Blogs from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 9

Rise and shine - 5am and our early flight to Kuala Lumpur beckons. Dad took me the scenic route through Kangaroo Ground and Wattle Park to ensure that it was ingrained in me how very pretty Australia is. "Look daughter!" said father, "See the glorious landscape our beautiful Melbourne has. Will thoust not return speedily to thy Papah?".”Yah Papah," I duly responded "this landscape is just as glorious as thou mentioned earlier". Short interjection for a great backstory: I had been freaking out about the flight because I felt like I was getting sick with an ear infection. Turned out it was a pimple. In my ear. Which I popped. Result: Both gross, yet awesome. The happy couple arrived in Malaysia after an 8 hour flight. Upon arrival we encountered above average humidity and a smoggy ... read more

Hi everyone! Feels like ages since I last updated the blog, internet access hasn't been as available since we left Indonesia and we've been on the go a lot. From Denpasar we flew in to Kuala Lumper which only took a few hours. We stayed at a hotel in the Chow Kit area of K.L which was pretty interesting.... while I was in a shop haggling over the price of socks (true!) Adam was offered sex for 50 Ring git! The markets were a treat too- whole boiled cow heads lined up in a row for sale next to dried fish and some sort of organ. We both did our very best "don't heave" faces and got out empty handed, as soon as we could see daylight= exit! The Petronas Towers were really impressive unlike the ... read more

Once again we were up at work o'clock to get ready for our flight back to the northern hemisphere. He still had to finish his packing and I was trying not look like death warmed up, so were were ready at exactly 7am on the dot. We had the usual for breakfast, tea and toast, and the taxi driver picked us up from reception. We drove to the airport. Both me and Daniel were convinced we were going the wrong way at first, and were bemused when we arrived at the airport. It was quick through security and check in, but as we approched the departures area for immigration, a woman in the booth told us we had to pay 100,000r airport tax! We didn't know this, and didn't have enough cash left. Daniel had to ... read more

Itinerary planned. Visas received. Currency arranged. The time finally arrived for BJ and I to take our two week SE Asia trip we planned earlier in the year. The trip itself was only spurred on by a fantastic AirAsia promotion so we booked flights from Gold Coast to KL, then KL to Bangkok, then on to Ho Chi Minh City before returning to KL for the last leg home back to Gold Coast. With fares under $30 for the Bangkok and HCMC flights, I was eager to see as many places as possible. Those well-travellled would probably suggest otherwise and as I write this anticipating the days ahead, I am inclined to think one country for two weeks might be more appropriate. Note to self for future travel! I was a little hesitant about the quality ... read more

by Polona After 26 hours on the road we finally arrived back to Kuala Lumpur. As this time we knew how to get to Yean Yean's – who by the way was kind enough to host us again, she only had to come pick us up at the local mall. We gave her quite a nice description how to spot us, in case she forgot what we looked like: tired as hell, smelly, dressed poorly and looking like we could eat a horse. I guess the description helped and after coming back to our “home away from home”, being able to shower and change our clothes, Yean Yean made sure we were fed as well. And after our bellies were full we pretty much fell into the oh so comfy bed. The next morning there was ... read more