Carlton Holiday Hotel & Suites Shah Alam

... amazing fish (including Nemo's!) and coral, it was like another world down there.... then to the shark bay.... the guys saw some sharks but me and Rach were too slow to see them! Then turtle bay and I snorkelled above a turtle which was cool as!<br>Lunch... more turtle spotting (poor Rach didn't see one despite jumping overboard every time one was spotted!)... another coral reef with more amazing sights..... and finally a stop at a gorgeous tiny remote beach...<br>Awesome day ...

... lunch with Tarynn, I haven't done much to blog about. However, I do have some general observations about Malay culture: <br><br>1. It is completely acceptable to be bias when offering employment. All signs seeking workers specify either race, age, sex, or all of the above. <br>2. It is currently the month of Ramadan and therefore, 50% of the inhabitants of the city (all Muslims) do not eat during the day. Therefore, a significant portion of restaurants are offering ...

... of the temple when I heard the painful cries of what I can pretty safely assume w**e kittens. Looking round I couldn't see strays that had wond**ed through the cave. My eyes then settled on a darkened corn** wh**e a memb** of staff sat. My day had just got a whole lot worse.<br>From the outline visible I guessed that und** the large check**ed blanket w**e cages, and from those cages w**e the sounds I really didn't want to h**e. As a sickness rose up inside ...

... Samy was still parked outside at the main road with his newspaper. Cars and lorries were whizzing past his cab. Didn't bother to cross the road and climb over the divider to the Old Railway Station opposite, so I took a picture from the same side of the road. <br>Next stop, Merdeka Square. Great weather, great decorations around the square. Then I walked opposite to Masjid Jamek, took a litte picture from the small pedestrian bridge but didn't go ...

... and wanted "American food"...so he took me to the Hard Rock Cafe. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but the burger and beer were damn good! On the way home I walked past the Patronus Towers and into the incredible mall built into the tower complex. Back at the hotel I took a swim on their rooftop pool which offered the best views of the Towers. That evening I had an amazing sushi dinner and went to a local bar ...

... that blasted (very loud) "American" music. It was odd, these little rickshaws go straight into traffic with the rest of the cars and motorcycless. If you've seen how fast and crazy Malaysian traffic is and how slow the rickshaw is compared to all the other things on the road.... <br>hm.... I guess the craziest thing we saw on this ride was a store... that had live chickens for sale. They stored the chickens in a cage....... and in a seperate cages there were ...

... city, the people are friendly and they almost all speak English. There are travelers here quite often because KL is the center of Air Asia which is a cheap airline taking people anywhere. Its hot, and muggy and the place Im staying is right in the middle of the Golden Triangle. This means its in the center of the action, the street where the best restaurants are, with views of the Petronas towers and the tower. The shopping is insane of course ...

... out of line since I was near the front since in my head they had to start moving again soon, but I also was growing exponentially more annoyed. I wanted to shout out! I don't even know what I wanted to shout, I just wanted my voice to be heard. Everyone was crowding around me and everything was stopped and moving in closer and closer and taking more and more time and I was losing my patience. I had enough. I got out of line and went to another line. Of course when I did this, my line ...

I arrived in Kuala Lumpur after a five hour bus ride from the Cameron Highlands, and took a taxi to the hostel. Even carrying all my luggage, someone still tried to persuade me to have a massage! I spent the next day doing very little, as I needed a rest from spending the last week doing little else but long walks. I did venture out of the hostel trying to find a cinema. I got lost en-route, so asked a couple of ladies for directions. They were very ...

We enjoyed some good food in Haadyai and did some shopping there.We toook the afternoon bus back to Malaysia and we reached home at mid-night.The journey by bus was quite tiring.<br><br>The name " Hat Yai " is a short version of " Ma Hat Yai " Hat Yai ( Haad Yai /Had Yai ) is a city in southern Thailand near the ...