16th September, 2013, while fellow Malaysian celebrating Malaysia Day, i was sitting in the international airport waiting for my departure to Paris, transit at Riyadh King Khalid International Airport. Immediately after my internship, the journey began without much time to prepare. I grabbed my favorite travel backpack, stuffed in some clothes and necessaries, not forgetting my camera, chargers and travel adapter. Wola~ I'm ready for a month backpacking around Europe!
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| Now i realize how good is Malaysian passport to travel, comparing to China's. We don't need a visa to visit EU, nor UK! |
I paid RM1,000 for the air fare to Paris, it's too good to be true! Until the moment i check in, i was still wondering if the air ticket is actually a fraud, and Saudi Arabian airline do not even exist! What shocked me is that the person who helped me check in, reminding me that i will need to change shorts to long pants, as it is prohibited to wear shorts because its an Muslim operating plane! I have no choice but to prepare a long pants before i board, thank god it is the check in-girl that told me, not the flight attendant, because at that time my long pants will be in the check in cabin already!
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| There were more Middle East people than Malaysian who board this plane, i realized i might be the only Chinese in the plane! Yes, finally i'm a rare species! |
Lucky, lucky enough that i could board into the plane and it transport me to my destination safely. With this amount of money I'm paying, i do not expect a world class hospitality. And i'm right, the flight attendants is "not bad" actually, but still nowhere near good! In the plane, they provided mini pillow, blanket and earphone, which they taken back after the journey, before they land. To be frank, the facilities is not bad, they provided 2x meals and onboard entertainment (Music, Movie, TV Shows, etc). Even better than Airasia X, i wonder how they could win the World best low cost Airline when they don't even provide free meal and entertainment! This time i give Saudi Airline a GO!
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| Many entertainment throughout the flight to fill up your time. |
The day never goes Dark from the time i board and the time i land, due to time difference, the plane was chasing the sun. I boarded at 3PM Malaysia time and landed at 5PM Riyadh time, 5hours time difference, travelled 7 hours. By the time the plane is going to land, i saw bunch of square lego buildings built on top of lifeless sand, the feeling is weird! Because you only see the lego base in green, not in brownish color! It must be tough for them to live here for years!
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| Buildings on land of sand. |
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| Here i met 2 fellow Malaysian escaped from celebrating Malaysian Day! No lah, they transferred to Riyadh hospital to continue their duty as Nurse! Holy job! |
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| The interior seems new, the airport could probably just renovated not long ago. |
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| Look at the men's sign, you actually see many people walking around with this costume. Many of them are Handsome men! |
The Riyadh airport is not as bad as everyone said, the airport is not huge, but very spacious for everyone to have nice place to rest, no you can't lie down flat, every seat have arm rest, so you cant sleep on the seats. There are toilets everywhere, not so clean, but acceptable lahh. I did not bother to go into VIP lounge although it is so luxurious! There is a money changer near the VIP lounge elevator with no rate displayed. When you ask the rate, and you will see it through his calculator. The time i change my Ringgit was RM1=1.1Riyadh.
After 7hours of waiting, i boarded another plane to Paris! Hooray!
16th September, 2013, while fellow Malaysian celebrating Malaysia Day, i was sitting in the international airport waiting for my departure ...
