Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 187

Reluctantly we finally left the Lucas' and changed our base into Bukit Bintang, which is right in the middle of Kuala Lumpur near shopping, bars and restaurants. We're staying at the Number 8 guesthouse, which is quite nice and has a good atmosphere. Since we arrived here we have been to the Menara Skytower and did the audio guide tour and we saw a lot of things we could do and visit. This was fun and there were some free really high powered binoculars which allowed you to see lots of the city really close up! We have shopped in the B.B. Plaza which is a big six story mall. Visited the KL Bird Sanctuary, which is the largest free flight aviary in the world. Visited the Lake Gardens, where we spent most of the day ... 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

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

So from Singapore we headed up to Malaysia with Kuala Lumpur as our first stop. We had booked a hotel in Little India which was nice and just a short walk from the metro into the city centre. As Jemma's camera has officially died we headed to the KLCC, the shopping mall at the Petronas Tower to have a look for one. Eventually she got a pretty good deal on a Fuji camera so we were ready to start snapping! We headed out the mall at the Petronas end and were amazed by the towers. So many things we've seen so far on this trip we'd only ever seen before in pictures and movies - but it's so different to actually be there. Although unfortunately Sean Connery wasn't swinging from the bridge like in Entrapment!! Off ... read more