Blogs from Selangor, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

Upon arriving at Klang station we were greeted by Kevin (who is my cousin) and we did some catching up on the way back to the house where the brood had swelled since my last visit! We quickly got acquainted with the new arrivals in the family. It was a little bit of a surprise as I really was only aware that Pat and Kevin had two kids so the extra one was a little shock! We have spent most of our time in KL and the surrounding areas as all of Malaysia and the Islands that we had hoped to see are experiencing the wet season so our plans to hit the beaches were put aside. We did take a trip to Malacca which is where my Mum and all her siblings are from. I ... read more

Woke up pretty early today, still not got my head around time zones so still feeling as bit fuzzy. took advante of free brekfast at hostel, toast tea and fruit, all good except the teas a bit weak, had to bust into my own personal stash. went with sarah into town she showed me around a bit, went into the local shopping centre cus she had to post some stuff back home. went for a walk around town after where we decided to get a taxi out to the batu caves, some kind of hindu shrine up 272 steps, big huge caves at the top, not all that impressive but pretty good views over KL from the top, the troop of monkeys running up and down the steps were more fun to be honest. Went back ... read more

Batu Caves - 15 min visit Nothing much interesting, except the giant statute and 272 steps, a couple of monkeys & a bunch of pigeons hanging around there. That's all!... read more

Vor zwei Tagen sind wir nun in Kuala Lumpur angekommen. Im Gegensatz zu Thailand ist Malaysia sehr sauber und es sieht alles sehr geordnet aus hier (fast wie in der Schweiz). Wir sind am Abend angekommen und haben uns eine einfache Unterkunft gesucht und danach sogleich beschlossen, den KL Tower zu besteigen (ist der vierthoechste TV-Turm der Welt). Da uns kein Taxi zum Tower fahren wollte (Stau), haben wir beschlossen zu laufen. Nach ca. einer Stunde und ein paar Umwegen hat es dann doch noch geklappt… Am naechsten Tag haben wir ein Busticket geloest, mit welchem man die ganze Stadt besichtigen konnte, was sehr interessant war. Als wir am Mittag bei den Petronas-Towers angekommen sind, haben wir ein Ticket geloest, um die Bruecke zwischen den zwei Towers zu besichtigen bzw. zu besteigen (ist die hoechste ... read more