After a 5 hr bus ride, i made it to Kuala Lumpur...and I was feeling a bit down as i had just left my peeps on the island. But by simply choosing the hostel with the description "the cosiest common room in town" in my guidebook, i found a very comfortable hostel and felt at ease and relaxed right away which was nice. So my spirit was lifted just...

We've arrived! Safe and sound, just a bit hot and a bit tired. We have managed to arrive here on the same day as the Olympic torch, and we have so far seen loads of dragon-dancers and hundreds of pro-china protesters (mainly kids) waving flags and marching through the streets. We are staying in china-town, so maybe it's not too surprising that t...

After a prolonged bout of SRD* we've been a bit blown away by wealthy KL, or Muddy Confluence, as it translates. The city is very much like a mixture of Singapore and Bangkok with lots of cars, trains, monorails, neon and, of course, shops including all the brand names we've been missing. So apart from visiting a Forestry reserve to see some wi...

Bare en veldig kjapp oppdatering naa! ER kommet oss til Kuala Lumpur, sikkert den mest vestlige byen in Sor Ost Asia, er bare og shopper litt naa, og venter paa min tur paa postkontoret, for det tar veeldig lang tid! Har kjopt meg Malaysisk sim-kort, som i folge jenta i butikken, kan brukes over hele Asia, saa det var genialt! Da er det bare aa ...

We have a new breakfast regime where we have to be down by 10.00am now i know a struggle but we make it. We head over to the Pavilion again where we spend the rest of the day walking floor by floor (7) looking around the shops none of which are that interesting apart from a couple. We have a really nice set Christmas Eve Dinner at one of the res...

I have had my laptop for about 6 months now and I have finally gotten around to buying a pirated copy of "windows office" for $2.50 and I must say that I have really missed being able to type things on my own computer. Remember the good old days when you spent $1000 on a computer and they actually gave you useful software instead of the **** the...

March 31st - Stop off. Well, there's not much to write about in this stop-off. The bus arrived in KL at around midnight. We had pre-planned a night in an internet cafe to save a nights accomodation and this plan worked really well. We checked in just before 7am and went straight to sleep, saving a nights accomodation bill! The annoying thing tho...

After getting a little lost on Sunday we stumbled upon the Chinatown markets. The main strip sells mostly "designer bags, sunglasses and watches and there is a lot of "hey lady lady". We also found an interior market which progresses from vegetables to meat, trays filled with giblets and intestines with fish flapping at our feet and chickens dan...

We enjoyed a wonderful flight from Perth with Malaysian Airlines to Kuala Lumpur, arriving in the early evening. The Swiss Inn, in the centre of Jalan Petalang (China Town) is our home for a couple of days of fun and relaxation while we visit a few places that we missed on our last Malaysian holiday. The hotel is definitely a nice central locati...

What can I say about Malaysia. Lots of Muslims, many many shopping malls...... gotta love those shopping malls. Trains, Monorail etc are pretty kewl.... very reliable and pretty clean. KL tower was nice at the top, they give you a headset and you walk around and listen to a tour guide on the headset.... pretty cool. Petronis Towers (twin towers)...