Firstly, thank you to all of those who read our first blog post, and a special thanks to those who made comments on Facebook. We truly appreciate your support so far!

So, after the big packing day yesterday we are sitting here waiting for Tuesday to come around. Time is passing as slowly as it did waiting for Christmas to come around when we were kids. Thought we might give you an update on how we have spent the weekend so far.

Abbie got her camera out and started snapping away on all things that could possibly be packed to come along for the 10 day Lanka Challenge adventure.

Here is why it was so hard to pick the shoes. FYI - we managed to negotiate it down to four pairs each in the end, but it was hard.

When I told Abbie over 1,000 people had seen our blog post (and it has increased massively since) on AirAsia’s blog she could not believe it. She was all smiles when she logged on to check for herself.

Once finished we headed down to the newly opened restaurant Glass, at Marina Mirage, for a few glasses of sparkling wine in the sun. This is such a great spot, overlooking the beautiful yachts in the marina. The weekend farmers markets at Marina Mirage are not to be missed. We are lucky to have this available to us just on our doorstep. Get on the next plane to the Gold Coast and check it out for yourself.

The evening was spent googling ‘basic rickshaw mechanics’, organising our MP3s with the best upbeat rickshaw music around – we will let you know if our choice proved successful. Rumour has it you cannot hear much over the rickshaw engine.

Tuesday morning we set off and even if it is an early start we are really excited to experience the fully refurbished Gold Coast Airport first hand. We have heard some great things and cannot wait to check in and sit down in the terminal with a good cup of coffee. What better way to take in the exciting ambience airports exude prior to boarding our 1st AirAsia X flight headed for KL en route to Sri Lanka.

The real countdown has begun – 36 hours until take off! You will hear from us again once we touch down in KL, and we will give you an insight into the Premium Seats cabin – These Gypsy Queens travel in style thanks to AirAsia.

Over and out for now

AirAsia Gypsy Queens

PS - Happy Merdeka Holiday to all our friends in Malaysia

Hello, I want to give you a story about myself at Sultan Mahmud Airport at Kuala Terengganu. My family and I walked through the metal detector. My mother walked through the metal detector first with no problem. I walked through and the alarm beeped. The woman who worked as airport security said, ‘Come over here as you need to get your belt off’. I said, ‘Oh right, I am idiot’ so I took my belt off but when I walked through the metal detector and the alarm beeped again. She said, ‘Take anything out from your pockets’. So, I took my wallet out from my pocket. I walked through again but this time, no alarm beeped. I asked her why and she said nothing. I put my things back in my pockets. We flew to Kuala Lumpur. We had a good time at my uncle’s wedding. I talked to my uncle about what happened in the airport. I walked through the metal detector and the alarm beeped, just only my wallet. My auntie said, probably you have something inside of your wallet that had metal in it. I said, ‘Far out’, I had my driver license and nothing metal on the credit card. When we went back to home, in Sultan Mahmud Airport, my mother walked through the metal detector.

I learned my lesson so I took my things out from my pockets before walking through the metal detector. I walked through and the alarm beeped. I was puzzled. The woman who worked as airport security said, ‘Come over here and told me to get my wallet out’. Before I went back to the metal detector, the man who worked as airport security stopped me. He patted me to make sure if I don’t have anything on my body. So, I walked through again but this time, no alarm beeped. I asked her why and she said, let me see what you have in your wallet. So I took all of the things in my wallet include driver license and credit card out. She said that one. Know what it is? It was a small pen drive that I just bought it last week.

It's time to pack and travel again, to keep you ready and travel-literated, here is some words that do not exist but handy to know.

Sluggage
n. the same piece of luggage you check in together with the rest but always come out last from the baggage claim area

Queue-ritis
n. a cronic condition of wobbly knees caused by waiting in long queues at the immigration counter

The-Carry On
n. the jackets and shopping bags used to "reserve" a prime seat on the aircraft cabin

Troll-ey
n. someone who pushes the airport trolley unmercifully onto your feet and walks off without batting a lash



The most important word that you should know and I nearly forgot to mention is borrowed from my favourite Disney movie, hakuna matata, it means no worries for the rest of your days! Go wild and have an adventure of your life!

Any other jargons I have missed, share with me and lets have a laugh!! :D

PS: no feet were harmed in the making of this post...

This is the continuation of my Bandung trip.
We did not opt to stay up in the mountain, for time was limited.
We wanted to enjoy a lot of things in Bandung.

So, we stayed in one of many many guest houses in Bandung town.
The guest houses are each unique with their own theme.
Ours was called De Tropis.

That's me in front of our guest house, posing by our Toyota Innova.
Our guest house has Marilyn Monroe as its theme.
Pictures of this Hollywood star hangs everywhere. (read more...)

The Airports Authority of Thailand (AOT) has announced that the Suvarnabhumi International Airport will be reopened on 5 December 2008 and as such there will be no more flights to U-Tapao after 4 December 2008.

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All affected guests of cancelled flights between 26 November and 4 December 2008 due to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport closure will automatically receive credit shell which can be used for AirAsia flights (valid for 3 months).

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