Blogs from China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 9

Yesterday we decided to head to Bukit Bintang to check out the shopping and reputedly excellent food choices. Firstly though we taxied (15RM) to KL Sentral (the main rail station) to pick up our tickets (skillfully booked by yours truly via internet) for the jungle railway (207RM - 1st class sleeper). Four information counters later and we'd got tickets and a free map of KL. On current evidence I'd call that a pretty efficient use of time. That done we taxied (13RM - booked via the budget taxi desk just to the right of the main doors) to Bukit Bintang Lot 10 shopping centre. This for me is the affluent vulgar side of KL and is probably the only side of KL you'll see if you have money. Still, we did manage to find a decent ... read more

Our wonderful Vietnamese friends picked us up bright and early and drove us to the Hanoi airport. Security was a breeze, besides the shaking of the hands about my insulin pump.. but they let me go anyway. Air Asia again proved to be the best budget airline with great service, yummy food and an easy flight. I ended up finding an empty row and spreading out for a nap. Thirty minutes after landing we were through immigration, had our bags, changed some money to Ringgit (Malaysian money) and on the bus to meet Mom at the other airport 10 minutes away. We found her quite easily and then started the journey to the train station to get us to China Town. A little more challenging then we expected, but with our handy Lonely Planet map we ... read more

We woke up on the train going back into Kuala Lumpur. We were both sporting some pretty sweet bed-head, so we got a quick breakfast at the station and headed back to Chinatown to find a place to stay. We ended up at the first place we stayed at and found it was a lot nicer than we had previously thought, with free internet and an open-air restaurant that looked out over the street. We showered and changed and headed back to Sentral Station to get tickets to the Batu Caves. We had been told just to get a cab, but this was ridiculous advice considering that a one-person one-way ticket cost 1 ringgit (about 40 cents). We headed out to the caves at about 10 in the morning. There are many Hindu temples around and ... read more

It’s fair to say that, given the choice, Amy and I would both prefer the quieter town setting for travelling rather than the big bad city. Arriving into the bus station in Kuala Lumpur, we weren’t sure what to expect from this capital. After our time in the Cameron Highlands, and given our excellent experiences in both George Town and on the Perhentian Islands, each gave us good reason to be excited about this particular city. We were dropped off on the north side of China town, a few minutes’ walk from Petaling Street, the hectic centre of the Chinese district. Carefully weaving our way through the street side vendors, fruit salesmen and the beeping cab drivers (not to mention braving the various pungent smells), we arrived at our accommodation for the following three nights. After ... read more

This is a phrase we have used frequently over the last couple of days. So after our last post - waiting for breakfast - we thought we'd have a little 'rest', only to wake up at 4pm. Oops. We did manage to head to KLCC (the city centre hub, like the Westfields of KL), where after trying some local fast food (but avoiding the chicken) decided to go for the safer option of Nandos. This was after a visit to their aquarium which was interesting - where we saw the biggest fish of our lives! Post Nandos we headed to the cinema to see the latest Harry Potter film (very cultural!!). Before heading back to the hostel for sleep.. or not. After very little sleep we forced ourselves out of bed and out into the hustle ... read more