Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 5

Last night we had two new foods that I thought I'd share with you 1) Putu Bambu - A must try! It is a mix of rice flour, palm sugar, salt and pandan leaves. The items are placed inside bamboo and steamed, then finished with coconut and eaten hot, delicious. RM2.50 for 5 2) Roti banana - generally a south asian bread made from stoneground wholemeal flour. Roti is sometimes referred to as "Kolcha" in Indian cuisine and its thinner variant, known as chapati. Basically, whatever you want to call it, it was delicious and served with bananas. Love to all xxx ... read more

I figured it was another great time for reflection. Although I am slowly beginning to settle here in KL, I know there's more to come. I've yet to find a place to live; guesthouse living takes its toll on you. However, I have spent the last few weeks with Maher, so no more dorm rooms. Our relationship is growing stronger by the day and I think it's because of having him here that I have settled in so well. When you are so far away from family, it's good to have someone you know you can always rely on, someone to share the happy memories with and someone to be there, just to listen. Some days I sit and reflect on times gone by; I've come to realise that all anyone wants is validation, love, security, ... read more

How did that happen? 40 ? Beginning of a new era? Maybe. March 2nd and finally I have company. Becky arrived today and now we can share experiences together. So lovely after 4 weeks alone. The nicest birthday present of all. After a reunion and an hour transfer back to the villa from the airport I was able to share our stunning room, followed by a beer on the veranda overlooking the pool. I could get very used to this. After finally speaking to my sister via Skype (its only taken her 4 weeks to get her head around the eight hour time difference!) we started out at the Sky bar, Traders hotel, overlooking the famous twin towers. Here we enjoyed a Margarita (Becky's favourite) and a Hemmingway Daiquiri for me before heading for another aperitivo ... read more

Last time we posted a trip report, we were in the fantastic rice terraces of Banaue. The bus ride back to Manila was rather interesting. The roads in this area are quite curved and we were pleased with the fact that they had built a one way traffic road to Manila. Well, we were happy until we found out that it wasn’t a one way street. Our driver reminded us of a clone of our driver (Mad Max) in Vietnam. It was rather impressive what he got away with. He was overtaking an uncountable number of vehicles by passing a full drawn line into a steep curve with absolutely no overview. When you add the darkness it was a miracle that we didn’t crash into something. Well, let’s conclude that we were happy to reach Manila ... read more

I thought I'd do another post; although the 'backpacking' has finished...for now. I'm really enjoying life in KL and have settled in well.The people here are friendly, the culture very different and the food, well, repetative :-) We spend most evening around Merdeka Square, where there is always some type of event on. Little like a mini party in the park. This weekend, we are taking the night train from KL Sentral out of the city and into the hills. We are on a volunteering programme to help clean a cave. We are staying overnight and come back saturday evening. Something a little different :-) Not much else has happened. I work daily 11-7 and the job is great. I'm truly loving it. My colleagues are great. We have a girl from the Phillipines, A girl ... read more

We have landed in Malaysia smack bang in the middle of China town for 2 nights, due to Jess's eagle eye on accomodation here. We were expecting to just pass through Kuala Lumpur but thankfully we went out today and explored. Kuala Lumpur is a mixture of colonial buildings and new age sky scrapers cutting thorugh the clouds, including the amazing Petronas Twin Towers. The place also has a great cultural mix of people and our ears pricked up at the mention of there being a Little India here. After seeing the Twin Towers we were treading concrete in search of Little India and the only thing in my mind was South Indian Thali for lunch. In india this is a lunch time feed that consists of a mound of rice and a selection of chutney's, ... read more

I eventually got up earlier to go to the Petronis Tower to get a ticket to go to the bridge and near the top. I did get up by 7 on Monday to go and then realised it is not open on a Monday so went back to bed! To be sure of getting a ticket you go about 8 and queue for when the box office opens. I got a ticket for 7pm, which is what I wanted so that I could start in the daylight and finish seeing it in the dark. I don't want to depress any of you but 55 is a senior citizen here, which used to be 50 2 years ago! I took loads more photos but I cannot download them at this hostel so I will have to wait ... read more