Topband: 9M0W - More Bad Luck and near disaster for me...and the Dx'pedition

[k1zm at aol.com]

I sat in Doha for my 9 hours and boarded the plane at 0145 local.  We were supposed to take off at 0245 but at 4AM we were still sitting on the tarmac which I had not noticed as I had the headphones on watching a movie.


The captain said "sorry for the delay in taking off - we were loading cargo!!!!!!!!!!+*&%$#@+++  - GO FIGURE!  QFU QFU QFU!


This meant I would miss my connection from KL to SABAH.


As we landed in KL. a QATAR agent had a sign with my name on it at the end of the jetway.  I asked why they were looking for me.  They had arranged an alternate flight to KK on MALINDO airways - where I was originally on MALAYSIAN AIR.


I asked specifically about my (2) bags of luggage and we stopped at a counter to deal with the issue of getting my bags to KK onMY PLANE!!!!!


(NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)




I arrived in KK with NO BAGS on the arrival luggage chute - and spent the next hour with MALAYSIAN Airlines luggage.  They worked for quite some time and advised they had NO IDEA were all my stuff had gone.  I filed a claim sheet and took a taxi to my hotel.


I later hooked up with Krassy, CHRIS VK3FY and Peter VK3GN - for a few beers and a burger at the Hyatt Regency.  Then crashed as I was a total zombie - with no clothes except for one tee shirt - and my winter clothes were soaked with sweat from the humidity and2.5 days on the planes.


I would try to follow up with Air Malaysia the next morning (this was now SAT night - having left on Thurs night from BOSTON.)


 


Jeff Briggs
DXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters 
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