I'm sitting in the LCCT in KL, waiting for my second flight of the day. I'd heard from various people that this place is like Avalon Airport in Melbourne, but I disagree. The LCCT may be noisy, chaotic, crazy, a bit grubby and poorly (and very confusingly) laid out but it does the job.
I've marvelled at their selection of lollipops, had 21 minutes in a massage chair for RM7 (about $2.40 AUD), bought a Nescafé coffee in a can, had a random guy rub his head on my shoulder (within seconds of my yelling out "what the hell do you think you are doing?" the airport security guys were on him like a tonne of bricks) and have been hell sick for the past six hours.
Goodbye Satay indeed. I tool all my usual pills at the airport last night and checked by blood sugar at Melbourne airport and again inflight. 5.5 = perfect both times. I really enjoyed the Chicken Satay that Air Asia pre-sold me for dinner, until after I'd had three mouthfuls of pancake breakfast with creamer (not milk).
Within 30 minutes the plane was bouncing and I had to disobey the fasten seatbelt sign to run and talk to the big white telephone. Without getting too graphic, I technically haven't taken my 14 pills from last night now!
I don't think it was the chicken - I think it was the creamer. I feel seedy now but haven't been sick since and that's usually a classic sign of a fructose or FODMAP reaction. I'm feeling seedy because I'm tired and dehydrated. Like hungover seedy!
We got off the plane in KL to be greeted with rain and a sea of bright red umbrellas to ferry ourselves into the terminal. We landed at 7:01am and by 7:30am I was out of customs and immigration with SIM cards for my iPhone and iPad. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Melbourne Airport!
Flight wise, the upgrade to two extra empty seats was awesome because I had a whole row to myself and had just enought room to snooze for about four hours. Mental note to self, next time bring the squishy pillow. The seats were brand new, very comfy and still smelled of brand new leather. The seat pitch wasn't a challenge and I fit nicely between the armrests with no squash.
The flight crew were fantastic and really looked after me when I got sick - they gave me an extra blanket, bottle of water and five sick bags! It was a nice plane and very quiet, hardly any engine noise and I was over the wing right on top of the engine.
If you're flying Air Asia long haul or overnight, do yourself a favour and apply for the Optiontown upgrade ESO (see previous entry), it was so with the $28 AUD or whatever I paid to get an entire row to myself.
Anyway, in a couple of hours I'm off to Pulau Langkawi.
More later!
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