Katie and I spent our last day in Asia baking in the sun by the pool. We had perfect weather, and I was jumping in the pool to cool down every 15-20 minutes. We packed and checked out of our luxury hotel room at 3PM and returned to the pool cafe for lunch. We sat in the cool shade with the breeze for hours and the server initiated an early happy hour. We couldn't refuse those tasty Long Islands. Eventually we headed to the airport and flew through Singapore en route to Melbourne, where we arrived the next morning at 9AM. What a vacation!
With as many flights, transfers, and destinations as we had, something was bound to go wrong, but the amazing thing was that we had the most smooth, seemless, perfect travel (until the very end when Katie's bag was temporarily lost but later found). It was a brilliant idea to have prearranged transfers to and from the airport. We even managed to avoid excess baggage charges despite our shopping success. Given our broad experience of the airlines, I thought I would give you a quick run down of our impressions for all your future travel:
- Air China - flights were far too warm, announcements were often made only in Chinese, and we must have eaten chicken & rice three times in a single flight
- Thai Airways - most uncomfortable airline seats even sitting on a pillow, best dressed flight attendants, and offered meals even on the shortest flights
- Lufthansa - comfortable (new) seats with German announcements
- Malaysia Airlines - colorful seats, not memorable
- Singapore Airlines - our favorite among these airlines with the widest aisles, biggest seats, biggest bathrooms and hot refreshment towels
