air Astana counter, they cannot checked us in. The reason – you have to wait at least two hours before boarding time. It took me around ten minutes to get the answer because they were busy talking to each other. We managed to checked in at 8am with no problem at all. Luckily the check in agent that I dealt with was polite and friendly.

We went through the immigration and soon, find ourselves in the duty free area. This duty free area also play a role as a holding lounge. You cannot go to the gate until your flight is being called. There was one drink outlet, an open bar concept with a very long queue. I wonder why and I walked towards the counter. Apparently, there were two bar tenders, and one of them was sleeping at the counter. Yes sleeping… The same goes to the duty free shops. When changing the shift, the outgoing staff will close the outlet and the new shift staff will open it later.

On the last day in Kazakhstan, I successfully connected to internet. At the airport. Chatted with my friend, AAH in Doha for a short while.

At 9.30am, the boarding started. Three security counters were opened. Do not worry if you bring any liquid or two big hand luggages. They didn’t care. If no issue to you, bring it on board. This time the flight was pretty full. The aircraft used is Boeing 767-300 registered as P4-KCB. I believed this is ex-KLM flight based on the interior. We pushed back on time and in seconds, we were air borne. The bar service started about an hour after take off. Lunch was served and I opted fish with potatoes instead of beef. The food was just so-so. Moreover, I was so hungry. There is no PTV and I was not seated at a good seat to watch the front screen. They showed Just for Laugh, I Didn’t Know That – both are 30mins show, then two movies, No Reservations and Transformer.

This time, the path taken from ALA to BKK brings us via Tashkent, Lahore, Delhi, Varanasi, and Yangon. 

I managed to get a short sleep in between movies. One and half hour before landing, a sandwich was served. We landed at BKK at 6pm, 20 minutes ahead of schedule. I was so happy because this will give me ample time to shop for duty free. Some top brand outlets are having sales.

Checked in for MH flight soon after I disembarked. Said goodbye to my Indonesian friend and I off for prayer and shopping. Boarding for MH flight to KUL started at 7:30pm. This was a light load, 50% of economy class only. Flight is boarding now….

~ MT @ Thailand
~~ Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

KZ: Heading North

At noon I took LRT from Setiawangsa to KL Sentral for check in. After checked in, I rushed to Burger King Masjid Jamek where I promised BH to meet him for lunch. Then, I took a train back to KL Sentral for connection to KLIA. Reached KLIA around 2:15pm and directly went for a prayer. There was a long queue at gate C14 where 9M-MKR is bound to depart for BKK. Among the crowd were the Indonesian cycling and gymnastic teams flying to Thailand for Korat SEA games. It looked like the flight is 95% full in economy. Don’t know the Golden Club class load factor though. The push back commenced at 15:16 and soon we were on our way to BKK departing from 32R. 

After 30 minutes air borne, “Meal box” was served and I think this is a pretty good idea for a shot haul flight less than 3 hours. The box consists of sandwiches, an apple, mineral water and a Cadbury candy. This is the same concept by KLM on flight from KUL to CGK. The plane landed at BKK Suvarnabhumi at 17:15 local time on runaway 01R. Immediately, it taxied to gate D7 and soon I am at the international transfer desk for KC – Air Astana.



While waiting for the transfer counter to open, I bumped into another Malaysian who was heading to Almaty as well. He used to work in Azerbaijan before in oil and gas industry and just like me, this is his first time to Almaty. Great to see a “familiar” face.

Since I have 3 hours of transit and my first at Suvarnabhumi, I took a chance to walk around this gigantic airport. Structured wise, it looks “heavy” and the fact that it was not painted or tiled makes the airport looks dull. Very grayish. 

Duty free shops are scattered across three floors – level 2, 3 and 4. Level 3 houses the airline lounges with few shops.

What I liked most about this airport is Level 4, the departure level. This level has most of the shops and along the way, there are islands of restaurants for the passengers to wind down after shopping.

