So before our trip to Redang Aunt Patti had a few more things to check off her "Activities" list. We started wednesday off pretty normal for the most part. We went to the travel agency to pick up tickets and a little more info about our trip in the next few days, then what appeared to just be a quick lunch at this cool little restaurant for lunc...

KL, what can I say. I have been here on a 3 day stop over on my way back from Australia before. I decided to stay at the Equator again as Hadi is such an excellent host and it is one of the friendliest hostels I have stayed in. We stayed an extra night in KL for this reason alone. Wasn't really interested in trapesing around the city and seeing ...

Kuala Lumpur Highlights: KL Tower Petronus Towers Olympic Torch Relay

Slept in for train trip tonight. Went to Times Square Shopping Mall. Very nice mall, huge! Went on roller coaster in the mall with Eli, good fun. Caught train to Butterworth-Penang. Comfortable and did get to sleep but not much room to store suitcases, they have to go in the main aisle. If you're coming to KL, here is my recommended visit list, ...

Dear Friends, Well after what felt like a million days of traveling and many many hours of waiting, I finally made it to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By, the city is WAY bigger and more chaotic than I expected. It is a mix of "wow these buildings are really nice", "hey, there really a lot of cars trying to run me over" and "ooooh it stinks". Also, it...

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon, and I fully intended to write about it last night. However, after dinner (around 7:30) I was feeling rather tired and found myself unable to add any opinionated commentary to my narrative, and what is the use of a travel blog without opinionated commentary? So I decided to rest my eyes for a bit......

We flew Emirates to Kuala Lumpur via Dubai and arrived late evening on the 13th at the Royal Bintang Hotel in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle. Things didn't start well as we found ourselves unable to get into the room because the latch had been put down from inside by the cleaners who had obviously left via the adjoining room. Eventu...

Today is the only day we really have to explore the sights of KL so you would've thought we'd be up and out with the dawn. But nope, our room doesn't have windows, though its pleasant enough its like sleeping in a closet and there's no daylight in there to wake you. When we finally emerged we figured we should try and get an overview of the enti...

I think I must just be over-saturated. I am ready to be done with class. Don't get me wrong. I am so happy that I am here learning about everything and meeting with everyone, but I am ready to not be sitting in class all day, every day. Today was the first real day of class for the newcomers so there was a lot of housekeeping to be done. Tons of...

Today we left the jungle and returned to our homes in KL. The trip was fairly uneventful, which is always a good thing. We made it back here at around 3:00. After unpacking and doing some laundry, Whitney and I headed to the bus station to pick up our tickets for Singapore! I am really excited about that trip. We're only there for one night and ...