It was an impromptu decision and hence that very night Paka made reservations for the 4 of us to fly into Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok using Air Asia.
The deal that we got was not on our side though bookings were made about 3 weeks before flight. Talking about those who got the RM88 fare and some got even cheaper!! Online booking is the norm now, with the itinerary sent to our e-mail inbox. You just need to print them, and present to the check-in counter on the day of the flight. Pakar had reserved seats for us with the Pick A Seat facility and also pre-booked our meals of fried rice and nasi briyani.
International travelling will be the first for our 3 daughters (another daughter couldn’t make it since she has lectures). As for me, it has been about 3 years since I last set foot on a foreign land. (This will be my second visit to the Kingdom of Thailand, if I’m to count in my visit to Sg Golok, many years ago!) In preparing for the visit, we found Thai phrases in the Sawatdee, Thai Airways in-flight magazine, and memorise them. Sawasdee krup/kaa (Hello), Phoot Thai mai-dai (I can’t speak Thai) and La gon (good bye). Oh yes, we had fun trying to memorise those phrases.
Flight AK 742 on June 6, 2010 was on schedule. Departing LCCT at 1340hrs and arriving Bangkok at 1445hrs (Thailand is GMT+7) after a flight of 2hrs and 5min. Alhamdulillah, the departure and arrival were smooth. Bihah seemed to enjoy the flight. She got a window seat and took the opportunity to snap pictures of the plane wing, clouds and also the land. She didn’t even sleep when her 2 elder sisters took their naps after lunch was eaten.
1. Tumbuhan menjalar, hemigraphis ni sesuai sebg tanaman tutup bumi. Tanam dlm pasu gantung pun cantik. Taken from K. Nosi/Mak Lang's place.