Boarding for KC starts at 18:40 for flight to depart at 19:20. At the holding lounge, met two 

girls going to Almaty to see their family who are working with Malaysian Embassy there.

The aircraft, Boeing 757-200 christened P4-GAS will fly me to Almaty tonight. The flight hours from BKK to ALA, according to the captain are 7hrs 30mins. Pushback on time and soon we were air borne from 01L. The flight path is a bit weird. It took us from BKK towards Dacca, then Delhi all the way to Kabul and turned back east towards Tashkent and soon Almaty. Wonder why we are not flying across the Tibetan Plateau, which should give us shorter route and shorter flight hours.

In-flight service on KC was not a good one compare to all other airlines I had flown before. The crew were “cold”. Seldom smiles. I think there were six cabin crew on board, 4 stewardesses and 2 stewards. What amazed me is that all the liquid leftover, i.e. drinks, were poured into the toilet sink. And just before landing, one of the lavatories was used as a dumped for garbage bag.

Landed at Almaty Airport at 02:00am with temperature 3 degrees celcius. It was a cold night and I really needed a sleep. Immigration was not difficult since the only flight arrived during that time was ours. All visitors have to get their face taken by the camera. Right after the immigration, there is a custom lane where you have to scan your hand luggage. You need to do this before you went to pick up your checked in luggage. I guess if you carry prohibited items in your checked in luggage, they will never catch you. But then, what are the prohibited items? 

Before leaving the arrival hall, make sure you have the luggage tags for each of the checked in luggage ready. These tags will be checked against your luggage before you are allowed to leave the airport. For me, everything went smoothly. Outside the hall, met with the pick up person from the company and within minutes I was on way to the hotel.

The journey from the airport to the hotel took around 30 minutes. When I was first time in the US, I feel “just like what I see in the movie”. The same thing here. You feel that the view and environment are just like those you have seen in James Bond movies or any movies involving villains from Russia. 

Let see what’s in store for me in the morning in this cold city. 

~ MT @ Kazakhstan
~~ Astana International Hotel, Almaty

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

QA: Back to the dust

I reached the airport around 12.30am for my flight STD 0420. Took the last train from XKL at midnight.

At the airport, QR check in counters are at check in island J. MH ground staff man the counters since this is a code share flight with MH. When I checked in, there was not even one QR ground staff available. Although before this, while waiting the counter to open, I saw one QR ground staff over at KU counters. I overheard he said the flight was delay. When I asked the check in lady, she told me it will be on time, as per previous day.

I only have one luggage to check in and I got my requested seat. Went straight to the lounge for a quick/short nap. I was very tired adn the next morning, I have to work.

Time passes and it si nearly 4am. No announcement on boarding. Went to the lounge reception and was told that the flight was delayed for 20 minutes. Ah.. well... walk to the buffet area and they just started serving breakfast..Yum..yum.. Nasi Lemak Sambal Sotong.. unfortunately I didn't have appetite to eat.

By 4:20am, I walked to the gate. Surprisingly, no one boarded the aircraft yet. Then an announcement was made that the departure will be delayed for another 20 minutes. Now, it will be at 5am.

I was among the last to board and was greeted by CSD Shelyn and CCS Melissa. Hmm... Melissa looks familiar. She directed me tio my seat and yes.. I know Melissa. We had dinner together on her birthday at Marri0t D0ha two years back. She told me that I look familiar.. but she cannot remember me. An old friend... nice meeting you again...


Off the ground and the moment the seat belt sign was off, I reclined my seat only to wake up for breakfast. A good but not really comfortable sleep. One and a half hour before landing into Doha, I had mee goreng for breakfast.


Overall, the service was just so-so. The food quality yet to improved. Seat, argrhh... the oldest business class seat in the entire QR fleet I guess... wonder when they are going to phase out all these oldies... A300-600.

Arrived in Doha at 07:13am local time. Amazing.. the arrival terminal was empty. For the first time I experience this. Since my business visa expired, I entered the country with tourist visa for QAR100 and valid for a month.


