Day 1 (10/5, Sat) > Doha
As planned, bakcpackers met at KLIA departure hall, near Counter K to check-in. Bag weighing is a must to record how much the bags grow at the end of the trip. An early surprise to us as the staff informed us that the luggage will go straight to Copenhagen and we are not able to collect our luggage at Doha. Its too late to extract our overnight change in Doha.
Had a quick local breakfast at KLIA satellite terminal prior boarding.
Flying on Qatar Airway has been an awesome experience. Do expect delay in serving the main course. Only sweets as a starter. But the in flight entertainment offers a wide selections of latest movies, to get all passengers stick to their seats throughout the 8 hours flight.
47 Ronin, Self Giant and forgot another one, have been my choice.
Landed at Qatar Airport around 12.00 noon. As there's no aerobridge, passengers will be brought by bus to the terminal. The bus will stop at 4 terminals, so passenger need to know exactly which terminal that they are heading to, color-coded according to the color of the boarding pass envelop. Its about 40 degree in Doha.
Our driver from the Hotel waited for us at the airport. Good that hotel that we are staying in, provide airport transfer. Just a short 10 minutes drive from airport, our hotel is located at Doha old city.
Was informed by the driver that only Qatar Airways still using the old airport, while other airlines has been occupying the new terminal. After check-in at Gulf Horizon Hotel, we went round the Hotel, which is surrounded by many Souq, incuding the famous Souq Waqif, about 10 minutes walk from hotel.
Something new that we learn about the Qatari culture whereby shops are mostly closed from 12.30 noon to 4.30pm. Only few shops are open and we can see people taking nap at the bench. We decided to go Doha city center. We stopped at Doha City Mall, grab some toiletries, had our quick late lunch at the food court. Chicken briyani for my late lunch.
After some negotiation with the taxi driver, we agreed to pay the driver to bring us around tourist attractions in Doha. The driver is more than happy to accept it.
Our first stop is Qatar Museum of Islamic Art. Few photo shoots in front of the museum. Then we stop at fishing village not far from the museum, along the corniche. Perfect view facing Doha modern city with many traditional boats as background.
The driver then brouht us to new modern city outside Doha city called The Pearl. The Pearl is a luxurious residential development area.
After a long day touring Doha city, we need to rush back to the hotel as Yatz's cousin is waiting for us at the hotel a special dinner. Its Maghrib when we arrived at the Doha old city where our hotel is located. The situation is very much different when we left in the afternoon. Just like the situation in Mekah or Madinah. Busy traffic everywhere. I need to rush for a spare shirts. Lucky the hotel is just a walk away to many souq.
We then proceed to a famous arab restaurant. Forgot the name but the lamb briyani is superb. We were too tired to have another round of city tour. We need have a good rest for early flight to Copenhagen tomorrow morning. Thats our day in Doha. Not much to explore, not as modern as Dubai but a good combination of old and modern city, enough for a day trip.
Day 2 (11/5, Sun) > Copenhagen
We had our early breakfast at the small restaurant then proceed to the airport upon arrival of the shuttle that brought us there. Just a mere 10 minutes travel from Hotel to the airport.
8.20am DOH to Copenhagen (CPH) (Flight 159)
1:35 pm Arrive in Copenhagen
Check in Hotel @ Copenhagen
Copenhagen city tour
Day 3 (12/5, Mon) > Helsinki / Stockholm
Checkout from Copenhagen
9.15 am Flight (SAS) CPH to Helsinki (HEL)
ETA 1150am (RM347)
10.00 pm Flight (SAS) HEL to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN)
ETA 10.00pm (RM161)
Check-in Hotel@Stockholm
Day 4 (13/5, Tue) > Oslo
Check-out Hotel@Stockholm
2.30pm Flight (Norwegian) ARN to Oslo Gardermoen (OSL)
ETA 3.30pm (RM246.78)
Travel to Oslofjord
Day 5 (14/5, Wed) > Alesund / Geiranger
7.45am Flight (Norwegian) Oslo (OSL) to Aalesund Vigra (AES)
ETA 8.45am (RM313.34)
Travel to Geiranger
Overnight in Geiranger
Day 6 (15/5, Thu) > Oslo
Travel to Oslo
Overnight in Oslo
Day 7 (16/5, Fri) > Flam
Train Oslo to MydralTrain Mydral to Flam
Overnight in Flam
Day 8 (17/5, Sat) > Bergen
Train Flam to Mydral
Train Mydral to Bergen
8.40pm Flight Bergen to Oslo
ETA 9.35pm (RM314)
Overnight in Oslo
Day 9 (18/5, Sun) > Copenhagen
9.50 am Flight (Wideroe) Oslo Torp (TRF) to CPH
ETA 11.00am (RM549.66)
3.55pm Travel back to Doha
Qatar Airways Flight 160
ETA 10.45 pm Doha
Qatar Airways Flight 848
1:15 AM DOH > KUL
ETA 2.10 pm
