Wednesday 14 December 2011

The start of our journey...

..to where I had been so looking forward to... But due to work commitments and some weeks in distress and grief, its only now that I feel comfortable to plan on making the serial of postings on this holiday trip, which was great and an enjoyable one..

..and I should start by thanking my dearest friend in Amsterdam (her blog here) and her family for inviting and welcoming us to their home.


Here goes...


By early February, we confirmed our online purchase of the tickets :

From: KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
Date: 7 February 2011 22:21
Subject: KLM e-Ticket 21 Apr Kuala Lumpur Amsterdam







So, on the evening of 21st. April 2011, my sister and I made our way to KL International Airport where later we were joined by another friend, Roha who took the flight down from Kedah earlier in the day.


Our beautiful KLIA



Had to re-pack our bags as we overlooked on the only one bag per person policy, irrespective of the weight, or else pay USD100 per extra luggage.



By midnight we were already up there in the air..hehe..








Whenever I was not zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz [sleeping ;-) ], spent the time watching video, reading or doing crosswords.



Half way there...









And where we were at another hour to go..









Finally after more than 12 hours, we safely landed in Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam...Alhamdulillah :-)...











Disembarking very early in the morning, we were happy to see our hosts were already there waiting for us.







To be continued...


:-)


19 comments:

absolutely emy said...

Bestnyer jalan2.. bile nak sambung entry nih.. (mood jeles dan xcited tengok orang jalan2.. ) hehehehe..

thomas said...

Wow!that's a very2 long journey,you will need a day to recover from jetlag.

Cheqna said...

Emy,

hope can do it soon, first entry pun ambik masa berbulan..hehe..

:-)

Cheqna said...

Thomas,

indeed it was but we only rested for a while as we were so eager to start the "tourist things"..hehe..

:-)

lina@happy family said...

Wow, have a wonderful trip :)

Anonymous said...

Hello dear Cheqna, thank you very much for your visit, good weekend with peace & happiness. Hugs Valter.

Bie said...

best2 nice trip....

cepat sambung entry hehehe xsabar tunggu :)

Wan Sharif said...

Mmm interesting trip.. Looking forward to your next posting. Ada juga saya kesana back in 1984..dari Pau, Sud France.. Would be interesting to know. Apa yang Cheqna seronok pi melawat?.. saya sempat gi ke kukenoff ke apa ke.. Tempat bunga tulip tu lah ;).

Al-Manar said...

Berjalan makan angin setiap masa. tulah kalau rezeki bayak. You sure have been to beautiful places.Lucky you'

Cheqna said...

Lina,

Thank you, we surely had a wonderful trip then.

:-)

Cheqna said...

Hello Valter,

Greetings and same wishes back to you.

:-)

Cheqna said...

Bie,

Tq sis, ni sedang nak pilih gambar-gambar, banyak sangat..hehehe..


:-)

Cheqna said...

Ayoh Wang,

It surely had changed from many many years ago when I first had the chance to visit, Keukenhof Garden surely looked much more beautiful.

Thank you, I will try to update soon.

:-)

Cheqna said...

Pak Cik Al-Manar,

Alhamdulillah atas rezeki dan peluang yang dikurniakan.

:-)

Rad Sujanto said...

Oh how nice to see the other side of the world!
I hope to be able to experience it too :)

Cheqna said...

Rad S,

Yes it was and I'm thankful for the opportunity.

Hope you will too one day!

:-)

Rad Sujanto said...

Insya Allah :)

i amsterdam said...

It's wonderful having you here dear Cheqna :D

So happy to see the "trip" is finally posted in your blog and errr embarrassed too, since you mention my "hybernating blog" hehehehe...

Cheqna said...

I.A dear,

Finally, glad to see you come out of your hibernating status..hehe..

Pls forgive me/let me know if I make any mistakes in any of my subsequent posts.

:-)

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