Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam - The flight - Part 01

I was invited to present two papers at an event in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam organised by the IDB. Took a Royal Brunei airline from KLIA. It was the last flight into the airport which arrived at midnight.

Beautiful and modern airport. However, it does not operate 24 hours and when I arrived, the terminal was closing down for the day. Everything was being turned off. 

Waited for my airport transfer to the hotel.

(to be continued)

On assignment to Hainan Island, China - Part 02 - La Meridien Resort

Continuation from: On assignment to Hainan Island, China - Part 01 - To the island

Arrived at the resort late in the evening after a long bus drive across the island. I was impressed with the set up. Very modern.

All the modern convenience was made available.

The bathroom can be seen directly into the bedroom. This is resort is being advertised as a honeymoon resort.

In the toilet there is also a place to put your handphone when doing your business!

Surprisingly, the room also came with a ceiling fan - very ornate and totally useless.

The only interesting part in the room that I have never found anywhere else is this portable gas mask in case of fire.

There was also a welcome plate of fruit from the organiser, CCDC.

To be continued.

On assignment to Hainan Island, China - Part 01 - To the island

It was very early in the morning in KLIA to catch the flight to Hainan, China. Flying by Cathay Pacific Airlines. Morning is just about to start.

Was lucky to be able to fly by Business Class. On Cathay Pacific aircraft (an Airbus), the Business Class passengers have individual sections facing a way from the window. Here is a picture from where I was sitting with my back against the window.


Selfie.

The first leg of the trip was to Hong Kong. After a short one hour wait we took a Dragon Air airplane to Hainan Island. Below are photos from the aircraft.


The airport in Hainan Island that I landed was called Haikou Meilan International Airport. The island is so huge that they have two international airports. The most incredible thing is that the resort when the conference (which I was attending) took another 2:30 hours of traveling on bus to get there. I only arrived that at 7 pm (both the local time and KL time are the same).

To be continued.