I wonder why i torture myself sometimes when i am overseas. It's a vacation and i should try my best to sleep in; hence, why did i book a flight for 8.45 am and had to wake up at 6.00 am to prepare?!
Oh well, reasons aside (which i can't remember anyway since i booked like 7 months in advance), it's nice to find the road so empty although traffic wasn't bad in Langkawi except for maybe the Cenang beach area.
Pity we didn't manage to check out the fun fair that reminded me so much of those in Singapore in the 1980s when i was still a kid!
Daybreak; fenced up area was the runway of Langkawi International Airport.
We had driven so many times along this stretch that we knew this archway for a 2017 exhibition would infer a close proximity to the entrance of the airport.
Expansion of Langkawi International Airport that should have been completed by now. Hopefully it would include a much better departure hall since the one i went to was pretty boring.
Our three pieces of luggage! The excitement of not knowing the total weight as the luggage scale i had was broken; i am horrendous in estimation and was keeping my fingers crossed that i wouldn't have to wear multiple layers before boarding the plane.
The staff from the car rental company was late and we were in the midst of freaking out as we really didn't want to miss the flight. Thankfully, he did arrive; albeit about 30 minutes later. I was in such a haste to pass him the car i didn't realize i had left my can of Pokka Oolong Tea on the car roof!
Finally stepping into the airport!
Checking in; luckily Alex thought of one person queuing up while the other waited for the car rental company's staff as the queue was insanely long when i came in.
We still have a balance of 7.8 kilograms; darn, i should have purchased more chocolate from the duty free shops in Langkawi although they were, honestly, not significantly cheaper than the ones sold in Singapore.
Unexciting departure hall; click here to read more.
Boarding the plane about 20 minutes before official departure. Don't you just love walking on the airport tarmac instead of over an aero-bridge?
And it's so nice that we can take photos; back when there's a budget terminal in Singapore, we boarded the planes via mobile staircases or "ramp stairs" and you would be barred from taking any photos for security reasons!
More pictures as i climbed up the ramp stairs from the back of the plane. Although aerobridge provides the comfort and shade from weather elements, i thought the mobile staircases were more efficient in loading passengers.
Our enclosed space for the next 1.5 hours.
Departed at 8.56am!
Flying past a Malaysian island that i visited back in 2016. I actually didn't know where the plane was until something caught my attention.
The appearance of this longest bridge in Malaysia; the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge or Penang Second Bridge! Yes, it's Penang!
Can you guess where this is? Definitely not the Penang International Airport and i was only half correct as i thought the white section with parked planes was Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
Half correct because that's klia2 which is in fact also next to KLIA.
That's Alex all wrapped up; he will always bring a towel from home so that he can cover up and have a snooze! I envy people like him as i find it extremely uncomfortable to sleep on a plane despite my short stature.
More photographs taken on the plane before it eventually touched down at Terminal 4 of Changi International Airport at 10.15am; five minutes ahead of schedule.
I had a fantastic impression of Terminal 4 and you may check out my post here. Please allocate more time to explore the newest airport terminal in Singapore if you happen to board a plane from there!
Before i end this last day of my fun-filled Langkawi trip; here's a time-lapse showing the departure from Langkawi International Airport to arrival at Changi International Airport!