Blogs from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia

April 23 - 25 / 2012 The flight from Clark in the Philippines to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia was one of the most turbulent we've ever had! Other than that, it was pretty uneventful. We arrived in the city we know and love in the afternoon, took the bus into town, then the metro train to the area we stay in, Bukit Bintang. Also known as the shopping & finance district. Here you'll find great nightlife, skyscrapers, delicious food and many malls and markets. We checked into our usual hotel, Pondok Lodge and made our way to our favourite little Arabic/Indian restaurant, KC Corner. They serve some of the best food (roti channi, naan breads, many types of curries, byriani, fried chicken and other noodle and rice dishes), at a very low cost. The next day ... read more

Hi, Its been a very busy first week - jet lag and early mornings means that myself and jenny are pretty tired by now. Its also very humid and sunny and its hard getting used to that, at least our room has air conditioning!! We have learned by now not to try and do anything for a few hours midday due to the heat and so now we just go back to the hostel and have lunch/relax for a few hours before venturing out! The hostel is really nice, the staff are lovely and very helpful. Our room is nice and the hotel has lovely facilities such as a kitchenette and lounge area that make it very comfortable. Its just Jenny and me staying in this hostel but there are more student girls from cardiff that ... read more

March 22nd, One day city tour Patronas Twin Tower - got up really around 6am just to make sure I get there on time to get limited tickets to go up to Twin Tower Skybridge, got the ticket for 18:30 tour , the last tour in the day, waited in line for almost 45 mins to finally get it. The Twin Tower from outside looks marvelous!! Since F1 was on for the weekend, everywhere I see there were Mercedes F1 cars, since they are sponsored by Patronas, so not surprised that they are so popular in KL; next.. KL Tower - Since the Twin Tower tour was at afternoon, so decided to go to KL tower for a view first. comparing to Twin Tower, KL tower is less popular to tourist, but i like it, there ... read more

The next day, we started off with a business session, and then it was off to Oversea Restauran, a Chinese restaurant recommended by our host. Me, my dad and our host had all seen the menu for the restaurant and approved it, but whether we missed something, or the restaurant just decided to do their own thing, I’m not sure…what I do know is that we had about 10 courses for lunch. Everything was delicious (I had a special non-seafood menu – that would be a theme throughout the conference), but by the end of the meal, we were all stuffed. And running almost an hour behind schedule. We agreed to cut out one of the afternoon activities, but I was unwilling to push the dinner back – it was already set for 8pm, and we ... read more