Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 11

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-11 March 2016 On the way to northern coast of Borneo, we decided to visit KL after 41 years. Wow, has it changed. The CBD and the suburb of Golden Triangle was unrecognisable to us. We couldn’t even recognise where we stayed when we were here last. This time we stayed in a serviced apartment a couple of minutes away from the Petronas Twin Towers in Golden Triangle. This area is well serviced by monorail, metro and busses to the Old Town (Chinatown) and the Merdeka Square (where all the Imperial buildings are. Kuala Lumpur has grown from a small sleepy Chinese tin-mining village to a bustling metropolis of around 6.5 million (city-proper population of 1.8 million) in just 150 years. We arrived at night and after an hour in the taxi we ... read more

This blog is mainly for friends and family who don't see photos and messages on facebook. We are in Kuala Lumpur for just a day. We arrived quite late last night and head off again in the morning for our flight to Indonesia. We spent the day escaping the city at the beautiful botanical gardens here. It was very hot but now at almost 6pm it's thundering and lightening. It tends to happen most days around this time here. Off to meet some friends later that we met on the first Thai Island . hope the rain clears up. May not have internet in Indonesia, who knows these days? But if not we'll be back in KL on 16 th March.... read more

Wauw, ik besefte me een paar dagen geleden pas dat ik al meer dan 3 weken niet geschreven had, dus het is hoog tijd voor een nieuwe update. Het zal vrij lastig worden om alles wat we in drie weken gedaan hebben te bespreken, dus ik zal de hoogtepunten eruit lichten. Aan het eind van het vorige verslag hadden we net Pulau Bunaken en de Togean eilanden achter de rug: twee weken vol met witte stranden en duiken/zwemmen. De afgelopen 3 weken waren wel even anders. Vanuit Gorontalo zijn we naar het noordelijkste puntje van Sulawesi gereisd, waar het natuurpark Tangkoko ligt. Dit natuurgebied is vooral bekend vanwegen de primaten die er leven, de zwarte makaak en de spookdiertjes, dus ik stond erop om dit park te bezoeken. ‘s Ochtends vroeg zijn we het regenwoud ingegaan ... read more

Arrivés à Kuala Lumpur (KL), difficile de nous repérer : la puce singapourienne ne capte pas le réseau local, la géolocalisation ne semble pas fonctionner sur nos téléphones et nous ne disposons pas de carte. Nous trouvons un taxi près d’un hôtel des environs et lui communiquons l’adresse d’une guesthouse que nous avons sous la main. Le chauffeur nous indique le montant de la course en ringits (Rm), la monnaie locale. Nous ne disposons que de dollars singapouriens, qu’il veut bien accepter. En moins de 10 minutes nous sommes à destination ; il n’y a plus de chambre double disponible dans l’auberge de jeunesse souhaitée, mais le quartier Chinatown où nous nous trouvons en regorge et nous trouvons notre bonheur quelques mètres plus loin chez Agosto Inn. La chambre est petite mais dispose d’une fenêtre. Les ... read more

The cold rainy days in England have got the better of us and were in search of warmer weather again! We left Manchester on a dry but cold morning and arrived here in Kuala Lumpur to a stifling 30 degrees. Luckily, despite being in the middle of a city, our condominium where we are staying has a pool. Welcome relief! Today we visited the Batu Caves where there was an Indian Festival going on. The caves are high up in the limekarsts and many pilgrims were climbing the numerous steps carrying offerings on their heads. Some were crawling up - not sure why Tomorrow we take a short flight up the Thailand for some laid back island life.... read more