Our plane took off on schedule out of Kansai International Airport and arrived at BKK at 2125 hours. When we got off the plane, the Japanese announcement was weird. I hoped there was at least one CA who can speak Japanese on the flight in and out of Japan. Can the crews securely do an evacuation guidance in a crisis?
Getting off the plane, the gate and surroundings were dark. I wondered if a partial power cut might be happening. We had 3 hours until the connecting flight, and went lounge-hopping.
Firstly, we swung by the Turkish Airlines lounge. The lounge wasn't a pleasant clean environment. Tables and plates weren't clean and I didn't see anyone wipe tables clean. I expected to eat kebab, but it was not prepared. Though our table wasn't clean, I thought it normal there and stayed for some time over some meal and Thai beer, but it was a bad judgement in retrospect . The next Silverkris lounge (Singapore Airlines)was gorgeous and clean. Then we moved to the Miracle Lounge, which seemed to be built recently and was open and clean. We should have spent spare time here instead of the Turkish lounge. There were several kinds of dishes, but we were able to eat some ice cream and refreshments only. I found the shower facility there and I decided to try to use it at the stopover on the return flight.
(Vocabulary)
flight in and out of Japan 日本発着のフライト
evacuation guidance 避難誘導
gate and surroundings ゲートとその周辺
in retrospect 後から振り返ると
まずはトルコ航空 清潔感に問題あり スタッフがテーブルを拭くシーンは見なかった。そしてかなり汚れていた。皿の汚れも目立っていた。これがここでは普通なのかと思い、しばらく居たが、後から考えると失敗だった。
トルコ航空からシンガポール航空のラウンジSilverkrisへ移動、そしてD６ゲート正面のミラクルラウンジへ。ここは、比較的最近に出来たラウンジらしく、とても清潔、開放的で気に入った。
美味しそうな料理がいろいろあったのだが、トルコ航空のラウンジで食べ過ぎて食べられず。残念なことをした。ミラクルラウンジのアイスクリームは美味しかった。トルコ航空のラウンジは次回からはスルーが吉
更にタイ航空のラウンジを目指すつもりでいたが、２００メートルくらい先ということでカミさんが行かないというのでミラクルラウンジで出発まで過ごした。
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