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

We cannot really say the reason why - but we love this city. Every time we are there, it is different but equally amazing! In general, we are not big city fans. Normally, we prefer nature and quiet spots. But from time to time it is also quite nice to spoil yourself with some big cityoffers, right? There are some big (and smaller) cities in this world, we really like: Buenos Aires, Madrid, Cape Town, Wellington..... well, and Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur is not exactly a pretty city. But it is an incredable mixture of culture and religions. In all the different parts of town there is a different vibe and it is changing all the time. So here we were again! Ready to have an amazing time again. And so much about the changes. When ... read more

Saturday 10th September, 2016 We began our journey to Malaysia by leaving a cold and wet Melbourne at 6.45am. We sadly said goodbye to Mango at home as we couldn’t take him in the car with us to the airport as Gav was dropping us off on the way to work. It was very hard to leave him as we know he won’t understand where we’ve gone or that we’ll be away so long etc! The airport check-in and customs etc went very quickly and smoothly – I’m sure this gets better each year that we travel! The flight itself seemed very quick even though it was close to 9 hours. It was full of kids but they weren’t any trouble at all – actually quite entertaining! We watched a couple of movies and before we ... read more

Geo: 3.12433, 101.684It truly is amazingly hot.By the way, last night the Malaysians took silver in the men's doubles in badminton - so we did not hear the final roar from 15 stories below last night. We were too tired to drive south to Kajang for famous satay food court, so we ate in the restaurant connected with the hotel, and then walked around along with thousands of others. These people know how to dine alfresco!Today we went to FRIM, another attempt to enjoy nature. Sadly the canopy walk was fully booked, and you couldn't walk the jungle trails without a guide ($$$$$) but we enjoyed seeing the enormous trees, some monitor lizards, a few birds, 2 traditional Malay houses, a museum. Getting there with our new gps was a breeze, as was finding excellent ice ... read more

Geo: 3.12433, 101.684We woke up refreshed for our first breakfast at hotel. Joseph and Anita had a funeral so didn't pick us up till 11ish. We headed out to find a card for the phone (to enable us to use Google maps on my phone) and changed our old Singapore dollars for Malay currency. What a mixture of people and places near by, from a little girl weeing in the gutter, and laundry hanging everywhere, to highrises. Joe & Anita confessed to never having EVER been to the Bird Park, which boasts the largest free-flying aviary - so most birds were not in small displays. Saw the show with clever parrots and macaws, and just wandered around. Can we "count" these on our list of bird-watching :) ???Then we headed to the "Central Market" for lunch ... read more

Lieve lieve lezers, Terwijl ik begin aan het schrijven van dit blog begint het langzaam maar zeker door te dringen dat het aftellen is begonnen. Om precies te zijn duurt dit hele avontuur nog maar 210 uur, 39 minuten en een aantal luttele seconden. Dan zijn er in totaal 3 maanden voorbij en is het tijd om maar huis te gaan met een rugzak vol verhalen. En souvenirs natuurlijk, want ik heb al een jaar niet meer gewinkeld. En ik kan je vertellen dat ik alleen deze week alweer genoeg verhalen heb verzameld om een nieuw boekwerk te schijven. Dus waar te beginnen? Allereerst ben ik vanuit mijn favoriete plek op aarde, Kuta lombok, verplaatst naar Bali. Hier heb ik eerst een bezoekje gebracht aan Ubud, een klein stadje in het midden van Bali met miljoenen ... read more