Welcome back.... sore throat & flu... dizzy..dizzy..dizzy.. went straight home from the airport.. within one hour from the landing, i am actually at my apartment. Huh.. how efficient is that :-)) unpacked my stuff and by 9am, I was already in the office.... :-))


~ MT @ Qatar
~~ Sadd, D0ha

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: A Trip Home...

Left apartment for the airport around 6:15pm.Originally, plan to leave around 6pm, however, have to wait for AI/MR to send some stuff for their parents and Zal went to pick AZ from his apartment. AZ is going back for good after a year in DOH. I promised him that I will check in arnd 20kg of his luggage.

Checked in was abreeze. A definite positive point when you are traveling with Premium Class on Qatar Airways. A special terminal for you to check in where you will be treated like a real person and wonderful QR ground staff. I wonder why QR can’t station the same trained people at the main terminal.

I was assigned to seat 1E, a typical seat if I travel with QR. I prefer not to take window seat or aisle next to window to avoid disturbance to the next person. No one queuing at the immigration and there were two immigration officers. One was busy playing with her phone and another served me. Asked about my visa expiration date and was told it will expire on the July 8th., the same day I am due to fly into Qatar. The officer advised me to apply for a new one to avoid complication. Oh well.. let see whether it can be done on time!











Make a short round at the duty free – couple of things attract me, but I avoid buying them… BOSE noise canceling headphone, dress watch.. and few Arabic CDs… I will have one more trip via this Premium Terminal, I told myself that I will buy it next time.. :-)

Went straight to the lounge for Maghreb prayer and some dinner. The lounge was deserted. Less than 20 pax over there. After prayer, I looked for a remote table with a plug for my laptop. Since there were a few passengers, I guess I will connect to internet at the dining area. Chat with Zal and read few blogs.

The flight was a bit delayed, from 2030 to 2055. So, more time for me to surf the net.

Overall, the food was terrible. No taste at all. They served steam rice, grilled veggie, dry pasta and baked fish. Very plain taste.. in fact when I asked for chili sauce, they don’t have it.. tu nasib baik tak mintak kicap… definitely I will complaint.

Boarding started at 8:30pm and it was a full house for Business Class. One thing I can never understand QR is how they always successfully split family members traveling together. The same case I experienced during the flight. I was caught in the middle of family of five (parents and three small kids). I have no choice so I volunteer to take the window seat. Arrghh.. how I hate window seat when there’s somebody sitting next to me!











QR didn’t impress me at all this time. In fact, I sensed the service level has gone down.. This aircraft, A7-AFC still have old seat.. smaller than old seat that MH has in their Airbus fleet. Small and limited reclining. Food, don’t mention about it. No improvement.. still same menu and the omelet for breakfast was awful.

Landed in KUL 15 minutes late. No other international arrival at that time, so the terminal and immigration were not crowded. My luggage came in quite fast and be a responsible traveling partner, I waited for AZ to join me at the luggage carousel and waited for him while he went shopping for chocolates :-)

Took ERL to KL Sentral and my brother came to pick me up from there. Reached home around half past noon, just nice to unpack before Friday prayer…

Home Sweet Home… at last… is it really sweet? Errrrr……

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

AE: AUH Lounge

Will write an entry on my trip from DOH-AUH and AUH-KUL.

Conclusion: Nothing great about Etihad Airlines...... :-)

~ MT @ U A E
~~ Al-Dana Lounge, Abu Dhabi International Airport

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

QA: The Start of the Journey....

[IGNORE THE FORMATTING... WILL FIX LATER]

Zal drove me to the airport around 7.15pm. The plan was to check in first and then went to dinner at the airport vicinity. Reached there within 15 minutes and noticed that the airport was so crowded. Out of three x-ray machines available, only two were operational. At DOH airport, the moment you enter the airport, you have to scan your luggage. Only passengers can go beyond this point.

EY check in counter shares the same counter for all business and first class passengers for other airlines, except QR and BA. QR check in for premium travelers are at the Premium Terminal while BA premium passengers have their own check in counters at the main terminal.
















