i started my way home on 20th jun 2008 7am. yea~~i know it's a bit early(actually it's much too early) for a 10.45am flight. we, me and another friend of mine reach the airport by 7.20am.....oh gosh~~! what are we going to do here for another 3 hours? the airport is empty without anyone (it's definately no like KLIA, it's 1000x smaller than that). stupid us go there too early.....aih~
what to do, just wait there until the flight loooo........
then the next station, Kiev
it was cloudy and having small rain....it's suppose ok if we are in the airport. YA, WE ARE IN THE AIRPORT AREA, but the domestic and international airport is apart and connected only by a 10 minutes open-air walkway. so..no choice but walk as we need to catch for the international flight to shanghai within 2 hours.
the Kiev international airport....i was abit shock when i saw it. it's not too big, nor very modernize, but it's just like i m back to Pudu Raya in KL... crowded like sardin, hardly to move around. everyone is squeezing here and there to move around, i just have to beware of my belongings.
suddenly my friend just realise his hand-carry bag is not around. GOSH!! where could it be? he ran all the way back to domestic airport as he remember put it at the chair while he went for collecting luggages. thank god he found his hand-carry and we successfully check-in by time, but the flight is 1 hour delayed due to raining, which means less one hour to spend in shanghai.
the weather in shanghai was not good at our arrival day...it was misty and hot, we felt just like in sauna.... all scenery view were not good.
we are too tire after 9 hours flight from Kiev to shanghai, and continuously walk for 5-6 hours in shanghai city center. someone even fall asleep while we are resting in starbucks cafe,haha
when we arrived back in shanghai pudong international airport, we spent around 30 minutes walking between terminal 1 and 2 just to collect baggages and check-in...try to imagine how big ,how tiring and how inconvenience it is, especially when we are sooooo tire after 'exploring' shanghai city.
all above just a small matter... and here comes the huge and most horrible hurdle of my journey back malaysia.
around 10 of us are inform by the check-in counter that we can't go on board as we didn't pay the fee for changed date of flight. it was just like a hit on the head....we are just one more step from home and you just cut off our leg,dammit!!!
initially we insist not to pay as the airlines(aerosvit and china eastern airline) should settle the money problems by themselves, furthermore i don't have that much of cash to pay it. but as flying time approaching and we are still not allowed on board....we became worry and unease.
both airlines stuff seem doesn't pay any effort in settling this matter, they just pushing the responsibilities away and want us to pay ourselves.
last minute calling....we can't stand the uneasiness and decide to pay it, by throwing out all atm or visa cards available. but not all of us manage to pay it, as i and a girl need to borrow money to pay for it. thank you for borrowing me money, or else i might need to stay overnight in shanghai airport.
the last part was just like scenes in movie, as i and the other girl were the last two to enter the immigration and custom, we were escort by the airline stuff all the way to the airplane, and i think i ran a distance about 500m with my hand-luggage(10kg, with wheel) and my laptop bag(15kg, put too many things inside =P). the door closed once we enter and pilot start announcing to take off.
finally the plane take off and i had a great sleep on the plane. we all reach malaysia on time without delay, wao~~it was fast!
beside all the unlucky happenings, i still experienced some good stuff in my journey,
- watch sunset and sun rise on plane in less then 4 hours
sunset on the plane
sun rise on the plane
down there is 1 am- delicious 'xiao long bao' in shanghai
- experience the only commercial Meglev in the world
it's always 10 cm above ground
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