Slow Switch
An expected12 hours at KLIA isn't really that long believe it or not. Once you have walk through the huge airport from the plane an hour is gone. Another hour at immigration and another at security because you can't enter transit. You do this again as you switch carriers, so that is 6 hours gone! Flights are usually late so deduct another hour, eat lunch another hour gone. Oh yeah, switch terminal from KLIA to KLIA2 the Air Asia hub on a shuttle bus ... 12 hours almost GONE!
Lunch at KLIA 1 was great. We ate lots of rice and pumpkin in a coconut sauce for £1, everything else worked out a lot more expensive, even McDs and KFC which are generally the cheaper junk food option.
At KLIA 2 we found a hot water machine so out came the coffee. We almost sat in the fancy lounge area to watch the World Cup but we needed a local bank card to get free entry. Burger King had similar comfy seats so we sat in there instead.
Our flights all went well and we have now successfully entered the Philippines at another Asian hub - Manila! Many people really don't like Manilla airport as terminal changes are chaotic with traffic. Luckily for us we entered terminal 3 and exit from the same terminal. You need to leave a lot of time to transit and we have a lot of time. Luckily across the road from the airport is our breakfast saviour - McDs! We ate, drank coffee and watched the policemen waiting for their Happy Meal in the drive in queue!
Our flight to Bohol ended up with about an hour delay but the flight went quickly. Our hotel was walking distance from the airport so we did just that. On the way we ate bananas, local food and watched children in the scouts sing some songs. We eventually arrived at the hotel in the dark!
