http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Wilayah Persekutuan , Kuala Lumpur en-us Tue, 01 Dec 09 20:01:47 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 09 20:01:47 +0000 We didn't thought that what started as a calm and quiet day in Clark would later end up in a exciting and funfilled KL adventure.Armed with our gut feels strong determination and our heavy backpacks we decided that this quick Malaysian stop wouldn't be complete without saying hello to these Asia's twin towers.Just a glimpse.A few minutes.We'll make it fast.Cliche as it may sound but really Tim http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-457081.html Set off to Stansted at around dinnertime after yet more tears saying bye to family and friends. Everything went surprisingly smooth checked in with no problems and though the flight was delayed it was only by 20mins. The 13hr flight seemed quite short to me as amazingly I managed to sleep for most of it. Not so for Rob who had a squeaky seat p We got through passport control fine and I had my f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-455659.html It has been a strange couple of days. We set off alone late at night from a windy rainy Stansted airtport 30 mins late. The last flight of the day from a deserted place like a scene from 28 days later. The flight was boring no films no tv but i managed to sleep 45 hrs Suse slept much longer it seems. On landing we got through customs with relative ease and found ourselves confused by all th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-455655.html Laiskana Kuala Lumpurissa. Petronasyhtion tornit on katsastettu ja Suriaostoskeskuksessa pyoritty. Muuten olenkin sitten ollut ihan super laiska. Olen meinaan paattanyt jattaa kaiken muun tammikuulle kun palaan taas tanne. No majapaikka sijaitsee kylla ihan kiinalaisen kaupunginosan ja Central Marketin kupeessa joten niissakin olen kavaissyt. Ostosmahdollisuudet on meikalaiselle aina vahan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-455214.html Irsquom definitely getting into the swing of the airline lifestyle now. Nearly every pen I have has got some obscure hotel logo on it and my notice board consists of many memos reminders phone numbers etc scrawled on napkins from the galleys. My watch is always on the wrong time zone my suitcase is never unpacked my thighs are bruised from passengerrsquos elbows and I swear I have more c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-455049.html Flying in from Langkawi via Air Asia we arrived at the KL LCCT LowCost Carrier Terminal past lunch time. Having found out that the cheapest way to get to our hotel was through the Star Shuttle we immediately looked for their counter as soon as we got our bags. For RM15 per person the Star Shuttle takes you from KLIA or LCCT to a select list of hotels in the city check out their website fo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-454026.html Photos We woke to the 630 alarm On Thursday 5th of November and took the 8am bus to Penang stopping off at Ipoh bus station on the way. Kathy got talking to a woman serving in the shop and she said shersquod just returned from England ldquooh really where did you gordquo said KathyhelliphelliphelliprdquoCoventryrdquo... She had relatives in Coventry and Kenilworth.We left http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/Bukit-Bintang/blog-453846.html So a whole night in kuala lumpur airport with its new bazillion dollar terminal that would hav been great but ofcourse travelling as a er traveller you fly airasia which has its own terminal resembling a huge empty warehouse with a couple plastic seats. great. flying in all you see is a house every now and then dotted between thousands of plantation palm trees even continuing on the incredibly l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-453807.html Courtesy of free internet at our guest house I thought I'd crack out another blog short and sweet so they say. Sweet is definitely something Malaysia does well with the average Malayman consuming 1kg a week as their health campaigns studiously show. The food the drinks everything is full of sugar but it still makes a nice enough change from Thai which while lovely does bore after a mo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-453539.html As it happens Ao Nang delivers. If you read my fairly gargantuan last entry you'll know that I was running out of affection for Thai beaches but one more turned out to be just the trick. We left Ko Lanta at 0730 in a minibus which was a good start air conditioned and the driver overtook almost continuously only pausing for the car ferry to return to the mainland. I like overtaking and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-453103.html Livs billeder fra turen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-453032.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 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 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 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