On Thursday evening we tidied the house, fed the cats and stocked their cat feeders with dry food for the mornings ahead. Butters got a cuddle and was deposited in the courtyard, where he proceeded to place his head in the foodbowl and get stuck right into it, whilst Ruskin, on being shown his rations on the back steps was more aloof, as is his wont, and had a desultory sniff, and sauntered off.
Evening meals will be served by our neighbour Dorota so there will be no starving kitties when we get home.
Our taxi arrived very soon after it was ordered, and we were at the airport and just before 11pm. Taxi cost $78. We had considered going the self drive and parking route, but twas too late to book the 50% off rate so gave it a miss.
Check-in lines were long and slow, and once we got to the counter we were informed that we could have used an alternate and faster 'bag drop' line because we had already printed our boarding passes. We did get a day voucher for the Sama Sama Hotel at KLIA for use on our trip home (because of the cancelled earlier flight).
Queues for Security theatre were blessedly short, but a shortage of staf on duty made the wait at immigration long. Our gate lounge was at the very far end of the new arrivals section at Tullamarine, and a pretty decent hike!
Boarded and on our way on time at 12:45am. Served a snack (peanuts, then a tasty chicken sausage roll with salsa) then tried to rest for the slightly elongated night. Some snoozes were had by both of us. Nice breakfast (nasi ....... - rice, prawns & beans with a tasty sambal. No doubt very superior to the alternate potato fritata). Arrival at KLIA, in darkness, was just before 6:00 am.
Only a minority of the passengers on our flight stopped off in Malaysia. Luggage correction and immigration were thereby pleasingly uncrowded. We had to ask directions to find the taxi counter, and had to insist on the 'budget' taxi (RM74.50) when we were originally assigned a 'premier' taxi (RM107). Dawn had broken by the time our taxi was on the expressway to KL, about 70 km away. The drive was at first very fast, but later we ran into heavier traffic, with motorcycles daringly whizzing through the gaps. Exchanged texts with Guan, our host to find that he was caught in traffic too, after having dropped his daughter at school. Our taxi driver eventually found Regaiia Apartments, after a couple of wrong turns, and dropped us off at the lobby. It took nearly an hour for Guan to arrive to take us up to the apartment.
The apartment is on the 10th floor of C Block, with a pretty much uninterrupted view of the KL skyline, with the Petronas Towers prominent. Al the rooms are spacious, spotless and quite well equipped. Guan himself is a jolly chap, and spent plently of time advising us on how to navigate the city and the sights, and how to work the apartment. Most tricky is the fancy electronic keycard, which it took us a few goes to master.
Evening meals will be served by our neighbour Dorota so there will be no starving kitties when we get home.
Our taxi arrived very soon after it was ordered, and we were at the airport and just before 11pm. Taxi cost $78. We had considered going the self drive and parking route, but twas too late to book the 50% off rate so gave it a miss.
Check-in lines were long and slow, and once we got to the counter we were informed that we could have used an alternate and faster 'bag drop' line because we had already printed our boarding passes. We did get a day voucher for the Sama Sama Hotel at KLIA for use on our trip home (because of the cancelled earlier flight).
Queues for Security theatre were blessedly short, but a shortage of staf on duty made the wait at immigration long. Our gate lounge was at the very far end of the new arrivals section at Tullamarine, and a pretty decent hike!
Boarded and on our way on time at 12:45am. Served a snack (peanuts, then a tasty chicken sausage roll with salsa) then tried to rest for the slightly elongated night. Some snoozes were had by both of us. Nice breakfast (nasi ....... - rice, prawns & beans with a tasty sambal. No doubt very superior to the alternate potato fritata). Arrival at KLIA, in darkness, was just before 6:00 am.
Only a minority of the passengers on our flight stopped off in Malaysia. Luggage correction and immigration were thereby pleasingly uncrowded. We had to ask directions to find the taxi counter, and had to insist on the 'budget' taxi (RM74.50) when we were originally assigned a 'premier' taxi (RM107). Dawn had broken by the time our taxi was on the expressway to KL, about 70 km away. The drive was at first very fast, but later we ran into heavier traffic, with motorcycles daringly whizzing through the gaps. Exchanged texts with Guan, our host to find that he was caught in traffic too, after having dropped his daughter at school. Our taxi driver eventually found Regaiia Apartments, after a couple of wrong turns, and dropped us off at the lobby. It took nearly an hour for Guan to arrive to take us up to the apartment.
The apartment is on the 10th floor of C Block, with a pretty much uninterrupted view of the KL skyline, with the Petronas Towers prominent. Al the rooms are spacious, spotless and quite well equipped. Guan himself is a jolly chap, and spent plently of time advising us on how to navigate the city and the sights, and how to work the apartment. Most tricky is the fancy electronic keycard, which it took us a few goes to master.