Saturday, October 25, 2008

DC : the travelling day...

Ok… aku memang terlebih excited for my travelling ke US. Yup, I’ve never been there… and aku jakun lah sbb dapat g… :-) and plus… dapat travel kan… hehehe… tp sebabkan all the whole planning n peluang ni berlaku within 2 weeks… I don’t really plan anything… aku tak sempat pun study map DC and book hotel pun to the last minute… and mcm mana nak g hotel dr airport and mana tempat nak shopping.. semua aku tak tahu… tak pernah aku travel without all these preparation. siap bag pun dlm 45 minit je.

So pepagi 24/10 kimi hantar aku ke airport. Flight aku ikut kan 14 jam 20 minit… long flight, and aku duduk kat economy je… so aku assume, sakit2 badan lah jawab nya bila aku sampai DC nanti… and aku really look forward nak tgk movie kat dlm flight :-) hehehe…

Orang kata nak travel ke US antara problem nya ialah imigresen n kastam… and aku mmg expect the worst. Dr airport doha lagi mmg dah slow dah, nak check in flight beratur panjang… and siap kena cek visa semua dah… n counter asing dr cek in flight2 QR lain. It took abt an hour to check in, otherwise selalunya 15-30 minit dah boleh check in.

Ok bukan kat check in je panjang… nak boarding pun sama… macam kat UK, kena keluarkan laptop, buka tali pinggang, buka kasut… baru lah boleh boarding… hmm… then br lah blh naik flight…

Flight Boeing 777-300 (betul ke ni hehehehe). Tak penuh, oooh masa check in, aku ada gak minta upgrade, tp tak dapat hehehe… aku minta isle, and tgk akan ada org duduk sebelah aku… dah plan dah nak cari seat lain yg ada kosong… but yg best nya… 2 org yg duduk near the window decided utk g duduk tempat lain… so I got all the 3 seats for myself… hahaha.. aku siap tido baring melunjur guna all the 3 seats :-)

Actually bukan lah 14 jam flight, we reached early… 45 minit lagi awal then schedule… apa aku buat kat dlm flight… hehehe… 5 movies in a row… 2 kali 1-hour nap… makan 2 heavy meal (2 je depa bg… tp ada snack in between upon request)… and pada aku tak lah penat sgt n tak berapa terasa… either I was really excited or mmg movies tu best… and since aku duduk 3 seats tak terasa lah penat… citer apa aku tengok… hehehe… 1. sex and the city (hahaha, br tgk, itupun sbb ada dlm senarai), 2. hancock (will smith as superhero… menarik citer ni tak mcm citer superhero biasa) 3. the happening (m night shyamalan show… as usual… apa ntah citer dia ni) 4. the confession of dangerous mind (ni citer last year) 5. get smart (comedy yg tak best mana). Jam 4.05pm (waktu DC – 12 difference compared to KL, 7 jam ngan Doha).

Citer nak lepas imigresen lagi panjang… sbb mmg lama… it took 2 hours dr arrival (keluar kapal terbang) sampai keluar airport n beratur ambil teksi. Lebih 30 minit kita org duduk kat dlm shuttle bus, sbb tmpt imigresen tu penuh ngan org and ada 2 bus lagi yg nak ke loaded utk kastam n imigresen process… dpt masuk… panjang giler barisan… tp pengurusan queue mmg bagus… cepat je movement barisan ni… but still took another 40 minutes ++… then bila tiba giliran aku… as usual tanya dtg buat apa… stay mana… keje apa kat sini… berapa lama stay… tp lama gak lah dia enter data… n pastu aku kena go through 2nd check kat custom… ok… aku follow je… suppose 2nd check tu akan kena buka beg… tp ntah, officer tu kata ok je… cop passport and am free to go… :-) and beg pun dah lama sampai and aku straight cari mana tempat ambil teksi. Masa beratur ada gak org2 lain tanya whether nak tak teksi ke DC… tp aku assume org ni mcm KLIA yg tak berlesen or something like that… I prefer ambil yg official :-)

no pic masa kat visa/kastam/imigresen... sbb tak nak kena soal siasat plak nanti. hik hik hik...

Sejam perjalanan dr airport ke hotel… it is a very good hotel… which aku akan citer semula… jam 7.30pm aku sampai hotel…and aku tak larat nak keluar dah tgk around DC and enjoy the hotel… it was 12 degree kat luar… tp aku tak rasa pun… sbb duduk kat hotel je… (which aku rasa the next day aku kena tukar…)

Next… on hotel…

2 comments:

Fairul said...

perrghh....nonstop ke DC naik 773ER....jeles..jeles.thats the most powerfull 777 out there besides 777LR..anyway bro..enjoy ur stay kt DC..hidup Democratic..hidup obama :P

do post more photos ya!

zal said...

fairul
hahaha... u know.. i cannot really differentiate between the aircraft... sama je.. so long as ada tv and seat best... ok je.. :-)