Blogs from Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 5

Today is the 28th of March and we went to the top of the Petronas Twin Towers, they are the second tallest buildings in the world. The towers are 370m high. We went to the 86th floor and there are 88 floors in the whole building. On the way back to the hotel we met a tropical rain storm, it was like a swimming pool and we had to wade throe puddles and we got drenched just as we approached the hotel the rain stopped.... read more

Day 190 (Sat 16thMarch) My first full day was to be spent at a music festival, namely the Future Music Festival Asia. When I booked to come to KL I had no idea it was on, a couple girls told me about it in Vietnam so I looked it up and decided to go. I popped out for breakfast in the morning to come across a familiar face passing me by. I wasn’t sure at first but I thought about it as I carried on. I headed into the hostel after a brief walk to see exactly who I thought it was, being Olive (I met Olive in Bangkok in December). Turns out she was here with her friends from University in Singapore. This was handy as I now had someone to go to the gig ... read more

It had been 6 weeks since Sam surprised me with the prospect of coming out to Kuala Lumpur for a few days and with the thought also of staying in a lovely hotel and the arrival of packages from home, we all had our own reasons for being massively excited about his coming visit. Our plane from Siem Reap touched down at Kuala Lumpur airport in the late morning of Sunday February 10th and I'm afraid to say that we didn't set off the proceedings particularly well. Maybe our excitement had clouded us with stupidity or perhaps the one hour time difference had set our minds to malfunction but we arrived with not even a remote inkling of where we were going or which currency we would use to get there. I have blamed it once ... read more

There are two experiences that compare to the excitement of travel. Researching, budgeting and planning itineraries can be just as exciting as the journey itself, whilst the other recently discovered experience is presenting speeches about travel to an international audience numbering in the hundreds. Last year provided my introduction into the world of speaking at international fora , where I was most impressed by the hospitality and professionalism on display at the Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards (MITBCA). Not only was I invited to return to MITBCA in 2013, but this invite extended to its sister event, Malaysia Social Media Week (MSMW). I arrived a few days prior to MSMW in order to adjust to the time zone and prepare my presentation, “From Dang... read more