Blogs from Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

Doing Christmas like we’re a UNICEF greeting card Where should an Anglophone Swiss-American protestant lady, married to a French Jewish man, with a self-declared Buddhist daughter and a Santa-fearing son spend Christmas? Across the street from a Hindu temple, among a predominantly Taoist population, in a Muslim country seems as good a place as any. And so through the Hare Krishnas we weaved our way over to George Town’s China House restaurant, where we enjoyed a traditional turkey roast, complete with heavenly mashed potatoes and fresh cranberry sauce! Just before heading out, the kids opened their collection of “easily packable” Christmas gifts: miniature Spiderman and Batman figurines for Sam and similarly sized mini Cinderella and Ariel dolls for Mimi. They also each received matching toy cameras, which were a surprisingly big success. And sure enough... read more

Vstal som o polhodinu skor nez bolo v plane. Oholil sa,zbehol sa najest,zbalil plachtu,ktoru som odovzdal na recepcii,vratane mini lampicky.Na recepcii som este vratil magneticku kartu, za nu sa platila zaloha 10sd a siel na mrt. Vcera som si chcel cez net kupit listok na vlak zo singapuru do JB sentral ale den vopred sa to uz neda. V penazenke mi ostalo este 17sd,hadam mi to bude stacit. V obchodnom dome som spravil este mini nakup,2 jablka,chipsy,platil som debetnou kartou.Odtial uz len podzemnym tunelom na mrt a smer zastavka woodlands. V metre zistene,ze som omylom vymazal z mobilu instrukcie ako sa dostat na vlakovu stanicu v singapure. Nastastie po vystupeni bol v info centre ochotny chlapik a navigoval ma na spravne mhd,bus c.856 a 911. Na bus zastavku sa da dostat v pohode z metra,je to ... read more

Given the lack of partying last night the 6.30am start wasn't too bad and we had a pleasant flight from Krabi to Kuala Lumpur (KL). In anticipation of a Bangkok-like city, we'd booked a slightly nicer hotel with a gym and a pool so that we could relax after a day in the city. However we are pleased to say that KL is a much cleaner and less 'sweaty' city than Bangkok. To make up for the hotel cost - we've challenged ourselves to only eat 'local' street food (a vast variety of Malay, Chinese and Indian is on offer) for lunch and dinner. Today we ate dinner in Chinatown and then headed across to the central market to see a cultural dance performance. The hotel has ESPN ... so ... read more

Rano teda budicek 5/15. Rychlo na zachod,pre istotu 2x. Z izby kradnem 2 mydla,toaletak a pohar. Pesibusom som sa vydal na letisko,cca 4km. 2x som sa pre istotu pytal na spravny smer,ide sa furt nazapad po hlavnej ceste. V penazenke mi ostalo 6,5kk. Chvalabohu bola po ceste otvorena pekaren,tak som si kupil 3 kolaciky. Cestou som ich zjedol. Na letisku nikto,sak kto by aj cestoval na novy rok,dorazil som tam za 45.min. Letisko je uplne prtave. Iniciativny sbs ,hned po mojom rozvaleni sa na sedacku, dosol za mnu a zistoval kam idem. Na letisku su 3 atm,z toho ide len jeden,max.vyber milion kipov. Opat tu navstevujem wc,3x dokonca,zdravotny stav sa mi zhorsuje. Dve hodiny pred odletom zacina konecne check in. Vazim si batoh na jednej prepazke kde nikto neni,ma to 15,8kg,tak rychlo vybalujem dake veci,parada uz ... read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I will be celebrating New Year exactly 8hrs ahead of the UK. Therefore I think 2 celebrations are in order. 1 for Malaysia and one for UK. This evening myself and Maher are heading to KLCC or best known at the Petronas Twin Towers to most. There is a firework display in the gardens there. Given that it is the largest attraction in KL, I am anticipating a very large crowd. 2012 has been a really good year. I left the UK back in the summer and set out on a adventure, and what an adventure it has been. There have been highs and lows. Places I have fallen in love with and places I found hard to travel through due to the sheer poverty of the place (Cambodia being the main country ... read more

Opening scene: Poorly prepared backpackers caught in an unexpected downpour walking along a road in Singapore, Singapore looking for their hostel. Just as they were reaching the shelter of a bus stop-BOOM- a bus wizzes by and sends a wave of street water crashing over me.. oh I mean her… nope. This is how my holiday with my mom started! And with good cheer we trudged on through the rain because we were already wet from the bus wave. Pura Vida. Luckily this was the only time we ran into rain on our 2 and a half week journey. The blaring contrast of Singapore to Hanoi (where I’ve spent the last 6 months living) was incredible and surreal that I was actually here. By far one of the most incredible cities I’ve had the pleasure ... read more

As I am sure the computers and networks will be busy over the Christmas and New Year period I thought I would take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To all my family and friends; you will be in my thoughts over the holidays and forever in my heart. I will be spending my holidays here in KL. It's Christmas Eve here now and after an evening in Bukit Bintang seeing all the decorations and all, I'm feeling in the Christmas spirit. Love to all xxx... read more