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Malaysian Sun

Published: June 22nd 2005Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

Traditional Dancing.... no audience participation required ;0)

Willow
April 15th 2005

I left London in the pouring rain and arrived in KL to 30 degree heat and extreme humidity.... and it was only 9am in the morning. Ekk. I couldn't check into my hotel straight away so sought solace in the local Starbucks with an iced cappuccino - what can I say, it was air conditioned ;0) Hotel was lurvely - the posh kind with a concierge and a porter who whisks your bags away from you and makes them magically appear in your room later!! And then there was the roof top swimming pool and bar... ahhh.... made lots of use of that in the 3 days I stayed here.... alas isn't probably something I should be getting used to! I did squeeze in some sight seeing whilst I was here... partly thanks to the very ... read more

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (built @1894, now the Malaysian Supreme Court)

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Bye Bye Blighty

Published: June 20th 2005Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

Willow
April 13th 2005

For those that have been following my other online journal.... or not as the problem seemed to be.... I got fed up with noone getting any updates so have moved it here!!!!!! Hope it works better! *********************************************************************** I've been away for over two weeks now and I've no idea where the time has gone! I had to think hard earlier about what day of the week it is today so I'm taking that as a sign that I'm fully into a relaxed holiday mood!!! Anyway I thought it was about time that I updated you all with what I'd been up to so far..... When I left London it was grey, raining, I had to get up at some evil hour to get my flight to Malaysia and got stuck in M25 rush hour traffic getting ... read more

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Wendy Smyth

Willow

My story so far.... 2005: Left the UK and headed to New Zealand, spending a great year working in Wellington and travelling the country - vineyards, trekking , kayaking and more. 2006: When my working holiday visa expired I booked a ticket to Singapore and had an amazing 6 months in Asia - Orangutans in the Borneo rainforests, Tibetan plateaus and the ancient temples of Bagan and Angkor. 2006/07: Out of money but not quite ready to return to the UK I moved to Australia for 9 months or so, living in Sydney, travelling the East Coast and rea... full info