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While Waiting for Connecting Flight in Frankfurt, Germany
September 13, 2016
After having a 'bad' journey from Hradec Kralove to Prague, alhamdulillah I was still able to arrive at the airport safely :) Dari I. P. Pavlova, Prague, terus naik direct night bus (Bus 510) ke Prague Airport. Bas ni ada setiap 20-30 minit macam tu. Perjalanan ke airport ambil masa lebih kurang 45 minit.
Sampai Terminal 2 nak dekat pukul 3 pagi.
Boarding pukul 5.30 pagi.
Kalau route Prague - Dubai, Istanbul, Doha etc - flights akan take off / landing kat Terminal 1 (T1) tau. Terminal 2 (T2) pulak lebih kepada Schengen countries macam Spain, Germany etc. UK pulak depends pada airlines mana, ada yang T1, ada yang T2.
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| Lufthansa LH 1403 Prague - Frankfurt |
Saya takde beg nak check in, so, terus je beratur untuk passport control, kastam. Padahal gate pun tak bukak lagi. Dan nampak sangat tak selalu travel sekitar Eropah dengan flight, saya blur kejap kat Terminal 2 tu. Haha. Takpe, bukan nak buat apa pun kat luar tu, baik masuk siap-siap. Cuma bila tak tahu gate kat mana, memang bertanggak depan skrin announcement tu je lah. T_T Nak terlelap pun tak sempat.
My boarding motto;Be the first 10 persons to get on board. Haha
Saya jenis suka jadi antara orang awal yang masuk cabin. :) Senang nak simpan beg dekat dengan seat. Pernah sekali jarak seat dengan beg ada lah dalam 10 seats ke belakang. Ni semua gara-gara kat Dubai tu ramai orang shopping kat airport. Dari satu luggage je seorang, terus beranak-pinak dengan plastic bags! Fuhhh, nak ambik balik beg saya tu pulak haruslah tunggu plane tu clear. Terus jadi antara orang last keluar plane. T_T
First time bawak backpack as cabin luggage. Walaupun Lufthansa tak check pun berat backpack, saya masih make sure dalam range 7-8kg. Siap bawak Kek Medovnik sekilo nak bagi budak-budak kat Scotland tu rasa. :D
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| Czech's land. |
Czech sangat cantik dari atas. Saya expect kalau dapat naik flight masa musim spring, mesti bertambah-tambah cantik. Mesti nampak kuning keemasan dek ladang rapeseed. :)
Walaupun perjalanan ni dalam sejam je, sempat jugak lena. Terbangun pun sebab stewardess nak bagi in-flight meal - sponge vanilla cake.
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| Vanilla cake. |
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| How the flight looks like. |
Dan dalam 7.15am, selamat mendarat di Frankfurt, Germany. Last time jejak airport ni 2011 - kali pertama ke Czech. Masa tu naik MAS dari KLIA sampai Frankfurt, sambung Lufthansa ke Prague. Tapi hujung tahun lepas masa melawat Aisya kat Bingen, ada lalu kawasan airport ni.
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| Frankfurt Airport is quite close to the city center, I think. |
Ada lagi 3 jam untuk connecting flight ke Edinburgh, Scotland. Saya memang aim nak tidur kejap. Macam biasa, belum keluar details gate kat mana. Tapi tak larat dah, rasa nak tidur jugak. Haha. Saya belum betul-betul tidur lagi. Untungnya Frankfurt Airport ni, banyak kerusi boleh baring berdekatan dengan plug. Sambil charge phone, sambil tidur.
I wonder why I haven't bought the powerbank. T_T
Baru 10 minit terlena, tiba-tiba ada 2 pegawai polis kejut saya. Aiseh, kacau. Mungkin faktor saya seorang je bertudung kat situ. Lepas saya, takde pun dia check orang lain. Hmphhhh
Miss, may I check your passport please? And your boarding pass as well.
Saya memang biasa tunjuk terus biomatric card kat Czech. Sebab dah boleh agak soalan dia, "awak masuk Europe ni dari mana?", "buat apa kat Czech?", "berapa lama nak travel keluar?" yada yada.
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| Backpack for 5 days - the same backpack for Slovenia trip last time. |
Walaupun diorang kacau tidur saya, ada faedahnya. Nombor gate saya dah keluar dah. Polis-polis tu suggest saya terus tunggu kat gate. Dah kenapa? Awal lagi kot.
Rupa-rupanya kena pass through passport control jugak (pelik sebab nak transit je pun). Dan passport control tu queue dia memang panjang. Haha.
Dah camne nak tidur?
Nanti-nantilah.
September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #13 - Motto
Hradec Kralove, Czech
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The Journey of A Risk-Taker to Scotland
September 7, 2016
Well, Scotland was a last-minute plan. Again. Solo. Again. T__T
I bought the ticket on 14th June to fly on 16th June. Niat nak ke Scotland ialah untuk rasa Ramadhan dekat negara lain sambil berkunjung jumpa kawan sambil berpost-exam rehat.
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| After a tough night. |
The journey from Hradec Kralove (HK) to Prague Airport was...just wow.
My flight was at 6 am (Thursday) and I planned to take a train about 7 pm (Wednesday). This one was the second last direct train from Hradec Kralove to Prague. Unfortunately....I overslept. Masa ni bulan puasa dan memang biasanya by pukul 5, 6 petang tu dah exhausted menunggu jam masuk Maghrib pukul 9 malam.
