Our trip to Sri Lanka involved an 8 hr flight to Singapore, then a short layover, then a 3.5 hour flight to Colombo.
Getting seats allocated, boarding passes printed, luggage checked and customs and immigration cleared was a game of trying to listen to the counter staff while herding a bunch of kids which included a very rambunctious, active 2.5 year old (plus Ben, who kept fiddling with his ‘absence greeting’ on his phone).
Once we got through, it was a quick trip to McDonald's playland inside the airport and a quick peek at the toy shop before boarding.
Mikaela and Jayden made the most of the entertainment system on the aeroplane. This one was on a newer Singapore Airlines plane. It sports a wide screen, on-demand videos and games, and even USB, Ethernet and iPhone/iPod compatibility.
Of course, some of the family members were a bit tired, so took the opportunity to catch up on sleep!
We (Ben and Sharon) managed to watch about 1.5 movies during the 8 hour flight, due to having to pause the movie for 5 minutes for every 2 minutes of running time to attend to ‘child management issues’. Oh well, at least we were kept busy!
In Singapore, the staff speak ‘Singlish’ which is English words spoke with a strange accent and unconventional grammar. Sometimes, getting the airport staff to understand what we were on about required us to speak slowly and repeat many times. Reminds us of the old TV ad for the SumSing 3000 Turbo…
Sumsing Turbo 3000
We arrived in Sri Lanka in the late evening… more on that later…
