We finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after a couple of brief flights...25 hours after leaving Birmingham. We got an e-mail from Delta right as we were leaving for the airport on Sunday saying that our flight from Birmingham to Atlanta was cancelled (due to under-booking, I'm sure). They re-routed us through Cincinnati, then to Amsterdam (8 hours), then to Kuala Lumpur (12 hours). Rich managed to negotiate a $200 travel voucher for the inconvenience but no business or first-class upgrades, unfortunately. Actually, though, despite the worst screaming baby I've ever heard in my life on the Cincinnati flight, the flights weren't bad. I had empty seats beside me on the Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur flights. I slept most of the way. We arrived in KL around 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning. Will sent a driver to
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