Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 161

For our trip we had to get up just after five and be ready at six to leave for Pahang national Park. We had booked our trip the day before and thought that we would be in a group of around twenty people and so when our guide rolled up in his minibus at about quarter past and picked us up we were surprised that he was on his own. We snuck the question into conversation whether we would be picking anyone else up, and he said the answer was no and then explained that he was having some issues with his advertising strategies and that we were the first people to have responded fto him from a leaflet left at a hotel! Setting off on our drive of an hour and forty five miutes from ... read more

To start World Cup Final NIght went to the Menara Kuala Lumpur revolving restaurant in the Sky Tower. It was really good to see the city from so high up at night. The towers looked pretty impressive at night. The food was really nice and so was the service, us being called Mr. Jack and Ms. Rebecca all night from a waiter who asked everybody's names! Afterwards we went back to our hotel and had a nap because the world cup final didn't start until two in the morning Malaysian time. This turned out to be pretty hard to do because there was really load music coming from two streets away. In the end we decided to go out and see what was going on a little while before the match started at around half past ... read more

From Melaka, I got the bus to KL with 3 english guys (Dave, James & Harry) I met in Melaka, and although were were booked into different hostels, we met up the next morning to do the Petronas Towers sky bridge. They were great craic, and their company more than made up for an early start of 7am! One of the best things about my 4 days in KL was the food! I tried Roti Canai (sp?), really nice Indian tea, satay, otak, various kinds of fish balls on skewers, rambutan fruit, sticky rice...a real mix of chinese, indian and malaysian food :-) On Friday night, I went out for the proper local food experience with Hady, one of the managers of the hostel where I stayed (Equator hostel) and a friend of hers, who happened ... read more

Just before we left for Malacca we got the sad news that Jo’s uncle (her dad’s sister’s husband) had died in Klang, a city near Kuala Lumpur. Growing up, she and her family were really quite close to his family, so she really wanted to pay her respect to his family. Because of my engagement with UiTM, we were unable to get to Klang for the funeral service. We did arrive a few days after it while most of the family was still in town waiting for the 7th day prayer service (Buddhists follow a schedule of prayers 7 days after the death, 49 days,etc…). It was the family reunion we had wanted but not the occasion. We were able to meet and catch up with some of Jo’s aunties and cousins that she hadn’t seen ... read more

Hi all! I've fallen behind! Sorry...let's see if i can catch up a bit. So KL is a big dirty city, basically. But thanks to Mark, a local guy (and friend of a friend of Melissa) showed us so much more than we would have done on our own! So it's not just a city that smells like hot garbage - it's actually a bustling, vibrant, and very diverse city. The people are super friendly and helpful though the "helpfulness" borders on harrassment when it comes to taxi drivers and hostel staff trying to get your business! And the people stare like CRAZY over here. It's still hard to get used to - but it's pretty funny. Anyways, we ended up spending three nights here with our fellow Canadian ladies. We checked out the local sites ... read more

Singapore is now behind us, met up with ferg and saj yesterday on their way to oz, had a great nite out with lots of cheap food and beer! we split up 2day with Ross, Rich and Rob getting a plane early this morning north to phuket, and me (alex) and peter deciding to take the more hardcore route via kuala lumpur and hat yai in southern thailand. In our hostel in kl now, arrived on a bus this evening. Our hostel is in Chinatown and has a rooftop beer garden showing world cup all night, so we were sold! Tomorrow norning will leave on a bus for hat yai. KL is even hotter than singapore, 35 degrees today, Phew! will update soon. dont be afraid to leave comments. we will not bite. Later! P.S. ... read more

Greetings from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Wow, loads to tell as usual, starting with last weekend, when we had 3 days on tour with Acacia in Kruger National Park. When we booked this, I thought we might have been safari'd out a bit, what with nearly 3 weeks with Dragoman, but luckily I needn't have worried. We transferred from Joburg with Miles, in a clapped out Astra type mobile & it took us 6 hours to get there, starting @ 5am. Miles drove without shoes, and I imagine without a recent shower, and managed to get us lost in Pretoria in the dark, which is NOT a clver place to stop and ask directions!! Nevertheless, we joined our new gang, led by TJ a strapping ginger South African at lunchtime and set off for our campsite. ... read more