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It’s a long, long way to Kuala Lumpur…

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AKA: AirAsia Ouch!

I'm flying!Flight from Melbourne to KL on AirAsia X was not nearly as horrible as I feared but no better than I expected. Check-in was again a breeze. Flight left twenty minutes late, but landed twenty minutes early. Seats cramped, but a bigger issue I found was the lack of legroom meant I couldn’t stow my bag below the seat in front. Overhead compartments seemed small and I had trouble fitting my (reasonably small) carry on inside. I annoyed everyone around me constantly getting up and down to access it that in the end I gave up, stowed it as best I could in front of me and tried to wrap my legs around it. This was uncomfortable even for someone with my short legs so I would definitely recommend bringing a second small carry-on with the items you are likely to need on board.
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Up, up and away

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Well, as per Adam’s previous post, we started out about half an hour late.  No too bad.  Being excited to be finally leaving we were not too worried about this, however also being way past our bed time we were getting very very sleepy as well.

I must say that the AirAsia staff have been unbelievably good.  The customer service is excellent.  The seats on the plane on the other hand……….think domestic flight Melbourne to Sydney only for 8 or so hours.  What’s that old Mitsubishi ad…..Not So Squeezy!!!!!!!  Oh well, for what we paid for the flights I can put up for a bit (a lot) of discomfort :) .

Anyway, here we are in very very humid Kuala Lumpur for the better part of the day waiting for our next flight.  Not much else to add at the moment other than the fact that I now have THREE, count ‘em THREE stamps in my passport.  Very tired, very red eyes and in need of lots and lots of coffee.

Next update coming soon………………………………….

Update: Ally is now happily ensconced in her Jakarta hotel.