Stuck in HCMC for 8 months since March 2020 and was excited to step foot on home soil again on 7 Nov.
Dawn view from Landmark 2 beside Landmark 81.
My cat shared me a list for premium package for quarantine hotels, tried PJ HIlton fully booked, HIlton Puchong fully booked, finally Marriott Putrajaya!
Wrapping up and delegating works 1 weeks before leaving. And every night of farewell aprty, then...finally 7 Nov!
Passed keys to my colleague who will take care of the apartment when I am gone.
Flight is 1930, left apartment 1530. Reach 1600. There is hardly anyone in HCMC international airport. Check in was quite fast as not many people. Funny enough most of the people going in to KL are Vietnamese and some Bangladeshis. There were less than 50% Malaysians (Red passport) from the queue.
Passed through the immigration in a breeze after check in but was held up by custom officer as I was carrying some cash. Luckily I had just around the limit USD5k which was allowed by Vietnamese custom. (Not the normal USD 10k allowed in most passports)
Most of the shops in the airport were closed except for a sandwich shop which was selling coffee and some bread. Had a sandwich and coffee to kill time as I was early. I allowed myself 3 hours prior to departure time to the normal 2 hours in anticipation of the queue and extra COVID paperwork which was not much on Vietnam's end.
Flight took off on time 1930 and reached KLIA 2200 local time (took less than 2 hours which was the time required to fly from HCMC to Hanoi)
Touched down KLIA.. the feeling of excitement to be back home after 8 months was overwhelming...
To be continued...
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