After my last post yesterday we flew the ten-and-a-but hours to Istanbul. On an A350 and a bit newer than the first leg to Malaysia. And because Lynn and I were across the aisle from each other we didn't have to climb over each other to get out of our seats. It left KL a bit after midnight and fortunately we got a reasonable sleep after a quick meal. It flew west over India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkeye.
Istanbul turned out to be a very large, very busy airport. The formalities were straightforward - getting through the 'transfers' area to the main terminal. We walked for 20 minutes to a help desk to be told they couldn't help swap our seats around for the next flight. Then 20 minutes back to find a lounge, where we hoped to have a shower as we were feeling pretty run down by this point. Turned out that there was an hour wait for the showers, so we gave up and walked 20 minutes back to the gate and by this point it was boarding. Fortunately the last leg was only about four hours and after a breakfast we were able to sleep an hour or so and woke when we were ready to land.
Disembarking and getting through the formalities was quick and easy - it's all automated now and we didn'tspeak to anyone. Unfortunately, when waiting for our bags Lynn checked the location of the airtags we use and found that one bag was still in Istanbul. So we waited to get our remaining bags (which took a while) and then talked to the helpdesk who seemed unsurprised, quickly located the bag and said it was on the next plane and would be delivered to us sometime in the coming days.
We were collected by Lynn's patient cousin, Tom, and driven two hours to Herne Bay in Kent. We arrived at about 1pm and 35 hours after leaving our home. The afternoon has been spent sitting in their conservatory on a fine and mild day - hopefully weather than will continue. Too befuddled to do much more and expecting the jet lag to overwhelm us at any time.
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