Highlands Hotel
Travel Blogs from Genting Highlands
Pain in the proverbial
Decided this morning to fly out of Mulu, although annoyingly at the airport I was told someone had been trying to find me to organise hiring a guide together for caving - aarrgghh! Got to Miri and checked into the Highlands hostel to find the owner informing me that all flights to Bario (my next plan) were full for at least 2 days. I don't have 2 …
Kuala Lumpur
... we were on the sky train. So we got off one station earlier to check out one of the huge shopping centers. It was one of the biggest we have ever seen and we could have spent a week in there! But we decided to watch our first movie on our journey: "Total Recall" with Colin Farrell for me and Kate Beckinsale for Pierre. Full with Popcorn and sweets we headed back to our hotel, which was in the middle of the Golden Triangle - THE place to be in Kuala Lumpur. ...
We can walk....
After a comfy 5 hour flight, with a row to ourselves, we arrived in KL. We didn't realize the airport was so far out of the city but Ryan's directional sense got us our bearings quickly and we were on our way. Once we arrived by bullet train in KL central Ryan's directional sense let us down as we attempted to walk 25km to the Petronas Towers ...
Last wknd in KL & Genting Highlands
... lagoon - inefficient. Huge lines and only one cart at a time type of thing. We watched some shows, went bowling and walked around.
We got home and had another night out. We went to a bar called Havana club that was really fun and the European soccer was on. Since the area has lots of tourists there were tons of people in Dutch and Danish jerseys. There is also a significantly high amount of creepiness in KL nightlife, so I have been doing "the ...
MALAYSIA; MORE DIVERSE THAN YOU WOULD THINK
... the allowable 20 kilograms, exactly!! It was here where the airline rep asked about an onward ticket from Malaysia. Technically, the visa rules required one. But we explained that we planned to leave Malaysia over land and wouldn't be flying out. This satisfied her and she issued our tickets. We weren’t asked about this again. We had read stories of the requirement being strictly enforced only on rare occasions, such as if ...