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On my way...
... curry smells suspiciously like sewage. I managed to avoid this in KL airport by standing outside to wait for my bus but there was no avoiding it on the plane - yuck! There was also no avoiding the daddy long legs that had made it on the plane - my worst nightmare!
Getting to the plane was interesting...it involved walking straight across the runway and as if that wasn't bad enough the plane was in the middle of refueling - not sure health and safety ...
Day 53 - Heavenly Sights in Kuala Lumpur
... and it's Abeer with a gift, a beautiful scarf for Mandy. She then says that she would like to show Mandy her face, and lifts the veil. I was well out of the way of course. They have a quiet natter for a few minutes and Mandy is deeply touched, the significance of those particular set of acts, was simply incredible. And as rare as rocking horse poo.
I shook my head in amazement, felt a little big shame about being caught in the lift with some sherbets in a clear plastic bag for ...
Stop 5
... sold as ensuite but didn't have a toilet which was a bit annoying! We spent the first day going round the city seeing the numerous malls & getting out bearings! There was a H&M across the street that again I couldn't resist! The malls were huge over so many levels one even had a roller coaster in it!! We did out research that evening & planned what to do for the following 3 days! The third day we went to the Batu Caves. These were the last stop on the tube. ...
Kulturschock in Kuala Lumpur
... fanden wir unsere Unterkunft für die kommenden 5 Nächte auch ohne fremde Hilfe in ein paar Minuten. An der Rezeption wurden wir überschwänglich von Alan begrüßt, der uns die Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen (u.a. Küche und Bad - zum ersten Mal auf dieser Reise haben wir kein eigenes Bad im Zimmer, was am Anfang schon eine ziemliche Umstellung war) und unser Zimmer zeigte. Auch das besticht jetzt nicht unbedingt mit seiner Einrichtung, dafür aber mit einer tollen ...
Kuala Lumpur!
... a night, but am I ever glad we did! The hotel is right in the middle of the "golden triangle", in the Bukit Bintang area, and right near the city centre. We even had a pool! Such a nice change from the accommodations we had been staying in up until now... ahhh! We were pretty hungry, so we headed across the street to Berjaya Times Square shopping centre and found some food, then managed to find a map of the surrounding area from the information desk. We wanted to check out Jalan Alor ...