Pondok Lodge Kuala Lumpur

The KL twin towers... So many places to visit so little time... so here I am back in Kuala Lumpur..I was scheduled to leave KL to Bangkok on the 24th of September at 10:40am from terminal 2.. HOWEVER as it turns out in the usual mia-style .. (known to be unpredictable and everchanging!!) with the whole military coup and other issues I decided not to get on that flight and attempted to change the flight (which I couldnt..) so I will have paid for 2 flights and not board either flight... as I ...

Last day in Borneo and we all had a great night at Sea Park Condotel, amazing really how well the five of us can share a room, especially given there are plenty of snorers amongst us!! We decided to spend our last day at Loc Kawi Wildlife Park, about 15 mins from the Kota Kinabalu airport. We had decided when we arrived that this would be a good thing to do at the end to spot all the animals and birds we missed in the wild rather than see them first. It proved to be a great success with very ...

After another extereme leg from Saigon - Singapore - Kuala Lumpur and 19 after hours of bum massage we have yet again arrived after 11 months to our most loved metropoly in the world, Kuala Lumpur. Some problems naturally occured in the process of getting to our final destination- we read from the newspaper that Tiger Airways (which took us from Hanoi to Singapore) allowed only 15 kilos per person and had heavy penalties for those exceeding the limit. Naturally this shocked us, since by trave...

TRAVEL LOG: MAY 03, 2006 Pondok Lodge KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA We arrived last night in KL after a bustling 3 days in Singapore. Our journey began when we arrived in LAX. The cesspool of all airports - dirty, chaotic randomness. Although our budget did not allow it, we decided to escape and treat ourselves to a swanky dinner in the city of angels. We boarded the plane to Singapore and discovered, to our horror, that we would not be sitting together for the duration of the 19hr flight ahead. To ...

Ok so yes we had just left India and India can test even the strongest of stomachs and most excited of travellers but KL as people in the know call itwas a sight for dirty travellers eyes. Maylasia is a country on the up everyone is exceptionally proud to be a Maylasia and part of something which is growing from the 1st class airport you drive past the new F1 race track and acres as far as the eye can see of palm trees. Maylasia grows palm trees to produce oil to drive their cars from and the...

Sometimes it feels like all the things that have come before, even if you didn't know it then, all happened because they were leading up to one moment. That's how I felt at 9:30 tonight when I stepped off the monorail at Bukit Bintang station in downtown Kuala Lumpur, or KL (as all the British people I've met on this trip call it), to find the streets blocked off to traffic and filled instead with thousands of mostly kids with chop jobs for haircuts, riding a wave of excited energy. If I hadn...

Made it to K-L, dispite the tight connection in Singapore, where we were misdirected to take the train directly from Terminal 1 to and our luggage would follow. When we got to T2, we were told to go back to T1, pick up our bags, clear customs and immigration and only THEN return to T2 to check in, clear security, and depart Singapore after having just arrived about 35 minutes earlier. We made it, though---whew! But then we had mechanical problems with the second plane and after sitting on the...

My stay in Malaysia, however brief, was a much needed opportunity to take some time all to myself and get some much much much needed spa treatements (this travelling is BRUTAL on your feet! And did I mention it's been well over 2 months since I've gotten my nails done? Shan the last time was with you in Washington! To THINK I've gone this long!). Anyway, as you may guess, I spent the entire day at a really nice spa in the city for what would have probably cost triple or quadruple back home. I...

Our trip had a slightly stressful start as we found ourselves stuck in roadwork traffic on the way to Heathrow, so despite having left oodles of time to catch our plane we ended up having a mad dash through the airport. If that wasn't bad enough, we were too late to get seats next to each other so spent the long flight six rows apart. More running was necessary during our transit in Hong Kong, as not only was our flight late and our next plane at the opposite end of the airport but security d...

Hi everyone! We have not gone dead or missing, we are quite well in fact. We spent the last 5 days at the Perhentian Islands, located off of the northeastern coast of Malaysia. There are two islands, Besar (big) and Kecil (small). We stayed at the big island. But more about that later. We want to backtrack a little to let you know what we've been up to. We finished our stay in Melaka with a night out with Michael and Lori, a Canadian couple; they had an arrangement made with a restaurant to c...