Malaysian airlines flight to India now boarding

My trip to India was via Kuala Lampur, on a Malaysian Airlines flight. The flights were not bad and the flight attendants were nice. On the other hand, the seats were quite cramped, even for economy class. I had a hard time getting to sleep, although that could be attributed to the lady who’s infant decided to sing to us all night. The in flight entertainment was on a tiny common screen, and the headphones had very poor audio quality, making it unbearable for me to watch. Long story short, the service was generally ok, but some things could have been better for the price of the flight.

Our stop over in Malaysia was about 8 hours, so they put us up at the Concorde Inn, which was good enough as a transit hotel. The breakfast there was great, with a choice of continental or local breakfast options. We jumped on a train and went to see the twin towers quickly before our connecting flight. It’s a pretty impressive sight, but if you have a short transit time, I wouldn’t recommend rushing to see it. It’s not worth the chaotic transport systems and risk of delays. There isn’t anything spectacular to do once you get there, just look at the towers (unless you want to shop, in which case there’s a shopping mall in there).

At the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, my cousin and aunt picked us up, and gave us our first road experience in India. Suffice it to say, I wasn’t sure I would make it home to write this post. The chaos is unlike anything I’ve ever seen anywhere. There were cars going perpendicular to the road to get to the rightmost lanes. Everyone was in a rush to get ahead of everyone else. And if the vehicles were not enough confusion, people walk haphazardly onto the road, weaving between the cars in a desperate race to the other side of the road. There was barely 20 cm of gap between cars sometimes.

Despite all that, we made it to Gurgaon in one piece, and had a good night’s sleep.