While queuing for the security, I noticed a familiar sign. OMG… I put all my toiletries in my hand luggage and the hand luggage was in the car with Zal. Asked the nice QAS check in lady and she told me they do enforce the new “liquid transportation” rule (as per Lond0n’s and US’ airports). I have no choice but to check in only one luggage and brought back the other one to transfer all my toiletries. This means I have to go through that “stupid” x-ray machine again. Aarrgghhhh….

Once everything was done, we went to the Central Indonesian restaurant for dinner. Met up with ZI over there who asked me to give some money to his wife when I got back home.

After saying goodbye to Zals, ZI and SK, I went to the departure hall. The immigration and security was a breeze. Actually after traveling via this airport for numerous times, I know what to do when go through the security (in which I didn’t really practice it AUH later on – will blog about this later).

Went to the Oryx Lounge, the premium lounge for all first and business class passengers traveling with other airlines than QR. A windowless lounge and crowded. Not much food selection and no seat for me. So, I decided to go to the new “surau” located on the first floor to perform my Isyak prayer. Hold and behold, I bumped into my ex-colleague who was traveling from Pak1stan to the US. I knew he was travelling the same night, but never have intention to meet him. Unplanned things always happen and what ever you plan, seldom materialized…. Hahahahaa

Browsed duty free, same old stuff and nothing interesting. At around quarter past ten, went to Gate 2 for boarding. I was greeted with a familiar sounds… hmmm… it took sometimes for me to figure that out… after hard thinking, hah! I got it… it was CT Nurha1iza song! Looked around and saw a bunch of Malays1ans at one row and they were listening to the tune from their handphones! Hahahaha.. I bet they miss Malaysian song so much.

Premium zone guests have their own transport. At that time, there were only three of us traveling in the Pearl Zone. EY called their first and business class Diamond Zone and Pearl Zone respectively. Coral Zone is the economy class.

The aircraft today was A330-200 – delivered to EY in June 2006 and interior is specially designed to suit EY needs.

Will blog about the flight in the next entry….

~ MT @ Q4tar
~~ D0ha Int’l Airport, D0ha

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

SG: Hurry Up!!

mLanded safely at Chang1 at 1355hrs, 15 minutes late than scheduled. Upon stepping out the beautiful Airbus 330 (this is one of the latest additions to the Q R fleet - with new livery), to my surprised, I found the airport staff holding a place card with my name on it. I was panicked because I was not expecting it and my connection flight will be in 75 minutes - so, in my opinion, I still have lot of time.

She made it as if that I was late and we rushed to Terminal 2 for check in - killing all my plan to stroll around the duty free before boarding. Even nak kencing pun tak sempat!!!!

She apologized for not addressing me correctly i.e., on the place card, there is no salutation (Mr.) before my name. I told her I don't care. Apparently, somebody from Q R have notified S I N that I only have minimum time for transfer. Hmmm..... this Q R must know me very well - I will not be in the departure lounge unless the screen shows my flight boarding status "Last Call"....

Ok.. need to board now... see you in the next entry....

~ M T @ Singap0re
~~ Gate F34, S I N Airport

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself~

QA: Premium Terminal

Am at the world's only airport Premium Terminal dedicated for Q R First and Business class passengers. From my observation, M H Golden Lounge at K L I A is bigger and have more varieties of food. Service wise, Q R is more professional compare to those Residence Hotel staff that manage the lounge. I have heard that Wings at H K I A is the world best lounge, but since I am yet to experience the lounge, I was not able to comment about it.

This premium terminal is specifically for Q R passengers departing and transiting in DOH. For other carriers, they still have to use the sardine-packed existing terminal. Looking at tonight's crowd, I think Q R underestimate the utilization. Even now, at midnight, peak time for Q R heavies, the seats are insufficient. Luckily I have checked in earlier and booked the best seat at the lounge. :-) okay..okay.. not the best seat, but good one :-p

At midnight, the lights are deemed.... nak suruh tido ka? nanti terlepas flight baru tahu.. :-p

Facilities are great. They have Cloak Room, Games Room, Nursery, Clinic, Business Center, Duty Free area and separate First & Business Class lounges. Unlike M H Golden Lounge, there is no way for passengers from one lounge to sneak to another lounge. In the Golden Lounge, you can sneak via the Business Center and a link door at the end of the lounge.

