Okay, you've waited long enough.
By now, I've already downloaded all the photos,
and there's not a single one of them left in my camera.
I thought I'd do this one day at a time...
but, erm... there's too many photos, and honestly,
it's more (a day or two plus) than a week since my return...
So if I kinda get you all mixed up, I'm really sorry.
Also, I don't think you'll get to hear the whole experience...
So, maybe only the digested parts of it?? :x
Now, now...
Let's start on the...
Friday, 12th August 2011
Mum and Dad went out early and bought us 3 HUGE crabs for a feasting lunch
*yummy*!!
That pink basket is my family's marketing basket. So you can imagine the crabs :9 :9
BTW, we did it using my favourite way of cooking the crabs;
boiled crabs without any sauces.
Sorry, I can't show you what they look like after cooking.
I was too hungry.
We reached the airport at 7pm Malaysian time.
Before that, we went to buy a few more batteries and memory cards
so sis and I don't run out of memory space XD
Here's the photo of us at the airport:
If you noticed, we are all in orange 8D
It was the colour that you saw swarming KLIA that day XD
There was a total of 138 of us that travelled then, I think.
Our luggage:
My goodness!
I should've just shoved it in the check-in instead of hand carrying it all over the place D:
That green thing was my sleeping bag.
It only kept slipping of at the wrong side; either left or right.
It was NEVER balanced :/
Oh, it was pretty okay, I guess :x
It was kinda shaky, so a little blur. Sorry.
We went on the airbus A330.
It had these little screens:
The bottom thingy is the controller XD
Oh wow! It had like, few movies, TONS of games and audio.
It also told you on a geographical map of the altitude, distance, and how long more before we landed.
Also, we had yummy airbus food :9
This trip from takeoff at 10pm Malaysian Time (MST) and arriving at Bangkok at 12am MST,
and arriving at Amman at 9am MST before transiting at the Queen Alia Airport for about 6 hours
before a 5 hours and 30 mins flight to Madrid.
We arrived Madrid at 5pm Madrid time.
Which is 11pm MST. And...
this was already the 13th of August, 2011
We were led by Raymond, who was our chauffeur.
Okay, that's a lie. Or half-lie.
I don't know what his job really is.
His role is to make sure no one gets lost or stuck
and to help us all with the travelling in that group.
Okay, enough about the commentary;
Here's the pics:
We ate here. A restaurant in Queen Alia airport.
But uhm, neither Mon nor me remembered to take the name of the restaurant (or bar).
We were both probably still drugged from not enough sleep in the aeroplane. :S
Oh yeah.
The restaurant gave us free breakfast (even after having breakfast on the plane)
after much bargain from Mr Raymond (I guess?)
ZOMGosh! It was the start of the subtle attack of the fries.
Oh, don't let the dish fool you.
Man, it was one heck of a LARGE, HEARTY breakfast.
After breakfast, we decided to walk around the Duty Free area
(we didn't have much to do. Remember? 6 hour transit?)
Those are the flags!
(I don't know which country, though)
Idk where this is, seriously.
BTW, the sun's already up at this time.
I think it's actually around 7 am Amman time.
Which is 12 noon MST.
I think at this time, it was already past 4 hours and a half of our transit.
We are sleep deprived-people.
And orange shirted people are now looking like bright-sun targeted zombies XD
When we could finally go through the boarding gate; I had to go through the immigration twice.
Seems like they are very strict about the passengers.
We even had to take off our travellers' pouch.
You know, the one you wear in your shirt?
It is where you keep your passports (out from the airport, of course) and the rest of your big money.
Ladies where examined by a lady officer; which was in an enclosed room where men are not allowed.
We ladies were quickly searched through, and that's when I knew we had to remove the pouches.
She asked my about that bump, so I took it off and showed her.
She said it has to go to the Xray thingy.
:/
Now while waiting for the gate to open so we can board the plane...
You know, all the while I was thinking,
"Oh my gosh! I'm in the middle of a desert, but here I am, stuck in the air-conditioned airport
for 5 freaking hours!" DX
I wanted to go out and see what the desert was like.
*This jakun never went to deserts. Brought up in tropical Malaysia, deserts are a mysterious sight.
I forgot it was really 6 hours :x
Nice right? :x
Actually, the lighting was all wrong :/
So an effect was made. I hope you didn't notice :x
With my sis's DSLR...
"No photos, no photos!" said the officer.
There goes the camera.
In the camera bag :/
I sat faraway from my sis. Somehow, the name listing was kinda wrong :/
So I found this among my sister's stash of photos.
SHHH!! Tell no one :x
In the plane?
My dear readers (if you are living in the middle of a desert, ignore this)
Have you seen such a barren land?
Nope, so I was thinking I should share this with you :o
I think we were nearing Europe.
The plane is landing already, I think :o
Now, in the airport, I was making a fuss of this.
I'M ON EUROPEAN GROUNDS!!!!
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!
It's now around 4pm, Spanish time.
