http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia en-us Sun, 08 Nov 09 14:46:56 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 09 14:46:56 +0000 Billeder fra den sidste uge. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-451616.html Ihan vallan meinaa karata kasista taa blogin paivittaminen DLahdin tanaan aamulla Sandakanista bussilla Sempornaan. Bussit ja tiet Borneolla on erinomaisia verrattuna moneen muuhun paikkaan maailmassa. Ilmastointi oli niin tehokas etta meinasi vallan vilu tulla. Bussilta menin suoraan varaamaan reissun laheiselle Mabulsaarelle. 10 eurolla saa paikan dormista ja kolme ateriaa paivassa. Ei kovin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Semporna/blog-451587.html Cherating turned out to be slightly more exciting than I have given it credit for. It was a quaint little surf town that the Lonely Planet described as our first impression was that the town was dieing. We found a nice guest house more of a bungalow than anything and stuffed ourselves with amazing food We enjoyed the beach caught up on some emails wandered around the small town and waited for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-450898.html Leading up to me stupidly booking my flights to be stuck on a plane during Halloween clearly we don't celebrate it at home everyone thought we could celebrate a little earlier.The last 3 days i had left of Singapore I spent in Malaysia Vig drove me up there in his very lovely car as he was racing up at the KL F1 track and knew how much I was missing Luane.I learnt a few things along the way http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/blog-450578.html Well what can I say about our time in Penang. We have rather indulged ourselves and all I can do is blame Anji.The island of Penangrsquos history dates back to 1786 when it was seeded by the sultan to the British east India Company. Today it has around one million people half of whom live in Georgetown the capital and the state is one of 13 making up the federation of Malaysia. Having mov http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-450482.html Melacca is an old ex colonial town on the west coast of Malaysia that overlooks the famous Melacca straights a really important trade route since the 1400s. So as you might expect it has been controlled by various European powers firstly the Portuguese then the Dutch and finally us lot All this considered the town is something of a melting pot architecturally and cuturally. Anyway history http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/blog-449886.html We have been in Malaysia for 3 days now and what a fun packed time we have had Anji arrived in KL on Wednesday evening and we started as we meant to continue with a couple of glasses of white wine Our hotel lobby is very grand though the rooms less so Les also arrived in KL that night and we linked up with him on Thursday morning. LK is a compact city very hot and humid and has grown from a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-449622.html Hello everyoneHere is our first entry of our adventure Sorry its taken a while. We had a good flight to Siungapore I enjoyed the plane food as usual Mark enjoyed watching 5 films and not talking to me On arrival to a hot steamy Singapore we soon realised we had over packed our bags never mind It took us awhile to get used to the time difference but we had a good few days including http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-449425.html After spending a few days in Singapore we crossed the border into Malaysia. The first stop was Melaka which is an old historical town in the south of the country. We only spent two nights there as a stop over on the way to Kuala Lumpur but it was fun to spend a day walking around the town. We found a really good guesthouse to stay in which was extremely basic outside shower toilet simple dorm http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/blog-449385.html Wednesday 28.10.2009 Day 13We went to Hong Kong Island by ferry we walked up to the end of Nathan street to get to the ferry then we went to the tallest building in Honk Kong the 2itc which is the 5th highest in the world they do not let people joy ride up to the top like other placed do so we could not go up to the top. We then went up the giant escalator up the side of the mountain though the st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-449103.html Tuesday 27.10.2009 Day 12We are having a day of rest today setting up out computers catching up on emails and blogs and booking ongoing hotels and trips. We went to the night markets again. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Kowloon/blog-449102.html Monday 26.10.2009 Day 12We fly from KL to Hong Kong on the way from the airport to our hotel we got a private cab who said it would cost 98 hkd to the hotel tolls this was about how much I had read it would cost. When we got to the hotel the driver told us it would be 980 hkd We informed him we were told 98 and he said to talk to the person who had organized the trip for us so he phone then http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Kowloon/blog-449101.html Sunday 25.10.2009 Day 11We had bfast in the hotel and then went to Sepan Moto gp for the big race. We got great seats on the strate next to grid row we could see in the pits the start and finish as well at the rider board and first turn and a few other turns out the back. There was only one rider crash in the race and that was De viso who was coming 3rd at the time we saw him crash and this put R http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-449100.html Saturday 24.10.2009 Day 10 We had bfast in the hotel and then went to Sepan Moto gp for qualifying Rossi got Pole and Loranso second Pedrosa 3rd and Stoner 4th. Stoner was all set for a fast qualifying but messes up one of the comers. We got the buss back to the hotel and wet out for dinner without the group and had an early night. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-449099.html Friday 23.10.2009 Day 9 We had bfast in the hotel and went to the Sepan Moto GP track by bus the first day was free to get in and they did a free pit walk we got there just in time for the start of that and there were lots of riders out signing autographs for those who attended. I got my Ducati grandstand tshirt that was given to me last weekend signed my Casey Stoner and Nicky Haydon and we got http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-449098.html Kuching is a pleasant citytown with tasty Laksa for breakfast of course for 4 Ringitt about 1.30 it has a chinese malay feel with a smattering of Indigenous cultures thrown in. I hesitated about visiting another Orang utan centre but I'm so glad I went because 'Ritchie' the dominant male showed up for a feed of bananas and sugar cane those animals are awesome up close and personal a little t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/Kuching/blog-448920.html The parting of the ways came for Al and me this morning I panicked as usual when my booked coach was half an hour late to pick me up. As it turned out we spend in under 40 mins to the airport and i had time to spare I have arrived in KL the landscape looks very different from HK and mainland China . We are much nearer the equator its monsoon period so the sky was grey and light rain splatte http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-448900.html I' new here so maybe there's is a lot thing that can be improve at this blog but I will try my best to improve it. this blog i think is more on those people who like beach because most of the place in on island. the 1st place is Bali island i think most of the viewer know about this place well.... Bringu2bali.com Bali Island the perfect holiday destination for all ages offers something for ev http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Selangor/Subang-Jaya/blog-448859.html Sedim na verandi pred guesthouseom cakam na Bulana in Justina da koncata nocojsnji siht.Ne samo Kitajci tudi Indijci in celo Malajci so baje mojstri v smuglanju. Pa ne da smo kdaj dvomili samo dokazov nismo imeli. No zdaj imamo vsaj enega. Indijec ki ob torkih nadomesca Veselega Starija in ob cetrtkih PRijaznega Bajsa mi je po celovecernem kramljanju radostno pokazal dzolico. Tudi Malajci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-448787.html We're a bit relieved to be married again. We were worried about losing our wedding rings during our travels so we left them at home in Adrian's mum's completely indestructible safe. Although we'd planned on picking up some inexpensive wedding bands before leaving San Francisco we didn't get around to it and so have been ringless until today. It's a weird feeling and we each keep playing abse http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-448560.html