Silvano On The Go

My first experience of Sri Lankan Airlines - disappointing! But my fault for not checking out the airline before I booked with Kuoni. I’ve just become so accustomed to the quality of Asian airlines, Catchy Pacific, Asiana Airlines and my new favourite, Malaysian Airlines. Sri Lankan planes are in desperate need of a deep clean, modernisation and their entertainment systems needs ripping out and replacing altogether. That said, the flight attendants were friendly and helpful and the food was decent and as I always say, the most important aspect of any airline is that it transports you safely to your destination. A 2 hour 20 min comfortable transfer and we were at our hotel. Well, not quite – it was on an island, we could see it but had to take a 3 min boat transfer to reception. (see Trip advisor Godsgloriousworld for hotel review; Club Bentota) The first text I saw when I switched my phone on was one giving me the location and telephone number of th...

Day 1 – Entire day spent travelling. Flew out from Heathrow on Malaysia   Airlines A380. First time with this airline. Seats are spacious, entertainment system is top notch and strangely enough the plane takes off when it’s taxiing relatively slow. Still amazed at how something that size (4 huge engines, 494 passengers) glides so smoothly through the air. Anyway, we departed around 10am and with time difference landed just after 7am Malasian time (8 hours ahead). We had booked everything, including transports with Kuoni and our driver was there to pick us up once we cleared customs. Would have been easy enough to jump in a taxi I guess but when you’ve been on a plane for 12 hours, I guess you just want to get where you’re going as quickly and easily as possible. Day 2 Arrived At Shangri La Kuala Lumpur and it was the most impressive Shangri La I’ve stayed at to date. The welcome, reception, staff, room, health suite – all amazing and top notch service. Our room w...