Midah Hotel Kuala Lumpur

... Slovianian artists) of no interest whatsoeve. The National Theatre next door had something by young kids. So nothing there either. However this place looked like a miniature of the Sydney Opera house so who copied who?

Then a trek to the Central Market which was built in 1888 and had the usual craft stalls. I found a little pottery shop which a wonderful teaset which I would have taken it home if I was flying back. But I shall ...

... last time I had ate was on the plane, I fell asleep without knowing it last night, and I had to fast before the doc appointment, it was my first meal in over 24 hours. Anyway, I'm about to go meet my boss for the first time, then they said I have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. I have no idea what that will be, I don't think a beach is very close. Plus, its pouring. Wellp, that's it!

... where we were, the baking heat of the sun and the bewildering mix of nationalities certainly pulled us into focus. We had three days booked in a nice hostel, the room is basic but its clean and comfy, the staff are friendly and there is as much free toast as you can shake a stick at for breakfast, we don't mind sharing a toilet but having to get dressed for a pee in the middle of the night can be annoying, I'm not quite ready to inflict various nationalities to the sight of a ...

Well we landed in KL at about 6.50am Malaysian time (so that's 2 hours ahead for Australia) on Friday morning and desperately needed coffee. There were no hold ups at the customs area, no bag checks or anything, just a smiling wave through once our passports had been checked and stamped. Leaving the air conditioned comfort of the airport we discovered that even at about 7.30 in the morning it was hot and sweaty. We found "The ...

... take your life in your hands crossing roads, everywhere is six lane traffic and the crossings refuse to work!

Visited Petronas Towers. Went up to the Sky Bridge from which you got a view of the city. Was free but nothing exciting, most of the tour comprised of propaganda for Petronas oil! Had a nasty cold though, so was pretty miserable for the morning!

After wandering around for a while and getting lost often, went ...

... estimates of time based on my previous experience at Amsterdam airport - one of these was to allow 1/2 hour for passport control. Noni, using her EU passport perhaps took 5 minutes through the control and waited at the other side for me to gloat how little time it took and how 1/2 hour was a poor estimation, however she got to wait another 25 minutes for me and even though it sucked taking that long, I do like being ...

... not to worry though another soon replaced it.

Here we go History fans..... The Batu caves were officially discovered around 120 years ago by an American, William Hornaday. A short time later a small hindu shrine was built in the vast open space later known as Temple cave. Here endeth the lesson.

Heading upto the cave there are 272 steps which are guarded by a large golden statue of Muruga. Not sure who Muruga is but she's a big girl. By the time we ...

... a plan to buy him and smuggle him into Australia with me. We stayed at home for dinner and tried some of Penny's delicious cooking, all the dishes I missed from when I was little! On Thursday we just chilled out and had a nice relaxing time, and yesterday we went up to the Buddhist Thean Hou temple, which, although it looked pretty new, is celebrating its 120th year. The temple itself is quite high up, and the square you see when you reach the ...

... concerned about our rucksacks getting soaked because they were strapped to the roof of the bus. Our final bus was definitely an improvement, but we were up and down so many times going through border controls and passport checks that we didn't get much sleep. We finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 5am, with the bright lights and skyscrapers welcoming us back to normality. We fell into our beds in the hostel, we were so tired we didn't notice the room much or the walls that ...