Last holiday in 2011

hehehe... aku dpt tau boss aku cuti whole week next week. dia mula2 tak bg aku habiskan cuti aku yg berbalance 6 hari... mcm burn je cuti. tp alih2 secretary dia bg tau aku dia cuti next week. so aku pun cepat2 hantar form minta cuti gak next week + khamis ni... so kiranya esok (rabu) would be my last day working for 2011... hehehe... *and cuti aku approved :-)

so, bila balik umah, discuss2 ngan wife.. rasanya nak dok doha je lah... byk benda blh buat... n nak rehat2... br je jalan... bajet pun takde... tp fikir2 bosan gak dok doha ni... and aku ada 3000 to spare hehehe... so bg tau wife, if we can get anywhere with 3k we go... and maximum flying - 4 hours and spend for only 3-4 days max, sbb still nak rehat je. and kalau blh aku nak rehat2 je, malas nak berjalan while vacationing. an ideal place (dlm fikiran aku), kalau ada member kat pendalaman UK or kat France - kampung yg takde tempat shopping better. gi sana, dok umah, rehat2, g pasar, enjoy the weather, enjoy the scenary or people. in short, g jalan tapi tak buat apa2, blh bgn lewat.

so we buat shortlist, based on the map of mid east above tp disebabkan huru hara kat cairo, syria & yemen and of course iraq - they are out of the list:

1. Shiraz - Esfahan, Iran - dah lama plan, nak g skiing etc. tp ada 2 flight a week meaning we have to spend friday to friday. or mon - fri. tp kalau 4 - 5 hari tak sempat kalau nak g ski and g esfahan n nak transfer in between. ooh, aku ada full itinerary utk ke trip ni dah siap dr dulu. mmg kena 7 hari. so Iran out.

2. Dubai (again???) - roadtrip ke dubai, and kalau sempat g muscat etc... tp kos kat dubai can be expensive. although tak fly, hotel surely kena 300 at least. dok 4 hari dah 1200. then kena drive, bayar visa je dah 350 per person. n plus, dubai lagi??? mcm baru je balik dubai awal bulan bwk parents in law.

3. Kuwait - aku tak pernah g kuwait, that's the only gcc country aku tak g. tp org kata weekend cukup lah kat sana. my wife tak nak g. sbb boring. takkan lah nak g for HRC then balik. waste of time. baik dok doha.

4. Jordan - mmg aku nak ke sini. tp with 3k budget. mcm tak leh nak pi mana. plus, tempat2 nak visit mcm keseluruhan negara. so it may cost more than 3k for 2 pax. plus, aku masih berharap blh drive ke sana... so out jordan.

5. Luxor, Egypt - seems doable. byk benda blh visit. the valley, karnak temple etc. tp again, aku rasa tempat ni pricey kot. plus aku akan end up penat, takde rehat. so out.

6. Istanbul, Turkey - aku dah g. wife dgr tempat ni cantik. we checked the ticket only QR800 per pax plus qmiles. hotel 3 malam QR700... so within budget - QR2300. then aku dah g, so aku tak lah nak bekejar nak tgk semua. weather cantik. view cantik. within budget... and off we go... hehehe...

yup, we are going to istanbul for 4 days 3 nights. nak abis kan cuti. dr Isnin - Khamis. and we have jumaat n sabtu berehat di doha. no plan sgt... and since the hotel kat sultanahmet, kalau jalan2 pun semua walking distance, tak perlu tukar2 train or naik bas jauh2... i like, wifey happy... so thats the end of our 2011...