Blogs from China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 10

We arrived in Malaysia excited to be in another country and soon felt at ease in what was certainly a more 'western' and multicultural society than Vietnam. KL's low-cost terminal was pretty easy to navigate and we toasted our arrival with a giant McDonald's meal (yeah baby). Our hostel, the Matahari Lodge, was basic but in a great location for the money round the corner from Petaling Street where the Chinese night market delights every evening. What a market it was with just a little bit of encouragement from vendors selling their wares. We soaked up the atmosphere with a beer and some good street food. I knew I was going to like this place. During our time in KL we explored the delights of Little India and Chinatown, did some shopping (well it was obligatory ... read more

Friday - we walked miles in the heat to find a gallery suposedly displaying the work of local artists - only to find it was not fully set up, had very limited work on display and wasn't really that interesting! Ah, well, we tried. The art has been very disappointing in Borneo to the point of almost being non-existant. However, we walked back a different way and came across a shop selling clocks with arabic numbers on - and we got the deal we wanted! So I'm happy, just have to lug a wall clock around for a while now...............! We ate at the Hong Kong Noodle House again as it's been great food, and naturally finished with a cold Tiger at the local eatery! Saturday - a lazy morning really then after checking out of ... read more

Kuala Lumpur I think thats the last time we’ll ever settle for seating on an overnight train. As it turns out, Malaysian trains like to play movies, adverts and information videos with music all night long with sound. The aircon is also pretty cold. Luckily everything was on time and clearing Malaysian immigration was just a case of getting off the train, walking through a little airport style immigration desk and getting back on the train. Me and Terry both tried to sleep but gave up by 01:30 and decided watching the A Team was far more enjoyable. Two episodes later and we did manage 2 and a half hours very uncomfortable sleep. When we got into Kuala Lumpar station at 06:30, I spotted a drinks machine where cans of coca cola are RM1, that’s 20p! ... read more

Kuala lumpur was an enjoyable two hour flight from koh samui onboard fireflies twin prop aircraft, which in Emilies eyes was obviously going to crash as you could see the propellors and they made a lot of noise! Once safely on the Tarmac in KL (please excuse the abreviation as it sounds so pompous to me but aids the speed in which I can type this blog and everyone I speak to seems to use it) we got talking to a fellow backpacking Brit and decided to save a few ringets and share a cab into the city. We headed to the cultural mecca found in the centre of every city and ordered our happy meals to justify using the very helpful free wifi all Mcdonalds now offer. Very helpful as I was able to call ... read more

We can't believe we've been in Malaysia for 2 weeks - we've done so much! We are actually in Borneo now so I thought I'd update the blog before we had too many adventures here. The speedboat across to Pulau Langkawi from Thailand was great, we got an actual seat and it was on time. Langkawi is known for its beautiful beaches but as we were only staying for two nights we stayed in the town called Kuah which is near the jetty. We'd had a lot of the beaches so we decided to do something different and visit Underwater World. It was really fun! It's Malaysia's largest aqaurium featuring 200 different species of marine and freshwater creatures. There was even a talking parrot! Our favourites were the turtles and the rockhopper penguins. We watched the ... read more