Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel Kuala Lumpur

... on Hop off bus stops very near at the hotel. The Indian eateries are two stops from Corus Hotel. Most importantly, the aeroline bus to singapore starts from Corus - Big deal. Also, KLCC MRT (your lifeline to get around in KL) is 2 minutes by walk.. Big deal again.

In Singapore we landed during the F1 racing weekend. So getting hotel rooms were a challenge. However I managed to get a smaller hotel called Asphodel Inn near Serangoon road (for SG $ 365 for 5 nights all ...

Unser erster Stopp in Malaysien fuehrte uns direkt in die Hauptstadt Kuala Lumpur. Obwohl hier von Hindus ueber chinesische Buddhisten und Christen so ziemlich jede Religion vertreten ist wird einem durch die Vielzahl an Kopftuch tragenden Frauen sofort klar, dass man sich in einem hauptsaechlich muslimischen Land befindet. Unsere Wohnung befand sich in der sehr belebten Chinatown. Unsere Stadtrundgang fuehrte uns durch den riesigen Markt in Little India ...

... accomodation in the city?
Malay Lady at the desk: Well, you could find a place to stay in the Golden Triangle at around 200 MYR and up. But if you want something below 200 MYR a night, you can stay in Chinatown which has many cheap hostels. But the area is dirty, packed and noisy because of lots of Chinese there.

Silence for a good 5 seconds. Michael looks like he's about to laugh but is kind of wondering if he should. I start to laugh ...

Who set their alarm for 10am UK time and subsequently was hours late checking out the hotel...I wonder!!

Well after that intial mishap I got a bus back to KLIA and hopped on a local bus to KL centre...becoming a bit of a pro at this whole bus malarky after my 2 hour lesson in the 30 degree heat last night!! Once I got off the bus I even managed to get on a train that runs in the sky...ok well not quite up there with the clouds but ...

... so we avoided china towns accommodation, a little paranoid???…….. nope, a girl arrived at our guest house and asked us if it was ok as the place she was staying had bed bugs!



Melaka has just been given world heritage status, as it used to be a big trading port in its day and was in the process of improving some of it sights. The town has been heavily fought over between the 15th- 17th centuries due to its important trading location. It changed hands from ...

... not the last night' and then we see the rest of the roof crash around the front of the stall.  The sheets of roof (1/2inch corrugated) are smashed all over and on top of where we were stood.  As we leave you can see the water gathering on these roof sheets high up, just begging to collapse.

A swift exit before our early start and extremely choppy flight home...two meals for me everytime - get in.

So we're back visiting briefly before off again soon...watch this space....

... The photo looks very funny - he looks so camp). Back at the bottom of the towers there was a room with games, puzzles, activities and facts about the petronas Towers. One involved measuring peoples heights, so Tom and I decided to have the final height showdown. The Machine said that Tom was 4cm taller than me, which even he admitted was wrong (Tom: Did I? Conclusive proof Richard! Technology deems me taller!). Because I am of course taller than him, but ...

... visit the night market where we took a few hazardous guesses at ordering some Malaysian dishes, which thankfully turned out delicious (and quite normal.....no stinking dorian fruit or crispy insects!). Our next adventurous stop, Taman Negara, is a dense tropical rain forest, which we arrived at by the very scenic 'jungle train'. Yep, it took us right through the jungle! To counter the outside humidity, the train driver cranks up the air con ...

In the nearby Pasar Seni (Central Market), there were so many colourful, interesting wares to see. The original market was constructed in 1888 to serve Kuala Lumpur's large tin mining community. It was a wet market which sold seafood, meat, vegetables and everyday items. The market acquired its Art deco style in 1936. City Hall earmarked the building for demolition in the early 1980s ...

... issued the tickets and arranged our travel documents into Australia.

The next day we went to the Batu Caves just outside of KL. Tim came to the hotel and we took a taxi to the caves. There are temples all around the base of the stairs as well as people selling stuff and food stands and today there were even a couple of elephants. We walked up the stairs, after meeting Tim's friend Shan and his wife, pausing half way up to feed the monkeys. There were about a ...