Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 192

Booked flights to Phuket with Air Asia so we can get to the full moon party in Thailand. Booked accommodation at Moonhut Bungalows on Ko Samui from where we will get a speedboat to Koh Phangan island. Many places are full or in a bad location but this place seems ideal and is on a quiet beach called Mae Nam. Realised that the bus from Phuket to the ferry for Ko Samui wouldn't get us to the ferry in time! Fortunately there is a night ferry which takes twice as long but at least we should get to Ko Samui early the next morning!... read more

Hey hey. Me and Wils arrived in Kuala Lumpur in the late afternoon of 8th April. The first thing that strikes you when you get off the bus is how modern everything looks. In the 1990s their was an economic boom in Malaysia and since then in KL high-rise buildings have been spurting up by the bucketload. Before i start telling you of all my Capital adventures can i just give a personal message to Andy: Before you start getting excited Andy by the title of my blog, i should inform you that I used such a title because Oompa Loompa rhymes with Kuala Lumpur not because all of the women out here are orange! I know you like a bit/shitload of fake tan on your women but i'd hate to think you spent all your ... read more

Took a bus to Kuala Lumpur, stayed at the excellent Anjung KL guesthouse (after checking out the Lonely Planet's author's choice place called Pudu Hostel, which was an absolute dump). Met a British-Indian girl called Deepar who came with us for a delicious vegetarian meal at an Indian restaurant nearby. We are visited the night market full of mainly fake designer goods. Then wandered over to the Petronas Towers which were very impressive, particularly when lit up at night. Inside is a posh shopping mall where we laughed at some people stuck in the glass lift. Walked back through the posh and lively bar district full of people with expensive tastes. Had a drink in a quiet but nice place nearer to the guesthouse called Little Havana.... read more

Departure date looms in front of me. Next week will mark the start of another new beginning. It is as exciting as how travelling should be and as scary as how it will open up a stream of unpredictable circumstances. Jarred, the Aussie dude that I was meant to hook up in Bangkok so that we can travel to Myanmar together couldn't make it due to family emergency and had to take the next flight out. Which is a shame really, considering it'd be nice to have a travel buddy whom you already half knew through correspondence over the internet. Then again, I did entertain the thought that he might have chickened out from wanting to travel with me. But I'll give the guy benefit of the doubt...I just pray the family emergency he's having isn't ... read more

Hustling hawkers, exhaust fumes, international fast food chains, neon lights, traffic…. Though this was not the vision I had conjured up with Malaysia’s tourism mantra, perhaps Kuala Lumpur was a good microcosm of Southeast Asia’s cities. For the bad and the ugly in this part of the world were also accompanied by the bright and beautiful …colorful tropical fruits and flowers in the marketplace, the bold saris and skirts of the women, artistically carved temple decorations, eternal t-shirts and flip-flops weather, softly glowing paper lanterns, and the smoky aroma of tandoori chicken grilling. Beyond all the activity at street level, a forest of chrome towers rises up to remind one of the development the region has witnessed, while a small army of beggars demonstrates whom the development miracles have excluded. Leaving Thailand we hurtled even further ... read more