UK Work trip; Part 1 - The flight to UK

Right. The UK work trip. I'm stating work here because that was the main purpose of the trip. What sort of work? Company secret.

Anyhow, this first part revolves around the activities and flight to UK. The flight back will only be covered briefly in the last part of this long blog entry. A whole lot of pics that i took at certain 'areas' are omitted because it wasn't supposed to be taken anyway and it's for you to experience yourself when you have the chance. Some areas were a no-pics zone, so naturally no pics there.

Enough with the text, let the pics begin~
Enjoy~~~

My luggage. The maximum allowable mass for an economy passenger is 20kg. I wonder how heavy mine is...

...The moment of truth @ the check-in counter. 13.6kg! Safe. Guess i can take a lot more stuff to bring back~ Oh, on the right was Hasan RXZ. He sent me to KLIA and was given the task of taking care of Aoi-chan whilst i'm gone (Can he???????)

bvc100 showing the way to go to enter the "Forbidden Kingdom"... or the International Departures area to you and me

Found this near the check-in counter whilst waiting for my travel mate to check-in. It seems that we're not allowed to bring all these stuff for safety purposes. Makes sense to me...

Further proof that you're travelling in the 'cheap' cabin; your hand carry luggage will be tagged like this.

Here we are, at the security checkpoint before boarding the train connecting the Main Building (local departures) to the Satellite Building (international departures). I've passed through the Immigration Dept counters by now. No pics allowed there...

People waiting to board the train. I think it was called the Aero-train or something. Anyway, all is well up to this point.

Inside of the train. The journey wasn't that long; about a couple of minutes. Limited seats though.

Approaching the Satellite Building...

...and here i am in the building.

The forest in an airport, the airport in a forest - KLIA. Let's just hope that they don't let lose a tiger or something to make that claim worthwhile. Nicely designed building though.

Now heading to our Gate at the far end of this building. Quite a walk...
At long last, the entrance to the lounge area of our designated Gate. A quick ticket check by MAS staff and another quickie check by the Immigration dept officers and we're cleared to fly~

Welcome to 13hrs of 'cheap' cabin hell. Okay, it isn't as bad as i'm putting it here...

...but i've to say, it is rather cramped. i've a hard time getting comfortable.

The flight attendant. When one of these is moving about...

...and the screen in front of you can be manipulated to your heart's content, then you're somewhere above the clouds travelling at an average of 800-900km/h ground speed. Oh, on the screen was Iron Man. Had to watch that again.

One of the meals served during the flight to UK. I chose all of the non-Malaysian meals from the choice of menu given. Had to take up all of the opportunity available.

At long last, after 12+hrs of flight we've arrived at the London Heathrow Airport around about 5++pm UK time. This was our airplane; MAS' Boeing 747 'Pangkor'.

After clearing the UK Immigration gates and taking our bags from the ever cruel bags-carousel, this was what greeted us; Arrival area of Terminal 3. God was it full of people.
And the adventure has just begun...

To be continued...