Blogs from China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 14

We have left KL and arrived in Borneo so we thought we should write something about our time in KL. We arrived there with bags on backs in search of our hotel. Unfortunately it was very hot and humid and our hotel was hard to find thank goodness for other tourists with the lonely planet bible. Eventually we found our hotel only to be told to come back in 45mins so we ventured out into the heat once more a few bags lighter. 45mins passed and we went back to our hotel for a long awaited shower only to be told another hour before the room was ready. So Liam decided it was beer time. We sat and enjoyed a very overpriced tiger $6 and had a very eventful chat with a long time hippy who ... read more

Hej alla dar hemma! Nu har vi antligen tagit oss tid till att satta oss vid en dator och sammanfatta vara forsta dagar pa resan! Vi landade i Kuala Lumpur den 6e september och steg ut i den 40 gradiga hettan. Sedan tog vi oss till China Town for att hitta ett lampligt boende. Till slut (tack var en hjalpsam snall malaysisk farbror som inte kunde prata engelska) hittade vi ett mysigt hotel, man far ett dubbelrum med eget badrum och aircondition for ca 200 kr/dag. Forsta kvallen gick vi ut pa Petaling street som ar den stora shoppinggatan i chinatown. Med shopping sa menar vi marknad dar man far vakta sina fickor och maste pruta tills man skams. Dar i myllret av folk hittade vi en liten restaurant som var helt full med folk. Bra ... read more

We decided to extend our stay in Kuala Lumpur as we managed to find (on the second attempt) a decent, cheap guesthouse that had everything we needed. We also decided to stock up on some cheap apparel at the bustling Chinatown market, just a short walk from our accommodation. Another big plus for Kuala Lumpur is the excellent public transport system which we have used many times to get places our own steam could not take us. One of the first visits was to the main landmark of the city, and possibly the country, the twin Petronas towers, you can see them from just about any elevated vantage point in the city but the sight from afar does not really do them justice. To get there we took the subway and when we climbed up the ... read more

8th September 2010 We set off at 6.30am to get to the Petronas Twin Towers and queue up for our free pass. The gates open about 8.30 but tickets come on a first come first serve basis. They only have about 800 passes to go up so if you leave it too late you haven’t really got a chance in getting up. We decided to try and walk from the hotel using a map - however we gave up after 30minutes of walking round in circles and got a cab. We got to the towers waited in the queue for about 90 minutes and luckily we got a morning time slot so we went straight up at 9.15. The lift takes you up to the 42nd floor (about 180m high) where you can get out and ... read more

7th September 2010 The taxi’s picked us up at 8am from Baba’s House and took us to the bus station. We had about 45 minutes to grab some breakfast before getting the bus to Kuala Lumpur. It took us about 2 hours to get to the bus station and then we got a local bus from the station to the hostel. The hostels situated in the main street of China Town amongst all the stalls and shops. We dropped out bags off at the room and got the Monorail to Times Square Mall (13th biggest mall in the world!) We had a look around before heading to the theme park which was situated between the 5th and 8th floor. Its home to the biggest indoor rollercoaster in the world! We paid about £9 to get in ... read more