We got on an airplane in Kuala Lumpur. The flight took only 45 minutes to get to Kota Bharu. When we were getting off the plane we got all of our carry-ons and walked over to the doors. The doors were open but there was no long gateway connecting us to the airport. Instead, there was a set of stairs leading down to the runway. I was carrying my backpack so it was very easy for me to go down the stairs. Mom and Dad took a little bit longer because they were taking the rolling suitcases down the stairs.
When we got down to the runway, we went with the rest of the people into the airport. In the airport we found a man with a sign saying, Mr. Kevin Merz. We went over to him and he put our luggage in his car. He let us into his car, Dad in front, Mom, Daniel, Edward and me in back. We were all very squished. The ride took an hour--more than the plane ride! But we weren't there yet. We still had to take an hour long boat ride to get to Perhentian Besar (Big Island).
After our week on Perhentian Besar we had to do the arriving process backwards. The day we were leaving there was a rain storm and the water was very rough. When we got on the boat at noon, there were already about 6 people on it. The driver put all our luggage in front and we sat in the back. Since the boat was so full already we hoped that we would not go to any other stops to pick up more people. Too bad for us--the driver drove the boat around the island and stopped at another hotel. About 6 more people got on and put their luggage in the front and sat down. This was a problem because now the boat was too full and the waves were to rough.
We started heading to the mainland and it was the WORST part of the whole vacation!!!! Since the boat was overloaded, the driver had to drive extremely slow through the water. Plus, the waves were so BIG that we got sooooooooo wet! Our half an hour journey turned into an hour and a half on the boat! By the time we got to the mainland, we were soaked, our luggage was soaked and it had started to rain. Dad was really upset because we only had about an hour to get to the airport and get on our flight.
We quickly changed into dry clothes and got into a taxi. The taxi ride takes an hour to get to the airport. We really thought we were going to miss our flight. Lucky for us, the taxi driver was able to call the airline and tell them that we were going to be late. When we got to the airport a woman from the airline was waiting to meet our car with our boarding passes! We had 5 minutes to get to our gate. We were so happy when we sat down on that plane!
By the time we got to our hotel in Kuala Lumpur that night, we had traveled by:
Boat
Taxi
Plane
Bus
Train
Taxi again
Our feet!
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