Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 16

Today started off in Bangkok, some of it in the air, but most of it was in Malaysia. Said goodbyes and left ted and wan at 9.30 to go to Don Meaung airport about an hours drive away. My taxi driver was very smart with a pinstripe suit, huge rings on - very bling, smart hair the lot - felt he was somewhat wasted as a cabbie! A lot of the taxis here have some sort of religious artifact adorning the dashboard, parcel shelf, wing mirror wherever they can stick it really - this one was no exception with flowers from the mirror ( they bring good luck) and what looked like a gold oyster shell with jewels spilling out and an elephant inside, sitting on the dashboard. The traffic was heavy and so it took ... read more

Hi, This morning we woke up early. This dorm has rucksack sized lockers in the room but to get the bag in and out makes quite a lot of noise, so accidently we ended up waking the other 4 people up at 7.30 too…. sorry. We showered and had breakfast in the hostel, which was free! Just coffee/tea and jam on toast but as much as you want, so it does perfectly well for the morning meal and our budget. We headed out to the Batu caves about 9.30am. The tube/metro goes all the way there with just one change over at KLSentral. We arrived at the caves (the metro is right outside the entrance) and I was told that my knee length shorts were an inch too short off being a respectable length to go ... read more

Faizzal, den ich in Langkawi kennengelernt hatte, und ich machen einen kleinen Ausflug zu den Batu-Höhlen, wo heute ein paar tausend Inder (hauptsächlich Tamilen) ein religiöses Volksfest feiern. Sie alle pilgern in eine Höhle, um dort Milch zu opfern und zu ihrem Gott zu beten. Auf unserer Anfahrt reißt in der Richtung, in der die Batu-Höhlen liegen, kreisförmig der triste graue Himmel auf - ein göttliches Zeichen, um uns den Weg zu weisen!? Wir sind recht früh dran, vor dem hochaufragenden, grün überwucherten Kalkfelsen mit der Höhle hat jemand neben eine Treppe in die Höhle eine riesige goldfarbene Statue mit einem Speer in der Hand gestellt. Am Eingang zum Vorplatz warten die Menschen auf einen großen LKW mit einer lustigen grünen Figur darauf, die ich in der Ferne nicht so richtig erkennen kann. Auf jeden Fall ... read more

Having made our early start we arrived at 08.05 I like KL ..Our cases were first off the carousel and our driver was waiting. It took an hour to drive to the city ... at one point we were in an 11 lane highway...full of traffic..so glad I wasn't driving! The city is vast, but our first impressions from the plane was of miles of palm forests, very green with lots of rivers. We spent most of the day on the hop on, hop off bus learning about Malaysia, its growth and independence . Its a real melting pot of ethnicity and cultures with Mosques, Hindu Temples and Christian Churches. The whole place seems to be being rebuilt. They are demolishing huge high rise buildings at the same time as building the new one next to ... read more

During the last few months I have been spending quite a lot of time in Kuala Lumpur – so much time that sometimes I said it would make sense for me to rent a second flat in KL. However, most of the time I flew there in the early morning and back in the evening or at most I arrived the evening before the meeting or training. But end of January I had one training in KL scheduled for a Friday and another one for the subsequent Monday, so I decided that I might as well stay over the weekend and do some more sightseeing. I arrived in KL on Thursday afternoon and, as things go here, after catching the airport express to KL Sentral I needed to participate in a telephone conference with Hong Kong. ... read more