Wednesday
This month we managed to book the flight ticket for our Hokkaido trip and our hotels in Sapporo (5 nights) and Hakodate (2 nights).
The flight ticket is by ANA, among the cheapest that we could find, RM2,138.90 for adult and RM1,696.90 for the kids. However the total we have to pay is RM7,679.60 for the 4 of us as we had delayed a few days from the date we booked the ticket and the price is subject to fluctuation of the currency. The delay was caused by ANA not being able to charge my credit card online and we tried for 2 days before I decided to quit trying and pay a visit to their office instead. Apparently ANA system had this 3D security feature and the transaction cannot go through as long as the system is not disable. I even called Citibank and they verified that there is no problem for my transaction to go through. And I have been paying my card in full for the past few months.
At first I tried booking for the tickets via ANA website, however we are not able to book a seat on the domestic flight from Tokyo to Sapporo on the date that we wanted. So I called ANA office in Wisma Goldhill, Jalan Raja Chulan and a rep named Ryona Lim suggested an alternative flight that will depart from Narita rather than Haneda that will save us lot of RM and time!
We will be flying from KLIA to Tokyo and from Tokyo to Sapporo via Narita. However our flight back will be from Hakodate and will land in Haneda. From Haneda we have to take a limousine bus to Narita Airport to take our flight from Tokyo to KL.
Hotel in Sapporo is RM1,715 for 5 nights and the one in Hakodate is a bit expensive at RM1034.00 for 2 nights. The total so far for the flight and tickets for 2 adults and 2 kids age 7 & 5 is RM10,428.60.
I had since doing a lot of reading on the place and by now can very well imagine where we will be going and the activities that can be done in Sapporo, Otaru, Asahikawa, and Hakodate.
Other things to do :
1) Renew Faris and Ariana's passport;
2) Buy boots suitable for snow;
3) Long John for kids (at least for Ariana);
4) Buy bubble jacket?
5) Change RM to Yen.
We are not going anywhere during this 2 weeks school holiday so I am looking forward to this trip. Well.. I had already thought of a NZ trip for next year hubby thinks that I am mad. LOL.
I am really crazy about travelling that my mind is always thinking "where to go next" "where to go next"! As if the money is limitless *sighhh* The other place that I would really like to go is Pulau Tioman as I had not been there and I longed to snorkel for a very long time now.
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