Final Day in Bangkok...
Our flight back to KUL was at 15:15p.m and that means we still had time in the morning to explore. So we decided to go to Amarin Plaza which was located at Racatdamri area ( near CentralWorld)...
Beautiful ceiling of Amarin Plaza...
Concourse area...
Amarin Plaza was a small shopping complex liked KL plaza which had nothing much to see. So we headed straight to its food court - The Cook, Kolors of Taste for our brunch.
The food court was relatively small compared to the MBK's one.
The food court was empty... as it was still early I guess.
Not much choices and I ordered a Fried Radish Cake - TB40. Dried and tasteless... lousier than the one sold in Pasar Malam!
Mrs. Chialat ordered a "Chap Fun" (mixed rice) - TB50. I tried a piece of the fish and it was spicy hot and dry.
After our brunch we decided to head back to our hotel to clean up/pack/rest before going to the airport.
BKK - KUL
Date: 14 October 2009 (Wednesday)
Airline: Air Asia
Aircraft: A320
Flight: AK743
Seat: 17C & 17D
ETD/ATD: 1515/1525
ETA/ATA: 1820/1830
Flight Time: 2 hours
At 1230 we checked out from our hotel. The check-out was fast. The porter immediately flagged down a taxi outside the street and helped us load our luggage into the trunk. In no time we were already in the taxi and there we were to the airport...
The traffic was slow in Sukhumvit area... maybe it was during lunch time and a bit of drizzling. At first I was a bit worried as we were still maneuvering at snail's pace in Sukhumvit area after 20 mins. Even though I had already done the OLCI the day before but we still needed to be at the airport 45 mins before departure or we would miss our flight.
Luckily when we were on the expressway, the traffic was smooth and the driver literally sped 120kph toward the airport...
After 25 mins or so, we reached BKK and we were left at the curbside.
While walking inside the terminal, we could see the arrival terminal below.
We headed straight to AirAsia check-in counter at row E...
And this is what we saw - sea of people, 20,000 of them!
AirAsia check-in counters... full of people! There were at least 15 people before us and we waited for a good 25 mins before our turn. Again, I told the agent I had done the OLCI and I just needed the boarding pass. It was no problem with that but when I put my check-in luggage on the scale, it showed - 16.3kg! Damn it...the agent had me removed something out from the luggage before tagging it. Luckily I just had to take out a laundry bag that was full of dirty clothes which we packed earlier in the hotel. Now the luggage just weighed 14.3kg!
Relatively empty at other check-in counters for other airlines.
After we collected our BP, we headed straight inside the departure terminal, but before that we had to go through the security. The security was tight and maybe I looked like terrorist, the agent asked me to take out my laptop from the laptop bag, camera and mobile phone to place in the basket to go through the scan. I also had to remove my belt and shoes before letting me through.
Statues inside the departure terminal.
The new airport/terminal was huge, spacious, airy and clean. I didn't know it had so many things to see or else we would have come here early. We just walked from one end to the other end of the terminal and along the way some shots were taken...
Palomar Cafe...
The food that we had earlier at Amarin Plaza was unsatisfactory and not filling. We decided to have something before boarding as we knew it was a no-frill flight that we would be taking later...
So we check out the Palomar Cafe...
It was a "alfresco" dining cafe right in the middle of the terminal...
We dined in front of their kitchen and we could see their chef in action...
Food menu...
Drink Menu...
My drink, Twister Pulp Orange Juice... TB60
Linguini Seafood Pasta... TB250
The spaghetti was perfectly cooked and the size of prawns and mussel was decent. It was quite delicious and the portion was huge.
Hawaiian Pizza... TB250
Look at the cheese... it just melts. They were generous with the cheese. It was damnnnnn delicious... one of the best pizza I have ever tasted.
After our meal, we literally ran to our boarding gate-F1, which was at the furthest right end of the terminal. I guess we were the last ones to enter the holding lounge. The holding lounge was small and not everyone could get a seat. Luckily we didn't have to wait long... the boarding was called soon after we enter the holding area. Surprisingly, this time around we didn't have to walk under scorching sun or bussed from the gate to board the plane. We just walked direct to the plane by using the jetbridge.
The push-back started at 1525.
Eva Air - B777
Thai Airways - B747
Finnair - MD 11
The "haram" airlines, Israeli Airlines - B747, which will never have the chance to fly into Malaysian airspace.
Lufthansa - B747 was taking off before us.
One last glance at the terminal whilst taxiing to the runway...
The crew started the safety demo as well while we were taxiing...
Today load I would say 70-80%.
The plane took off soon after we reached the runway and flew out to the Gulf of Thailand before entering the Malaysian airspace...
We were assigned to the pathetic seats of 17C & 17D... but we noticed the 2 exit rows were not taken( I guess nobody was willing to pay extra money for the extra 2-inch- pitch of this flight), so we gladly moved our assess to 12D & 12 E. It was actually quite comfortable in the sense that my knees didn't touch the seat in front.
I snoozed off soon after we settled down in our seat and the 2 hour-flight was uneventful. Once I woke up, the sky was getting darker and before long we started to descent and very soon we were safely home as well as our 4 days trip to Bangkok ended with good memory.
