Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 14

Nick: Well, after almost six months of travelling around the world we are finally here at our last stop before we return home to England: Kuala Lumpur. After all of the cheap hostels, hotels, lodges and guesthouses we'd frequented during our trip, we had decided to splash out and live it up in some plush accommodation for our final few nights...and our initial research showed that Kuala Lumpur - or 'KL' as most people call it for shorthand - was just the city to provide a little bit of luxury! The city frequently draws comparisons with Singapore, for the towering buildings found in the city centre and abundance of upmarket bars and restaurants. With plenty of big money sloshing around the city, there were an abundance of fancy hotels to choose from; in the end we ... read more

Good morning today is our 28th aniversary and for a present we slept in till 10am and were woken by cleaning staff and quickly went down to have breakfast before it closed, we must have looked bombed because all the staff raced around and got us coffee and omelets and we just sat there and accepted the service (or maybe they just wanted us to go so they could clean up ready for lunch last night is a blur we went to Ruth and Georges motel room at Amaan, from their window you can see the Roman theater just across the road this is a good cheap hotel I can recommend it only 3 stars but 5 star service and great location Pashma we and had tea and waited till 11pm and went to the airport ... read more

Gold Coast International airport is a fantastic convenience for us. Not only do we live near by but it's also so easy to get through customs as it's only a small airport, plus the price is cheaper? We departed at 9:30ish pm. A little late for the kiddies but it turned out well as Elsie fell asleep almost instantly in Nina's arms for take off and Agus just needed a book or three. We booked seats with a bassinet this time. Big tip.. After the seat belt sign goes on the flight attendant plugs the bassinet in to the wall. As per usual, you couldn't find a more uncountable thing to try to sleep in than an airplane seat, but I think we managed some on and off. Agus and Elsie woke up a little too ... read more

As Harry and Lloyd once said: "We're...THERE!" (Except, whereas they were half frozen to death after riding a bike across a snowy Colorado pass, we have the unique sensation that our skin might actually melt off our bones from the oppressive tropical heat. Minor difference!) Anyway. Yes. Approximately 24 hours after our departure from New York, we landed safe and sound (and a little bleary-eyed) in our new home of Kuala Lumpur! The 16-hour flight from New York to Taiwan was actually not too bad! We flew EVA airlines, Taiwan's national brand, and the service, food, and level of comfort was exceptionally good. I even managed to sleep on-and-off for a few hours (this never happens to me). The coolest part was that instead of flying east over the Atlantic or west over the Pacific, we ... read more

Although we are still living a pretty lavish life style with a roof top swimming pool, rain head shower 28 story's up and a TV, we feel as though we spent the day becoming pretty cultured. Started the day fresh with a family session of skipping and TRX (which the pro made look easy) got our sweat on which never ceased the entire day. Our first activity was to catch a train (careful not to put josh on the ladies only carriage) to the Batu Caves were we learnt our first lesson 'to research what your going to look at' we have since read up to find that it is place of prayer and sacrifice for the Indian and Hindu religion of Malaysia. 272 stairs and a pretty sweet looking sarong later we found our selfs ... read more