Blogs from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 18

We made it back from Nha Trang for our flight to Malaysia and arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. KL seems like a familiar city because it reminds us a lot of Toronto: very culturally diverse with a little (insert country name here) for every corner of the globe. The hostel we are staying has a very homie feeling. There is a common room with a tv and dvd player and a kitchen to make meals if you want. Making your own food (even if it’s just breakfast) is such a treat after having to eat out all the time. When we were on the 12 hour bus ride from Nha Trang back to Saigon I had started thinking about all the things that we have mastered and learned while we’ve been in South East Asia. ... read more

Hi all, After going to Ko phangan we got a flight to Singapore to meet up with Luke. Singapore is such a nice city, and its big, very big. We got around around on the MRT (mass rapid transit) which is kind of like the underground in London but about a million times more clean and efficient. We got booked into a dorm style hostel in Singapore, which was better than I expected, and much more social. On our 2nd day there we went on the Singapore flyer, a huge ferris wheel like the London eye. The view from the top was amazing, hundreads of cargo ships in the bay and you really get a feel for just how modern and built up the city is. After that we walked onto and partially around the Grand ... read more

Now that our stomachs were full and satisfied, it was time to pamper our aching bodies. Sarah mentioned that it would be a cool idea to get massages at a spa - then she mumbled something about fish. I figured it would be a spa with aquariums…and I sure likes fishes. =) We went up Bukit Bintang looking for a good place to get pampered. What’s funny is that every massage place or spa we encountered had its windows plastered with pictures of flowers, what looked like schematic diagrams for feet, and barebacked women face down on tables. I don’t know where spas in Malaysia get their creative for advertising from, but there must be a printer making MAD monies off printing poster boards with pictures of feet on them. img=http://www.malaysia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/re... read more

Finally, I was able to go up the Petronas Tower! woot woot! Concorde Hotel - very nice and affordable hotel!... read more

Transportation Woes Leaving an island seems like it should be an easy thing to do - just get to land. The “ferry” picked up from the island to return us to the mainland at 8am, noon, and 4pm. We wanted to catch a 9am bus to Kuala Lumpur. We spoke to two bus ticket agents on the island about whether we would catch the bus if we took the 8am ferry. One said “no problem.” The other said, it depends on the weather; if it is bad, the ferry may be delayed, and may not go at all. If we bought a ticket for the bus and we missed it because of bad weather, our ticket was invalid for the next bus, which was not until at 8pm anyway, and arrived at 5am in KL. ... read more