Blogs from China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 17

Day Seven was handbag heaven! And not just handbags, pretty much everything I could ever wish for... I was on the biggest shopping high ever... We left the house at about 10am and caught a taxi into the city centre. We started off at Kota Raya - a small shopping complex near China Town. As it was still only 10.30, hardly any of the shops were open, so we wandered around the surrounding streets and found a Maccas! Since most of the other breakfasts we had seen involved curry, rice and mixed veggies, we decided it would be nice to have something a little bit familiar for breakfast. It was pretty much the same as it is over here, except they don't have bacon or sausage, they have chicken that looks like bacon and sausage. In ... read more

Good evening and welcome to the third installment of Hiral and Charlie, dazed & confused, out but not down, rocking all over South East Asia blog. Right now you find us in Wheelers Hostel, Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur. There is not a fan in the place, it is sticky and raining and 9.59pm. Wheelers for a start is dumbfounding. Think dirty, think grotty, think an unsavoury block of flats in the Hackney area... Then, 2 floors up you enter the Twilight Zone, through the rabbit hole and bang into the he/she on the reception desk, surrounded by exotic false flowers, lanterns and an aquarium with a turtle. Our room is 'something to be desired' but at two pounds fifty pence at least we have a roof from the rain. We cannot believe we have now been away ... read more

Hello all! So glad I finally got some photos up on facebook of my adventures to show you, hopefully I can get more up soon. So I'll continue from the last blog, as I usually do... Saturday, 27 February - Nigel made his way to a water theme park for the day, I was kind of keen but wanted to see a bit of Kuala Lumpur so I decided to do a tour. I paid 38ringgit for a 'Hop on, Hop off' bus tour which takes you around Kuala Lumpur on a double-decker bus. I really love bus tours, I know I sound like a nana haha but they're heaps of fun. There's commentary the whole time and the bus stops at 42 bus stops around the city. I chose to stop at the The Petronas ... read more

So I spend yesterday exploring the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Let me tell you I am glad I gave myself only one extra day there. I was a bit disappointed I went to the main palace first, about 11 am, I took a cab from my hotel which the hotel was much too far away but it was what it was. I got to the palace and paid my 50 cents for entry and I am glad I payed nothing more. Walking in it was basically open air spaces where the royalty either had ceremonies or slept, ate or chilled but there was no ornamentation, really no furniature and the museum of the palace, was not all that. There were manequins dressed up in traditional clothes and paintings of the sultans. One in particular was from ... read more

I was awakened even earlier than expected this morning; not by my alarm but by one of the staffers who found it necessary to turn on the light to show a newly arrived guest his bed. I will never understand why some people insist on inconveniencing the lot for a few when so simple a solution as a cheap flashlight is could be bought. With no hope of going back to sleep, I made my way out of bed around 5:45. Breakfast was already out downstairs so I was able to eat and get cleaned up before taking the metro out to the Petronas Twin Towers. The towers’ skybridge is opened to tourists free of charge on a first come first served basis. Most advise getting there around 7:00 to ensure making it in the first ... read more