Enjoy some photos..












~ M T @ Q4t4r
~~ DOH Premium Terminal, D0ha

~To Travel Is To Discover Oneself~

AE: Etihad Airways.. DOH.. AUH..

Last weekend I went to Abu Dhabi (AUH) - renewing my visa. Every three months, I have to fly out of Qatar to get my business visa renewed. And I just love doing it. First, I cna collect miles and second, I can travel... Normally, I just go to Bahrain for a day. This is the cheapest fare around QAR670 on weekend (on week days, it can reach up to QAR1000 return fare - mostly cater for business travellers).

Searching the internet, I found Etihad Airways offering fare of QAR710 to AUH. Wow.. that was cool. QR is charging QAR790 for the same sector. Since I never try EY product, I grabbed the chance to fly with EY's only B767-300ER.

Sector time from DOH to AUH is only 40 minutes. Snacks were served - dates, chicken pie, coleslaw, cheesecake and orange juice. For both DOH-AUH and AUH-DOH, the same captain pilot the aircraft and both sectors also were serviced by all famale cabin crews.
A short hop so nothing much to write about. Inbound into AUH, the flight was around 40% full with majority of guests (yup.. EY defines the passengers as Guests) were transit guests to Manila. Outbound from AUH, most guests were South Asians going to Qatar for work.










Check in at DOH was abreeze. Only two check in counters for EY and only 3 guests were checking in when I reached there. It took me around three minuets to complete the check in procedures.

Queuing for immigration and security were a bit unpleasant. While I was in the queue, suddenly the Immigration Office decided to close the lane. Apparently, at that time, it was a change of shift. Hmmm..

I handed over my passport and Exit Permit to a female Immigration Office - no kidding this officer has a very thick make up on her face!. She muttered that there was something wrong with the system and ignored my Exit Permit. Ok.. no issue to me as long as I can go out and come back without any hassle!

Security is another issue. Frankly, I do not know what's wrong with my belt. It always "beep" whenever I go through the metal detector at DOH departure hall. And it only happens in DOHA Airport! Kidding you not! Since I am flying Economy class, I have to take out my belt and went through the detector again. [If you are flying Business class, just ensure your boarding pass is visible to the officer - u might get away easily - I have done it!]

It was a surprise to see the improvement that has been made to the airport. A huge passenger area is now available on the upper level. A generous space of Prayer Room is also available. Another food court is now open, thus pulling some passengers from the existing congested food court. A Flight Information Display (FID) is now installed and the departure gates have been refurbished!










A step towards getting accreditation by the US FAA I guess - I read somewhere that FAA does not "recognize"/"approve" Doha Airport - thus preventing QR to fly to US destination. Surprise isn't it?

Coming back from AUH, I checked myself in at the AUH City Terminal. A deserted building - am the only passenger! As I was flying Economy, I have to pay Dhs70 for the service - an exclusive Etihad Guest coach to the airport. My advice, it is not worth it!

The landside of the AUH is cleaner albeit small. A dedicated area for premium passengers to check in is under construction. As per most airports in the Middle East that I have been (DOH, DXB, JED), the check in area is exclusively for passengers only. You need to scan your luggage before entering the check in area. The airside is a different story - with a with a weird low curve design made me claustrophobic! To make the thing worse, the whole terminal turned out to be smoking area where people lit their cigarettes whenever they want, wherever they want! Hmm.. so much about civilized Westerners!
Anyway, I have updated some photos in my fotopages... check it out and please, do leave a comment.. :-) [if you don't mind]

~ MT @ UAE
~~ Le Meridien, Abu Dhabi

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~