Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 2

Final Day, you guessed it, breakfast was amazing. I sat in the central area today, even walk to all types of food. There was no cooked salmon, nor smoked salmon today. Not happy Jan. I checked out of the hotel, with the bill added to my card in Australian dollars - nice. Big and small bag in tow, I head off to the training in the convention centre. Training went well, and we covered almost all areas I was interested in, however the last two items were just demo only rather than fully configured on our own laptops. Something to setup once I get home I guess. I repack my bags putting all cables into the luggage bag, leaving the two laptops and external drives in my shoulder bag. I get changed into travel clothes, and ... read more

Dad (chauffeur of the year) drove me to the plane and soon enough I was condensed into that humming whining rattling steel teleportation limbo, not sure if this flight was gonna careen into the ground and if I would be pissed off I didn't get to catch the end of whatever the current film was (I had paid for the upgrade to entertainment after all). The ground did look cool though- i like seeing where man has turned the world rectilinear. And where nature is more expressive than that. The movies/tv/games selection was as small as it was bland so a fiery airplane crash death coulda been worse... still always funny to see what words they sub in for swears and I give a little cheer when a swear kinda sneaks through. Also best sub of ... read more

Went to Batu Caves on a recommendation- super cheap as it was a normal train out there and free entry. Saw some Hindu paintings. Wild stuff. If India ever goes through a major psychadellic rock stage (and they probably have), they have their album art covered. I bought a ticket to enter an animal/statue park run by Indians complete with a cultural dancing show. The free roaming birds looked like they were in good health (barring the plucked peacock- it's feathers were in a stand for sale- now thats beautiful). Everything else was basically trapped in a confine too small and unnatural. The saddest for sure was a large turtle in a big bath sized bowl. It had deformed looking flippers and would sporadically make a sloppy dash against the side walls. These live longer than ... read more

Good evening all, well here I am, all rugged up in my monogrammed robe because the airconditioner wont go any hotter. last night I slept with the doona up round my ears as I left the aircon on all night. I must have rolled over a dozen times as the doona was a shambles this morning, with me cocooned in the middle somewhere. I nearly had to ring for someone to help me untangle me out of the twisted enwrapment of warm duck down. I had intentions of cracking out the ironing board to make myself really look the part for the first day of business. However, after realised that after having a shower there might not be enough time, what with dressing for breakfast, having breakfast, then changing into work gear and heading down to ... read more

The day is a cracker, weather perfect, humid and 28 no rain. I take a short 15 minute shower under a shower head the size of a dinner plate, put on a tshirt and head down to breakfast. The breakfast buffet is outstanding, leaving nothing to want for. The girl asked if i wanted to sit in or outside.... bahaha. To give an indication of size, it was 67 steps from my table to the juice bar, with around 400 glasses laid out in perfect alignment, and my table only around half way across the atrium. Three courses later I roll out of the buffet and return to the room to gather my things. down at reception my tour bus awaits, as we head off to the Batu caves. The humidity is really kicking in and ... read more

img=http://thewanderlustproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tumblr_lkjz17utoF1qgjo83o1_500_large.png So, this is it. The time has come. I've been based in KL since October 2012 and although I had a 'holiday' to Australia, KL has been my main base. I found a job, I left the job (already explained why in my previous blogs) I got engaged and we are now looking to move on and settle somewhere new. Mainly due to the employment situation here, I know it is not so good worldwide but there must be more opportunities out there. The difficult thing is that when you've lived the life of a backpacker and then spent some time effectively retired (lol) it's difficult to get back into the mind set of moving somewhere new to settle. You see, this was never my intention the first time round. I left to travel, to ... read more

The flight to Malaysia was good, easy check in, easy boarding and seating. Was delighted to find the flight was 2 hours less then expected, so arrived earlier than I thought. Watched two movies and some sitcoms after a short nana nap after takeoff. Must have been that before flight drink that kicked in. The three next to me were taking photos on the plane, many out the window but some inside. The flash would go off and it was interesting to see that every awake passenger looked up in unison and thought wtf. Not something one expects to see on a plane flight, rather unnerving for such a simple thing. It is nice though when one of these larger planes take off and land, without the massive roar of the engines and violent acceleration and ... read more