Equator Hostel Kuala Lumpur

The train arrived at the hideously early hour of 6.30am, though I was happy to have slept the whole way through. Everyone got off and we headed up escalators from the platform to the main station building. As my hostel had emailed to say their reception did not open till 9am, and my email as to whether I could arrive early had remained unanswered, I sat in the station for a little while, before stashing my bags in a locker downstairs and heading to a cafe inside the station for breakfast. I o...

Will *nd I got up *t 6.45*m *nd quickly h*d bre*kf*st, then got the monor*il from Imbi to the st*tion closest to the Petron*s Towers, K*moung B*hru. On exiting the st*tion, we were confronted with * fr*nkly ment*l const*nt stre*m of tr*ffic which prevented us from crossing the ro*d for ne*rly five minutes. A policem*n *ppe*red *nd *ctively encour*ged this tr*ffic to continue with nonch*l*nt h*nd sign*ls. We g*ve up, went b*ck into the st*tion *nd * nice wom*n behind the ticket desk opened two...

Yesterday I arrived in Kuala Lumpur from the Cameron Highlands. The four hour bus journey was one of the worst of my life! If you have been following my blog, you will know that I slept all the way on the journey up to the Highlands, but sadly, not on the way down! I was on a 29 seater air-con bus, and for two very long hours it followed the most windy and bendy and jerky road I have ever been down in my life. I felt so sick for the entire two hours, it seemed to go on for ages. But when we g...

The flight to Kuala Lumpar from Perth is worth a mention. We flew Air Asia and there was a chat room service on the touch screen in front of every seat. Ailbhe was mad for it, chatting all the other passengers. 31D and 49F were her particular favourites. There was no stopping her, even during turbulance! The bus took an hour and a half to get into Kuala Lumpar from the airport. There was a lightening storm and it was raining so traffic was heavy. Eventually found the Hostel where we were gree...

KL, what can I say. I have been here on a 3 day stop over on my way back from Australia before. I decided to stay at the Equator again as Hadi is such an excellent host and it is one of the friendliest hostels I have stayed in. We stayed an extra night in KL for this reason alone. Wasn't really interested in trapesing around the city and seeing the various sights. Seen the Batu caves before and couldn't be ***** this time around. The "Teksi" drivers are kind of annoying but friendly and somet...

Nach 8 Stunden Zugfahrt und 12 Stunden Non Stop Flug sind wir am 5. Mai, 6:30am in Singapore Changi angekommen.Der Flughafen in Singapore ist ueberwaeltigend. Unser Hostel war einfach zu finden dank der exellenten Wegbeschreibung. Unser neues Zuhause fuer die naechsten 4 Naechte war direkt hinter einer beeindruckenden Moschee in einer Fussgaenger Zone. Wir sind ungefaehr gegen 8am am Hostel angekommen.Unsere Augen konnten wir nur mit Muehe offen halten und die feuchte Hitze machte uns schon n...

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My heart pours out to the people of Myanmar who already suffer so greatly and now have been hit with a cyclone whose damage reports grow more dire everyday. Whatever you hear I think what's happening there is probably far worse. The Irrawaddy magazine is a good source of information. I just got an e-mail from an American teacher via the US Embassy there who reports that Yangon has fallen to ruin. She reports hearing gunfire. There's no water, electricity, telephones or Internet. Fuel prices a...

We've now made it safe and sound to Malaysia. Currently we are in Kuala Lumpur - the capital city. Malaysia is one of the more rich countries in SE Asia, so Kuala Lumpur is very much like a "normal" city back at home. It's modern, has skyscrapers, taxis, shopping malls, green space, and not too much pollution! It's actually the cleanest city we've been to in SE Asia. Being in a more modern city also means more modern computers. We've found a great little internet cafe not too far from our hos...

Well...I am so sorry it has takn me so long tro write to you again. As you probably heard Mss Clements' laptop got stolen so I haven't been able to write! I have got to an internet cafe today to do the updates, lucky I kept a diary so I can remember what happened! After Indonesia we went back to Singapore for a few days. We had to stay there a bit longer than we though because Miss Clements was sick from some food she ate in Indonesia. After Singapore we made our way to Kuala Lumpur in Malays...