Arriving India

We boarded the AirAsiaX D72506 on 21st May 2011, flight time 5.40pm. Despite checking in and dropping our luggages an hour earlier, we somehow managed to get our names being called out over the loudspeaker just because we were taking our own sweet time in the airport haha.

There was not much of a delay in our flight time, alhamdulillah. We were first seated accordingly and separated from each other but scurried to empty places, nearer to each other as soon as the pilot announced seat belts off. There were 9 of us for this trip and my first time meeting with some of the ladies. I sat in between Kak Nuha & Kikin and dozed off as soon as the flight took off.

I only woke up when I heard the stewardess started giving out our in-flight food. We had been flying almost 4 hours then, and the excitement just kept building up inside. I re-read the itinerary and still couldn't believe I was about to reach India in an hours time.

As soon as we landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport around 8.15 pm, it was drizzling and very cooling that we silently hoped it would stay that way during our stay there. Why? It was because we were informed that the places that we'll be visiting could reach to 44-45 degree Celsius!

We proceeded to the Immigration but we just can't help but to stop taking pictures every few steps. Typical us,eyh?  But I won't spam this entry with it, I promise. (coz I had a hard time choosing which one too -_-")

Ini baru depan toilet airport dah bersakan foto ria ow yeah.

I once asked an ex-colleague who worked in India before how was the airport looked like and without a haste, he answered ; "Kau turun-turun je kapal terbang tu, satu airport bau kari. Dengan ramai orangnya, sesak ah airport tu." I would have believed him if I haven't been there myself. It was nothing like he described -_-" Even our KLIA could learn a thing or two from here, especially when it comes to securities. Very the strict! 

As we headed out of the airport, we kinda expected our tour guide was already waiting for us. But he was a no show until Farina contacted him and we found out he was on his way, stranded a bit as the car park was quite far he claimed. So that gave us ample time to loiter around the exit/entrance gate. 

Ce teka sape kiteorang jumpa pastu?

Shah Rukh Khan tuuuuuh! :D

The tour guide finally came (I forgotten his name) and asked us to board a shuttle bus. We had the shuttle bus to ourselves so imagine us being oh so chirpy inside. It was a good 4-5 minutes until we reached the parking lot. We saw our van - the van that will be used during our stay there - and started to glee excitedly!

Terang-terang kena cop tourist!

We were then brought to Oakland Hotel, a good 30 minutes journey  from the airport. It started to rained heavily as we reached the hotel entrance so we decided checked ourselves in rather than you know, ambil gambar entrance hotel yada yada -_-"

The receptionist.

And these are how our rooms looked like. Three person in each room, so we had an extra bed in the room. I shared the same room with Farina and Naemah -- roommates paling terbayek (sebab food rations/gedung ubat/info bergerak semua kat bilik ni haha)

 

To note, I was able to tweet around while we stayed in this hotel. Wireless paling terbaik ah sini, haha. Since we haven't got ourselves the local simcards, it was great enough that I was able to send an email to Ummi and Ayah, telling we have safely arrived.

We had a light dinner from what we packed from Malaysia and got ready to sleep around midnight. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that Indian's time is 2 hours and 30 minutes late than the Malaysian time. So yeah, in a way, we had our Subuh prayers at 4 am and get to sleep after it for a good 4-5 hours before starting of the day, hehe. Kalau kat Malaysia, konfem terlajak time pergi kerja.

Next up, exploring New Delhi :')