Tuesday 19 February 2019

The Great Escape: Cappadocia-Turkey & Tromso-Norway

Alhamdulillah, tahun ini saya diberi peluang untuk melakukan pengembaraan sekali lagi...and yes you are correct...another great escape for me...along with the ever the living avid traveller Kak Mah and our new company...drum rolls....Miss Shimah (my bff).

Kali ini, trip kami bertiga melibatkan negara Turkey dan Norway....also Qatar (for transit purpose). Now, a bit about Shimah...she was my shy (not anymore and I found out like 100% during our trip)) and petite classmate during secondary school year and she has been travelling around the world (not with me and Kak Mah yet) until when the unfortunate event happened (go and ask her yourself)....then she decided to follow us this time around...for the 1st time.....hooray Shimah....clap...clap...huhu..

This fantastic trip of ours started with the three of us at the KLIA on the 6th of September 2018 waiting to embark to Doha, Qatar International Airport for transit before we flew to Turkey. We were focusing on having our vacation in Cappadocia. This will be Kak Mah and my second time visit to Cappadocia but for Shimah, it was her first. You guys must be thinking on why the second time for us to Cappadocia? Well let me just put it this way, we left our heart in Cappadocia. Done! Bye.

Now, back to the story telling, the three of us flew from Kuala Lumpur International Airport at about 2.50 am (well nothing is too crazy early for us) and reached Doha, Qatar at about 5.15 am and then flew back again to Turkey at 9.00 am. We manage to reached Turkey at 1.30 pm before flying domestically  (4.55pm) to the nearby airport in Cappadocia. We reached the said airport at 6.05 pm and quickly took the pre-book hotel shuttle to our hotel in Cappadocia in which took us about 30 minutes travelling time. It was a very long trip but we can still smile upon the very entrance of our hotel and the time now was almost 7.30 pm. Almost 20 hours plus of travelling time!! Huhu...Love it!!The hotel was comfy and beautiful and all.....(i'm thinking about it as you read this).....

Lethargic and kind of beaten up, with unpacked luggages....but we decided to just stroll along the small town of Cappadocia for dinner but ended up window shopping (crazy huh) and alas found ourselves having dinner in our hotel room. Huh..so much for tired body. Lidah tidak bertulang lah...

Usai makan, it was time to hit the sack....but before that we promised that esok pagi nak naik rooftop for balloon-gazing  while the morning sun unveiling itself to us ...gila ayat but gila lagi pemandangannya jika para pembaca semua saksikan dengan mata sendiri. Okay folks...see you next day morning....


 Kak Mah selesai aktifkan kad debit via phone calls dan tersenyum lebar sambil Shimah menjeling manja tapi dalam otak..'aku ngantuk weh'...takpa nanti dalam flight boleh total revenge.

Sempat berselfie. Kelihatan nun di belakang aktiviti mengonion sedang rancak terlaksana. Bye.

 Shimah kembali refreshed ditemani Kak Mah yang ala-ala sleep-sleep chicky. Time  ni menunggu masa untuk check in.

 Jam menunjukkan pukul 5.15 pagi dan kami tiba di Doha. Maaf tiada gambar kami boarding dari KLIA atau makanan dalam flight. Too sleepy. Heheh. Tup-tup dah sampai di Doha. Win lah. Boleh detect Shimah tengah turun dari kapalterbang menggunakan remote stand because the aeroplane parked at a remote bay. To that we had to take shuttle bus to the main terminal building for immigration clearance before embarking back to Turkey. Jom?!

 Yeay!!...Berjaya turun tangga tapi tak senyum sbb tengah catching up her breathe.

 Kak Mah dalam shuttle bus from the remote parking towards the main terminal building. Masih mampu tersenyum walaupun ngantuk (snugged in high comfort in the special care seat) dengan tudung hijau yang kelihatan perlu perapian segera. 'Passport I tersedia' mungkin ni monolog dalaman Kak Mah ketika gambar ini diambil.

 Shimah macam terlebih semangat...Kus Semangat nih.

 Transit di Doha ....sementara tu merayau la dulu....Ok tudung Kak Mah udah dirapikan. Tahniah...

 Mengonion siri ke-3....sementara tunggu boarding menuju ke Turkey.

 Daripada gaya posing Kak Mah...kita boleh simpulkan....Mamarazzi mode dah diaktifkan. Awas semua...awasssss!! Shimah hanya mampu terselit humble. Kami dah masuk dalam flight. Pilot...please take us to Turkey...Now!!

 In-flight dining...rating makanan mmmm no comment.

 Shimah ala-ala tersampuk Devil atau tertanjat sebab layan cerita hantu dalam in -light entertainment movies?

 Alhamdulillah...kami selamat mendarat di Turkey.

 'Let's get lost' sarung luggage tu yours truly punya and tengah sibuk ambil gambar ladies ni. Jurufoto profesional. Ladies....pose!!

 Kami singgah terlebih dahulu untuk lunch sebelum menuju ke kaunter  check-in untuk meneruskan penerbangan domestik ke Cappadocia. Gaya kak Mah makan tu, saya percaya dah sempat baca doa makan. Shimah sebelum makan amik bau dulu...

 Wow....gembira semua orang ok sebab selamat sampai di lapangan terbang Cappadocia. Jom masuk dalam terminal dan ambil luggage masing-masing.

 Ramai yang sedang menunggu beg masing-masing. Usai getting our luggages, we went out  and being greeted by the hotel shuttle that would brought us to our hotel.

 Hotel shuttle yang kami naiki ini mengenakan bayaran yang minima namun sangat selesa dan perjalanan ke hotel kami mengambil masa dalam 30 minit. 


Pemandangan sekitar lobi hotel yang sangat mengujakan dan  free bottled mineral waters for customer. Kak Mah's favourite thing.

Pemandangan dari atas bilik-bilik hotel kami. Sangat breathtaking and oversee the city of Cappadocia. Bawah tu adalah restoran yang akan kami pergi untuk breakfast esok pagi. Nice!!

Sempat berwindow shopping  walaupun dah penat tahap Ultraman dengan lampu flashing red. Kak Mah dan Shimah time ni sedang rancak mengatur strategi membeli-belah untuk esok pagi. Takut teman nengok nye!!??

Hari dah lewat dan kami ended-up masak sendiri menggunakan bekalan makanan yang dibawa dari Malaysia. Okay folks, jumpa esok pagi over the rooftop. Zzzzz

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