It was a night that I think I totally risked my life to variables. It was not okay and I really didn't expect that. But, alhamdulillah, Allah helped me a lot. I learned very important life lessons throughout the incident.
To be a risk-taker maybe a choice and I think I am one of the risk-takers. But, it is not a good thing all the time. It simply means - you exposed yourself to risks and dangers. Then you need to try hard to sort out the situation, try to get out of the challenge and pray for the good outcomes.
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| The boarding pass. |
So, I changed the plan to 8 pm train. Ni direct train yang last untuk hari tu. Kalau tak, kena naik train yang transit bandar lain dan risiko terlepas connecting train tu tinggi. T_T
Fuhhh, I thought I was late, sebabnya train bertolak 8.09pm, I arrived at the train station about 8.05pm like that. Ramai pulak orang beratur beli tiket, jadi taknak terlepas train saya plan nak bayar dalam train nanti. Dah naik train bagai, rupanya delay. T_T Nak dekat 15 minit jugak. Dah la tak inform (jarang la jadi macam ni). Kalau tak, boleh turun train balik pergi beli tiket.
Then, masa atas train nak bayar tu, saya ada 2000kc sekeping tu jaaa. Konduktor kata dia taknak terima, sebab harga tiket cuma 100kc. Takde duit baki, kad pun tak terima, nak beli online pun disebabkan train ni dah lepas masa bertolaknya, method bayar online dah tutup. Saya dah cuba tanya the whole coach (this was so embarassing -_-') kalau ada duit pecah tapi semua kata takde. Ada seorang memang gigih seluk beg-beg dia, tapi ada duit kecil yang tak cukup sampai 2000kc. Sedih kat situ. Hohoooo. Konduktor pulak kata, kalau takde duit kecil, kena turun kat next stop. Sedih lagi. Haha
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| Waiting for the train to move. |
Dah turun train, alahai ditakdirkan pulak tu train station yang sangat kecil. Kaunter jual tiket pun dah tutup. Haha end up, saya naik train balik HK sebab dah takde train dari situ ke Prague. Ni pun mujur ada syiling sikit (tak sampai 100kc pun). Sampai-sampai je kat HK, terus beli tiket untuk next train. Train yang ni lah yang saya cakap kena transit tu, Pardubice nama bandarnya.
Masalah kat sini ialah connecting train tu bukan bawah Ceske Drahy (CD). CD ni ibarat public train dan connecting train pulak Leo Express (private company). Siap dah beli online dah tiket Leo Express ni. Unfortunately.....train delay. HAHAHA nangis la kau di situ. Geram dibuatnya konduktor CD ni mintak maaf macam selamba je. Kalau connecting train tu under CD, biasanya diorang tunggu. At least 8 orang affected dengan delayed train ni. Tu baru dalam koc saya, belum kira koc lain.
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| Approaching midnight. |
Since ramai yang senasib, saya tanya dua Czech girls ni, apa plan diorang nak ke Prague. Seorang nama Ana, seorang lagi Tra. Diorang kata tak tahu lagi, sebabnya teksi sangat mahal. End up, saya ikut diorang kejar train yang ada kat situ yang menghala ke arah Prague tapi tak lalu Prague. Sampai lah kami ke final destination - Kolin. Dalam train, kami berborak-borak, turn out both of them are pharmacists, graduated from my university. Although we never met, this was the only reason I followed their plan. Hanya sebab sama universiti.
Guess what, kalau Pardubice jaraknya 109km dari Prague, Kolin ni dalam 70km. We thought the taxi will be cheaper. End up, the basic rate was 1 500kc. Convert lah. HAHA. Nangis dalam hati.
Ana try call boyfriend nak minta ambilkan, dijadikan cerita, boyfriend dia tengah minum. Duh, it was not even weekend. Minum ni maksudnya alkohol, means obviously he cannot drive. Long story short, flatmate Ana yang datang pickup. Saya memang dengan rasa bersalah minta tumpang. Dapat sampai city center pun dah okay sangat.
And, the flatmate was a....guy. Adam. He came with his girlfriend to pick us up.
Tawakal. Fuh, I don't want to be stranded at Kolin, tak pernah sampai pun pekan ni. Train station pun dah nak tutup masa tu. Sepanjang perjalanan tu, I kept updating my location to few friends. Haaa, tahan la hati kena leter sikit T___T
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| Kolin train station. |
Kitorang sesat. Tak tahu nak kata kelakar ke scary ke. Adam salah masuk simpang kat highway dan the car was going away from route to Prague. Terus bukak GPS semua, and finally alhamdulillah, back on track. They sent me to I. P. Pavlova, kat sini ada direct bus to the airport. Rasa terhutang budi tapi Adam taknak duit apa-apa.
Thanks, anyway!
Moral of the story.
- I need to make sure I have small money / exact amount of money if I want to pay tickets on the train (in the future).
- Tebalkan muka untuk pinjam duit orang dan try bayar balik by topup or something easier.
- Jangan tidur sebelum perjalanan bila travel solo.
- Naik train awal! Be on time!
- Sebaik-baik rancangan kita, rancangan Allah lebih baik.
I learned my mistake.
September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #7 - The Little Things
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Hradec Kralove, Czech
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