Blogs from China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 15

After a long 13 hour flight we stepped off the plane into the 32 degree heat of Kuala Lumpur. It was 5pm but our bodies and minds were still on UK time so to us it was 10am. The curry with dried anchovies we were served for lunch at 2pm (or about 7am to us) did nothing to help our confusion. We collected our bags and found our taxi. Our driver told us it would take an hour to reach the city as we had arrived during the madness of rush hour. As we approached the city we got our first glimpse of the Petronas Towers. We knew our hotel was close to the towers so we were expecting to arrive sooner than expected. Unfortunately once we were in the centre it took us 30 minutes ... read more

Saapuminen Kuala Lumpuriin suju hieman yksinkertasemmin kuin lähtö Lontoon päässä, lentokentältä bussilla China Towniin ja siitä hostellia metsästämään. Vaihtoehtoja kyllä löyty moneen lähtöön, mutta suurin osa oli täyteen buukattuja ( Friday night). Kierrettiin aikamme, kunnes innokas mopoileva hostellin omistaja sai meidät koukkuunsa ja saimme sopivan pesäkolon ensimmäiseksi yöksi. Aikomuksena oli etsiä uusi heti aamu tuimaan, koska huone oli aika omaperäisen nuhjuinen, ja ilonamme vain vanha auton rekkari, vino naulakko ja tuuletin. 15 ringetillä (3€) sai lisäksi ylellisen näkymän hostellin käytävälle. Yö lentokoneessa paino molempien silmäluomia, mutta nälkä kurni mahassa vielä kovemmin. Eve soitti kaverin kaverilleen Ickylle, aidolle Kuala Lumpurin asukille, joka halusi näyttää kahdelle reissunaiselle Kuala Lumpuria ja sen yötä. Jälleen tarkotuksena oli mennä vaan iltapalalle ja par... read more

Well Kuala Lumpa and me didn't get off to the best start. After flying in early in the morning and feeling utterly terrible and full of cold, I then had to queue up for an hour and a half (falling asleep on my bags on the trolley) for Air Asia to print out a flipping voucher for my transfer into town...cue a lovely hour and a half bus journey with a small child kicking the back of my chair. Seriously I could have thrown him out of the window. Annoying little shit. Found 'The Bird Nest' Guest house as recommended by Dani and fortunately they had one room left. It was tiny - if I did a star shape I could touch every wall. But I felt so rough I just wanted to lay down and ... read more

Sabah’s #1 attraction, apparently, is Mt Kinabalu. Standing almost alone, to a height of 4095 m (OK just over 13,435 feet for easier reference) this is a mountain higher than our own Mt Cook. However, in this climate, snow and ice are missing and the climb is accomplished with determination, not skill. Aunty Julia takes over the kids for a day and a half, while FJ and BP taste freedom after 100 days! The system is well oiled and. despite our frustration and protestations at the monopoly climbing costs, we turn up, collect our allocated guide, our packed lunches, a clutch of meal vouchers and off we go - fortunately in a taxi for the first 4.5 km’s! It’s 6.5 km’s straight uphill on day 1 and we achieve this easily, arriving at Laban Rata at ... read more

What a change in scenery! Malaysia is nothing at all like india in any way. For starters the trip from our hostel in kolkata to the airport and flight went seemlessly. Our flight was on time and the cabin was not full of screaming children. The flight was 4 hours and a bit bumpy the whole way but the turbulence was nothing compared to our original flight from NYC. We arrived at KL international around 11pm and were through customs in less than 30 minutes. they asked us zero questions and didn't even get us to declare any goods. It was so painless it could have been a ruse but it was not. We met a catalonian on our flight who is taking a similar route through peninsular malaysia, thailand, cambodia, vietnam and lao and chatted ... read more