I grabbed the bus from Melaka with a dutch guy who i met in the hostel to KL...only 2 hrs on a very fancy bus so not bad at all. When we get into the city, i got this strange, nice feeling of famaliarity. I knew where and when to get off the bus, where the hostel was, how to get there... i knew my way around sort of. I hadn't experienced any sor...

We flew from Siem Reap direct to KL for a brief look at Malaysia. The city itself is a fairly typical modern Asian city of concrete, tarmac and shopping malls. We were able to view the Petronas Towers (formerly the worlds tallest building) and also go up the TV Tower, which was higher than the Petronas Towers and gave us a superb night-time view...

Arrived late in Kuala Lumpur from Perth, the airport is a long way from the city, but taxi was cheap considering....empty roads until you get in the city !! Only had 2 days to see as much as we could....so went for the tours as best way to see the highlights. We managed to get our own guide, Fariz, he was fantastic & we enjoyed his company, ...

Hey! On the 31st of Aug, Malaysia was celebrating it's 50 years of independance and therefore it was public holidays. What else to do on such occasion than party? I went out for dinner in ChinaTown with friends first and then we went to Dataran Merdeka (the Independance square) to watch the fireworks. We had to wait for too long for my liking bu...

We got the bus to KL (as everyone here calls it, and not just the ex-pats) from Malacca to get our flight in the morning to Borneo. Unfortunately, we had to spend some time shopping for groceries, which in this case was malaria pills for me and a sleeping sack for Jenny (we sent our sleeping bags home, too bulky and it's too humid anyway). This ...

Avant de vous parler de la deuxieme journee, un petit mot sur la premiere nuit hors de l'avion. Killian s'etait endormi tranquillement vers 19h, mais il s'est reveille en pleine forme a 2h du matin !!! A vrai dire, moi j'avais ouvert l'oeil vers 1h mais j'essayais de me forcer a dormir et j'allais y arriver. Killian par contre il avait envie de ...

We have been unindated with visitors since I arrive at my aunts and all of them bringing gifts of some sort of food. So if I'm not shopping I'm eating - what a life! It's so modern in Kuala Lumpur, not like some of the places I'm used to being of late! My aunt lives just outside the capital but the residential area is slowly being taken over by ...

After a long hard week preparing for our Big Day on 20 May. We are looking forward for our pre-honeymoon to have a good rest. We are flying to Kuala Trengganu to meet our buddies(Anna, Simon, Dom, Grande Fred Virginie, Petit Fred, Laurent, Nela) whom have started their journey on road since this morning. Simon and Dom will pick us up at Kuala Tr...

We didn't really know what to expect of Kuala Lumpur, but were very pleasantly surprised as it turned out to be quite an exciting place to be for a couple of days. Malaysia, as a country, is striving to be a fully developed nation by the year 2020 (also known as 2020 vision) and KL is certainly the showpiece for these efforts. The most immediate...

As my husband and I share a beer with a couple from England in the superbly preserved Malaysian city of Penang, I learn that we happen to have stumbled into the country at the most exciting time of the year. It is the end of January and in a weeks time Thaipusam, a Hindu Festival, banned in India will be in full swing all over the land! We make ...