Thursday, August 11, 2005
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
We checked out of the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa at 0655 and headed to the airport. Our mission today consisted of a flight to the Philippines. Our planned stop there was at an airport in the central area of Luzon. It was hard to see, since the haze was bad - we had an interesting time getting in because there was no radar... Not many people were around when we landed but, fortunately, we still had a quick turn. After departing Angeles City in Luzon, we flew west towards Malaysia. We had a different destination in mind but, with huge forest fires in Indonesia obscuring our landing site, we were emergency diverted by the Vietnamese controllers to Kuala Lumpur. After we were on the ground, I didn't get to see much because we were taken straight to the hotel (Sheraton Subang Hotel and Towers). Our lodging was very nice but the air was extremely smoky - visibility was horrible. We'll have to see what happens with the flight plan tomorrow...