Hotel Fortuna Kuala Lumpur

Arrived safely in Kuala Lumpur and setting up camp at Hotel Fortuna - 87 Jalan Berangan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Tel 21419111 http://www.fortunakl.com We spent 4 nights in KL, which would become our hub for exploring Malaysia. The train from Singapore was quite comfortable, but did stop at every town on the way in (except for the one where we were supposed to pass through some type of border crossing check). From the train window, we could see miles and miles of palm trees. At first it was quite ...

Stayed at Fortuna Hotel again, but this time met up with a good friend's sister, Pek Chin, for a personal tour of the hidden gems of KL. Back in Kuala Lumpur, we met up with Pek Chin, the older sister of our friend from Ottawa, Pek Lee. We met her and some of her friends over drinks and dinner, and got some great tips for our upcoming visits to Borneo and Thailand. The next day, our personal tour guide, Pek, treated us to a fabulous market/street stall breakfast, where the food is the freshes...

Wow, the last day and a half have been an interesting whirlwind, to say the least. I now sit in my living room, at home in Vancouver, up since 5am. I did want to make sure I completed this travel blog... so here we go. Day 9... to Kuala Lumpur This morning, we had half a day to kill before we had to be at the airport. The hotel breakfasts thus far have been spectacular! In both the Bangkok hotel and here, there has been ridiculous variety and quality of foods... for a breakfast! With so much ...

Day 10 This morning, we were up early and ready to go. We had big plans today... first stop, Petronas Towers. Quick skytrain ride, short walk, a stop in for an overly-priced ice-coffee, and we were there. I'm not too sure the historical significance of the Petronas towers (if there is any), but they were enormous... and pretty impressive. The upper floors were all office buildings for the Petronas gas company, but the bottom 6 floors were all shopping mall... with a luxurious store from proba...

Day 11 Today, we were out of the hotel by 10am. In the first example of the Lonely Planet letting us down, we headed out to find the Pudu Market. It was described quite favourably in the book, raving about the energy of the market, with fresh produce and squawking poultry. We should've known when we stepped out of the skytrain exit. The area of relatively run-down, at least compared to the metropolitan area we had seen until now. Most of the shops were either small and dirty moto repair shops...

After a very boring 5 hour bus ride from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, I departed the bus right across the street from the Petronas Towers. They are one of the main reasons that I came to Southest Asia in the first place. They are spectacular to behold in person. After another short day thanks to jetlag, I found myself awake at 2 am. I decided to go outside and have a look around and try to get a glimpse of the towers at night but I didn't have a good location to see them. I started to head down...