It took us about 5 hours or so to get to Kuala Lumpur International Airport where we waited for another 2 hours for our connecting flight MH129 to Melbourne – an eight hour flight. The wait time for our connecting flights both to India and back home again were spot on. Not so long that we got bored and more tired and not so short that we had the pressure of time upon us while we navigated a foreign airport in the “middle of the night”.
Fortunately, the row behind us was completely empty when MH129 lifted off so the couple next to us moved there and we all had plenty of room for the flight. The service on our Malaysia Airlines flights has been very good, the check-in baggage problems notwithstanding. We’d happily fly with them again. The price was sensational at the time of booking in June 2022 - $1250 person. The last cheap flight we’ll see for quite a while I reckon.
The flight landed more or less on time at Melbourne airport at about 8:30pm. It was Thursday still but we’d been traveling for a very long time, all the time the wall clock adding more hours to the journey – 5.5hrs all up. The Australian Customs process is really good and modern. It’s all done without much human interfacing at all. We’d declared a couple of wooden souvenirs so we were directed through that aisle once we’d collected our luggage. The girl behind the desk was very good. We showed her the items and she just waved us through without any further questions asked. It was a breeze!
The Skyways bus arrived before too long and with our pre-purchased tickets at the ready on the phone we boarded and made our way into town. Once again we stayed at the Great Southern Hotel in Spencer St where we were presently surprised with a room upgrade, and a very nice room it was. After a quick bite to eat we hit the sack for a few hours sleep before our breakfast meeting with Emily.
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