So I was a bad blogger and neglected to tell you all about the last few weeks I spent in India. Perhaps I'll post some pictures if I get some time... but for now, I'm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
I just arrived early this morning after 28 hours of traveling - including 21+ in the air! The high point of the whole trip was when I got detained at Heathrow because apparently my hand luggage contained traces of explosives. I'm still not quite sure how that happened, since everything I packed made it to India without an issue (I honestly think their little explosive-detecting machine was malfunctioning), but since three consecutive screens continued to show explosive residue, I got to have a lovely little chat with the Metropolitan Police - 4 of them, armed with what appeared to be machine guns. All of this took place in full view of every other Heathrow passenger trying to get through Terminal 3 security, and perhaps it's a bit more common in the UK, since people did not seem to be staring at our little group as much as I would have expected them to.
Apparently, I'm not too much of a threat, since they decided to let me on the plane to KL, but I now have an official incident report to keep as a memento of the great experience :)
On the plus side, KL is beautiful - everything is so green and leafy! It was drizzling this morning when we landed, but the weather has cleared and it ended up being a beautiful day!
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I was hoping you'd blog about this trip, too. But what a way to start out! GREAT story!!! Glad you made it safely.
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