A traveller's reflection: 01 Istanbul: Love is in the air...

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

01 Istanbul: Love is in the air...

"Travelling is like a chocolate box. It Doesn’t matter what you get. All is good..."

(Istanbul International Airport)

Day 01: 19/06/25 (Thursday)

Flight: TK061 KUL 2345/IST 0520+1 (Turkish Air)
Route: Kuala Lumpur - Istanbul, Turkey

(Ready for the 20-days trip)

All our bags are packed and we are ready to start our adventure trip to Central America.

By 5.00 pm we were already on the way to our Putramas Apartment. Our car will be parked there for the duration of the trip. Booked a grab car to KLIA. The after office hour traffic was quite heavy and it was raining slightly. When we reached the airport it was already Maghrib. Performed our jamak prayers at the arrival surau level 2.

(Departure Hall KLIA)

(Speedy check-in)

Met Hazimin and Che Nan at Departure Hall Counter J. The four of us will be travelling together on this trip. Completed check-in process in a jiffy.

(Our travelling buddies for this trip)

(The crowd at the boarding gate)

The long haul flight to Istanbul was full. The 10h 35m on board was spent napping in between listening to Mark Knopfler. Meals were served two hours after departure and two hours before arrival.