Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 207

We have twenty-four hours in Kuala Lumpur and I haven’t slept since Rome. The Euro made us penniless but the Ringgit makes us kings. We bus to China-town for DVDs (which cost $5 N.Z.). Malaysia smells like Weet-Bix and I can feel moisture on my tongue when I breathe. China town is one long street with blue tarpaulin protecting the seller’s merchandise. Adidas shirts cost five Ringgit, Nike shoes for ten, billabong bags for fifteen, Rolex watches for twenty, and fruit, every fruit that was ever made, all shoved in your face. ‘Kill Bill, do you have Kill Bill?’ asks Julain ‘No Kiew Biew, but I got blue movie’ he shoves some porn pics in our face. ‘You like that huh?’ His accomplices around him egging us on. ‘No, I just want Kill Bill… and… ... read more

Vrijdag De reis naar Maleisië hadden we heel mooi bedacht. Eerst met de bus de grens over en dan een nachttrein kaartje kopen om naar Noordoost Maleisië te gaan en daar een boot richting Pulau Redang. Mooie plannen. Er was echter net vakantie in de regio dus alle treinen bleken de komende 2 dagen vol toen we in Johor Bahru in Maleisië aankwamen. Johor maakte nogal een troosteloze indruk dus we wilden daar weg. Dus over op een nog te bedenken plan B... Taxi naar bus station, waar we de enige westerlingen waren en de nodige aandacht trokken. Alle bussen vol. Pofferdikkie. Een vaag mannetje had nog wel een plekje voor ons, dus die gok maar genomen. Zaterdag De nachtelijke busrit was geen feest. Het gehobbel en de iets te koud ingestelde airco maakte slapen onmogelijk. ... read more

Kuala Lumpar is crazy, crazy, crazy - sheer utter chaos!!! And we both love it! The entire city is bursting with life and people of all cultures. The bus trip from Melaka took 3 hours, one hour longer then we expected mainly due to traffic congestion in KL itself. We actually had to join a queue in the street leading to the bus station and then another queue just to enter the station. Once inside we felt like we had arrived in hell… The buses all park underground - it was a real test of driving skills just to position the bus into it’s parking spot. To leave the bus parking area you had to drag your suitcase along narrow pathways between the rows of stationary buses until you reached a narrow footpath leading you up ... read more

Linda and I decided to spend our summer vacation with my parents in Thailand and then Malaysia, revisiting the places where I had gone to high school from 1966-68. We flew Malaysian Airlines departing Frankfurt, with a refueling stop in Bahrain, arriving in Kuala Lumpur on 2 July. We stayed overnight in Kuala Lumpur, and although we were very tired we ate satay at a nearby restaurant before turning in for the night. We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok the next morning and arrived about 1 pm. My parents were at the airport to greet us. We relaxed the next two days and saw some of the sights, such as the Grand Palace. We drove to the Rose Gardens to see the Thai cultural show, and then on to Hua Hin, where we enjoyed the ... read more