Sydney - Day 1

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Sydney and Melbourne have always been on my bucket list for a long time and finally my dream came true! We managed to get a return ticket from Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) to Sydney Airport (transit at KLIA) for the price of RM 1,697 per person via MAS and Sydney Airport to Melbourne Tullamarine via Jetstar for the price of $ 122 per person.

As usual, it was a morning flight and we have to wake up at 3am to catch the 5.35am flight from KKIA to KLIA. Our flight was on schedule and we reached KLIA around 8.10am. We have to rushed to another gate for our next connecting flight to Sydney departing at 9.10am. The boarding time was 8.10am and basically it was quite rushing for us. The flight took approximately 8 hours and 20 minutes to reach Sydney. By the time we reached Sydney it's 7.30pm local time. (Sydney and Melbourne is 2 hours ahead of Malaysia) We had three in flight meals including tea break. We were lucky that MAS has upgraded us to Premium economy class. We got the first row and there's plenty of personal space.

Upon arrival at Sydney Airport, Shyan and Leo came and pick us up. Leo cooked us a warm welcome dinner and Shyan did all the dishes for us. Apart from that, our room was prepared with extra blankets to keep us warm. Thank you very much to both of you! :) Both of us feel exhausted after a long flight and had a good night sleep. The temperature was cooling around 15℃.



My breakfast


His breakfast


Lunch


Dessert after lunch


Wine


Tea break


Warm welcome dinner from Leo: Stir fried pork with vegetables (Korean style)


Warm welcome dinner from Leo: Soup (Korean style)

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