And 10pm MST. XD
All the sun keeps me awake though XD
On our way out of Barajas airport in Spain:
We discovered art there :o
We just hoarded the painting(?) and said, yeah, it's okay if you're in my pic.
We have not much time left anyway.
*see my bag? The sleeping bag is behaving lol XD
Sis there XD
As we came out from the airport in one whole group, a cameraman ambushed us.
He practically led us to scream... and got our spirits up 8D
So that's how the professional photographers worked :o
We were celebs 8D
I have not.
I don't think it exists in Malaysia :/
Oh, you know when the plane was landing?
I thought Spain had a lot of trees.
Yet when I peered out from the airbus's window,
I thought I was in the middle of a desert o.o
Instead of Spain, did we somehow land in the Middle East?
Lol, it was only because Spain had TONS of brown patches :/
So... more bus pics! :D :D
Sorry D:
Michele ahhh, don't hate me, okay... XD XD
Greeeen 8D
*taken near the hotel.
We reached the hotel and had our briefing.
Somehow, my sister and I were the first in all the group placing.
And my name starts with the letter B! :/
Not an A, but a B! :/
I was given room 001 -.-;;
It was on the ground floor; the very first room.
Oh well. At least it was also nearest to the door/lobby...
Everything was settled and we decided to go for a little walk outside the hotel to the nearest town.
Gosh, asking the waiter who worked there was like a nightmare...
His English wasn't so good, and our Spanish was pretty spectacular!
So, Ee Lynn (sorry if you are reading this and I didn't get your name right DX)
asked him and I was pretty set to follow her group to town.
Then we went in our room, dropped our stuff, packed my sis's day bag and left.
We kinda made the group wait for us though :/
Was Skyping and WhatsApping with my parents.
So... yeah.
I didn't bring my camera (good for nothing me)
So we walked and walked.
Believe me, the hotel to the nearest town was a loooooooooooooong walk away.
In fact, it took about 30 minutes leisurely walking.
20 minutes if you rushed XD
It was around 7pm Spanish time when we left.
and the day was like 5pm MST.
SO bright and HOT!
We found the train station after much walking, and I had trouble keeping myself alert.
You know, when I have guides and such to rely on,
I completely shut my sense of direction that I don't notice the way.
If I were stranded alone there, at that time at the train station,
I wouldn't be able to find my way back to the hotel :/
So... a random piece of info.
Before you start asking if there were cute guys, I have to admit, I wasn't paying attention.
Heck, put a cute guy in front of me when my parents are not around and I'm responsible for my sister,
I'd make him my number one suspect of some malicious intent :/
Watching him carefully to see if he'd make a move to my or my sister's pockets/backpack.
Not looking at other -ahem- -ahem- features.
Yeah, I know.
My life in Spain was kinda dull. I did not notice any cute guys =.=;;
If I did, it didn't register.
Cause if I'd be distracted just for the moment, I end up lost.
But that's just me. So this whole trip = no notice of cute guys -______-;;
Another random fact.
I was uncomfortable that there were SO MANY white people around o.o
I mean, in Malaysia, if you go to KLCC or some famous shopping centres, yeah.
You see some.
But everywhere I turned in the streets that day,
I saw a lot of white people.
And it took getting used to the fact that I was THE tourist in THEIR country.
Not the other way around.
Enuff said. We found the train station.
And the attendant was like the waiter.
At least we got through XD
No, not the Metro. Just the normal, above ground, train station.
Then we walked before finding dinner.
Since there were five of us in the group, everyone ordered something.
Except sis and me :/
uhm... 800 Euros between us were... little, I suppose :S
I kinda feel it's wasted tho. Should've eaten something...
But then again......
The aeroplace fed us til we were stuffed, so we just mostly ordered water (1.70 Euros times 4)
and this came with the bottled water that costs 70 cents in the petrol stations.
If you wondered what we ate, we also helped finish the fries :/
Yup, MORE fries, people! (and olives... some)
Pork 8D
Oh wait. The Spanish take their pork VERY SERIOUSLY.
Mess with their pork, you mess with them.
After that, we took a walk in the town.
It was 8pm Spanish time, I believe.
At 8pm. 8pm, guys :/
We started walking back at 9pm.
And reached the hotel at about 9.30pm.
Which started to look like this:
(I mean, 9.30pm looked like this; not the hotel, x.x)
At 9.30pm XD
Everyday in Malaysia, this is 7.00pm MST.
So imagine how our biological clocks were working when it was 9pm and the sun was still up? XD
Now, that has been a slightly tiring day.
I think we slept at 11pm. Just to get our clocks working right in Spain.
Cause the plan was to go to Madrid the next day.
Which I scrapped later that night unless we find a team to go with.
So with a little prayer, I went to sleep :)
***********
Now, I would love to show you more, but I have a basketball appointment tomorrow.
So sorry D:
See ya all again for the next update!
*Photos with my sis's credits unless stated to belong to this blog or otherwise.
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