We'll get some pictures in as soon as we have home access to the Internet. That takes a little time here.
Thursday, June 28
Kim finished at school today. She always said she would leave from school to airport and fly somewhere, but the KL plans changed all of that. She stayed at school (BIG SURPRISE!) to finish some paperwork. She arrived home about 8:45 and we went to dinner; on the way Kim calmly announced that she was now in KL mode and screamed.
Friday, June 29
We relaxed today. Laundry and sundry preparatory duties but mainly collecting the papers and getting the luggage from the storage room to the bedroom. Enough for one day.
Saturday, June 30
More of the same but we took time this evening to have dinner with our good friends Barb and Ed.
Sunday, July 1
Kim and Bill spent Sunday, July 1 getting ready, especially the packing. On Saturday we had checked all of the baggage requirements (size weight etc.) and decided that we needed more space. We went out and bought two more very large suitcases. Give the size (208 cm overall...l+w+h) and weight (32 kg or 70 lb) we had to pack carefully. By noon on Sunday we thought that we were well within the tolerances; we had the boys hold the cases one by one while standing on the bathroom scale and then we subtracted their weight.
Early afternoon Connie and Jim (Kim's mom and her husband) arrived and it was great to see them. Andrea arrived from time away at a friend's cottage in the Thousand Islands and around four thirty we decided to go to the airport. We thought we'd check in early and then go for dinner with the whole family. Since we had an 11:35 pm flight we felt a 6:00 check in would allow us lots of time to enjoy the company before embarking. The problem was that Cathay Pacific only has one flight per day at 11:35 PM and the staff doesn't open the check in until 8:00 PM or so. Fortunately the scales were working so Kim had us weigh all the bags. We were close but she re-arranged some items and got us within the acceptable limits on all bags.
We then took all the luggage with us and took the family to dinner at the Sheraton Gateway (right in the terminal). around 8:30 we returned to the terminal and checked our bags. That went smoothly thanks to Kim's efforts. We said our goodbyes and were on our own and through security by 9:15.
We sat and read or wandered until the flight. It was late taking off (12:15) because the plane was late getting in. Once airborne we ate and slept, ate and slept. We landed in Anchorage and disembarked for refueling and a change of crew. It was 3:30 Anchorage time when we re boarded; that's 7:30 Monday morning T.O. time.
The next leg of the journey to Hong Kong was more of the same and we arrived 6:15 AM their time. We were now in the the same time zone as KL so 12 hours ahead of T.O. We waited in the airport for two hours and boarded for the final leg to KL.
We arrived in KL at 12:15 PM Tuesday, July 3 (We'll stop telling you T. O. time; just know that we are 12 hours ahead until standard time resumes in the fall; then we're thirteen hours ahead. The director (principal) Frank met us at the airport with a van and one of the college's drivers. We trundled off and were registered at the Sheraton Subang Jaya Towers and Suites. This is a top end five star hotel!
We were exhausted, mainly in the rear end, from sitting for so long. We both observed that the flight was very quiet. We don't know if we should attribute this to the natural Asian reticence or the length of flight.
We're here; it's hot; we love it so far
Thursday, June 28
Kim finished at school today. She always said she would leave from school to airport and fly somewhere, but the KL plans changed all of that. She stayed at school (BIG SURPRISE!) to finish some paperwork. She arrived home about 8:45 and we went to dinner; on the way Kim calmly announced that she was now in KL mode and screamed.
Friday, June 29
We relaxed today. Laundry and sundry preparatory duties but mainly collecting the papers and getting the luggage from the storage room to the bedroom. Enough for one day.
Saturday, June 30
More of the same but we took time this evening to have dinner with our good friends Barb and Ed.
Sunday, July 1
Kim and Bill spent Sunday, July 1 getting ready, especially the packing. On Saturday we had checked all of the baggage requirements (size weight etc.) and decided that we needed more space. We went out and bought two more very large suitcases. Give the size (208 cm overall...l+w+h) and weight (32 kg or 70 lb) we had to pack carefully. By noon on Sunday we thought that we were well within the tolerances; we had the boys hold the cases one by one while standing on the bathroom scale and then we subtracted their weight.
Early afternoon Connie and Jim (Kim's mom and her husband) arrived and it was great to see them. Andrea arrived from time away at a friend's cottage in the Thousand Islands and around four thirty we decided to go to the airport. We thought we'd check in early and then go for dinner with the whole family. Since we had an 11:35 pm flight we felt a 6:00 check in would allow us lots of time to enjoy the company before embarking. The problem was that Cathay Pacific only has one flight per day at 11:35 PM and the staff doesn't open the check in until 8:00 PM or so. Fortunately the scales were working so Kim had us weigh all the bags. We were close but she re-arranged some items and got us within the acceptable limits on all bags.
We then took all the luggage with us and took the family to dinner at the Sheraton Gateway (right in the terminal). around 8:30 we returned to the terminal and checked our bags. That went smoothly thanks to Kim's efforts. We said our goodbyes and were on our own and through security by 9:15.
We sat and read or wandered until the flight. It was late taking off (12:15) because the plane was late getting in. Once airborne we ate and slept, ate and slept. We landed in Anchorage and disembarked for refueling and a change of crew. It was 3:30 Anchorage time when we re boarded; that's 7:30 Monday morning T.O. time.
The next leg of the journey to Hong Kong was more of the same and we arrived 6:15 AM their time. We were now in the the same time zone as KL so 12 hours ahead of T.O. We waited in the airport for two hours and boarded for the final leg to KL.
We arrived in KL at 12:15 PM Tuesday, July 3 (We'll stop telling you T. O. time; just know that we are 12 hours ahead until standard time resumes in the fall; then we're thirteen hours ahead. The director (principal) Frank met us at the airport with a van and one of the college's drivers. We trundled off and were registered at the Sheraton Subang Jaya Towers and Suites. This is a top end five star hotel!
We were exhausted, mainly in the rear end, from sitting for so long. We both observed that the flight was very quiet. We don't know if we should attribute this to the natural Asian reticence or the length of flight.
We're here; it's hot; we love it so far
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