I am flying off to Vietnam today – to Ho Chi Minh City, and I am very excited – if not a little unprepared: I haven’t done much homework or research into what I want to do when I arrive there – and in fact the guidebook that I have got (Lonely Planet) is not exactly brilliant at giving you an itinerary, well at least if you are only there for 3 days: there is plenty of information about trips lasting more than 3 months. Anyway, I'm not that bothered really, seeing as I am quite resourceful and I am sure I can find plenty of things to see and do just by wandering about the place.
I am flying from the other KL airport – the Low Cost terminal, which is in the same place as KLIA, but is separated by a motorway, I’m guessing to keep the low cost flying scumbags away from the full fare paying passengers. Actually, it’s not bad, and a hell of a lot better than other low cost airports that I have used – e.g. Luton.
Naturally I am really early and wander about the place and get a curry puff to eat before I board the plane to go. Well, not quite: there are an extraordinary number of security checks and passport control points to go through before I can get near the plane, each one with some inefficient jobsworth manning the station so I am quite glad I hadn’t left it to the last minute to arrive. I suppose it is one way of killing the time before the flight, but I did wonder the value of constantly being asked to produce my boarding pass and passport. Oh well.
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