Arrival and Transit: We touched down at 6:15 and taxied slowly to our gate, C27 and docked at 6:30. As I was deplaning I said bye to the crew who were all smiles.
“Bye, thanks for a great flight.”
“Anytime Mr. Tamboowala. Have a good onward flight.”
I got off the jetway a few seconds later where I made a beeline for the Transit desk. I followed the signs and was firmly planted in front of an agent manning the First and Business Class desk two minutes later. My onward boarding-pass was issued and I was directed towards the train for immigration.

Now this is where the problems started. There were only two counters for the “120 Hour Visa” but close to 40 people in line. We waited and waited but the line was crawling at a snails pace. Eventually another counter was opened and the lines were separated into two. I managed to get to an agent at 7:30, nearly an hour after my plane touched down! The female agent was rather surly and once I confirmed I was heading to LAX, she started ripping and stamping the paper work. Two minutes later a visa was issued and my passport was slammed back on the counter with a loud “Next.” I grabbed my passport and headed off towards the Pan Pacific Airport Hotel, something the Malaysia Airlines office in Mumbai had arranged for me.

The agent behind the desk welcomed me and I handed her my MH Hotel voucher, which was promptly exchanged for a key. Malaysia Airlines had also provided me with Breakfast and Lunch but I opted to just get some shuteye, as I would have enough to eat on my onward flight. The room was nice and big and had a great view of the highest control tower in the world. I crawled into bed and slept like a baby for four hours.
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