hmm.how should i start this entry.oh,first,alhamdulillah syukur that we made it.2nd,it was one of the best trip ever.very challenging i must say.hehe.we learned a lot about ppl in the other side of the world.some of the myths are verified wrong and so forth ;p

i’ve been thinking on how to put the looong journey in writing.nevermind.lets just go with whatever cross in my mind..

at first,i was planning to go for europe backpacking.envy my sista.however,with my nature of work and budget ie hard to get long leave and very high budget for long trip,i must satisfy with a week of visiting 2 popular europe cities, paris and barcelona!and alhamdulillah He permits despite the haywire schedule i have.haha.

KUL – BAH
so off we flew from klia on 24th jan morning.there was a bit miscommunication breakdown at gulf air check-in counter (that exec really pissed us off) that makes 4 of us had scattered seats on our way to bahrain.oh,its approx 7 hours journey by the way.lucky that we had perfect seats on our way to paris 🙂

initially bahrain was not in the picture as our main aims were paris and barcelona.however looking at the 12-hours transit at bahrain,we think why dont we have another country/city covered.and luckily,the travel agent provide lunch,dinner,transportation and accomodation for all transfer passangers!(for more than 6hrs transit).and plus,we dont need to pay for the visa(BD20 equiv RM180) coz it was also covered in the accomodation.hehe.so basically we get half day and half night bahrain trip for free.and the stamp on our pasport,of course.did i tell u that the visa/immigration stamps are also in our must-have list?saiko.alhamdulillah.

BAHRAIN (12 hours)
bahrain is a very nice city.typical middle east country,with the squarish-type of building.the bahrain international airport is located in the muharraq island, which is located approx 15mins away from the manama city,connected via a bridge.oh, we touched down at about 1.15pm bahrain time.it took almost an hour to settle the accomodation voucher,visa application and photo session.we hop on the provided mini bus and headed towards concord hotel(mind the missing ‘e’) with other transit passengers.the weather was quite windy and sunny, 14degC.very breezy city 🙂 we then checked in to a very cosy apartment c/w living hall,2 rooms,a kitchen and a bathroom.after had our lunch,performed our prayers,we browsed through the map taken at the airport.we decided to have a leisure walk around the city and to make sure that we get back to hostel before dark.so we walk down the main road,thru the backstreet—– only then we realized that there was not a single woman on the street.NADA.maybe the culture here i suppose.so it was a bit awkward for all 4 of us,girls,(bukan women ye) to walk around the city tanpa halatuju.we arrived at bab al bahrain,one of the main tourist attraction, when we heard the maghrib azan.so we decided not to panjangkan lagi langkah as the hotel is now half an hour away from where we were.so we headed back and its already dark when we arrived at the hotel.well the map was very useful as we get to know some of the buildings here and there across the street and so forth.i mean,for an unplanned trip,map is very important ya know 🙂 at least unintentionally,u get info while walking without knowing where to go ;p

well,here i share some of the pix..

the bus was ready to fetch us from the hotel at about 12mdnght and we headed to the airport.mentally and emotionally prepared for europe!

peeps,i dun hav the courage to write about paris yet.as paris is by far,the best city that i have ever been to.dont know where to start.its just amazing how i instantly  fell in love with paris. oh, and the disneyland.marvellous.happiness.alhamdulillah.will continue the story mory later yeah…

sneak preview..

*malas mau masuk ofis.isk*

later