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Travel Blogs from Petaling Jaya
Off to a frying start
... and was very happy to have a late night (especially late for an Australian) teh tarik with my former colleague and friend Selwyn. It was lovely to sit at a mamak stall and shoot the (warm) breeze over a glass of hot, sugary, frothy tea!
Day One in stats: Number of days I've been here = 0.5, number of sit down meals I've had in that time = 3, number of times I've eaten fried bread (roti canai) = 2, number of times I've eaten ...
Towers, pythons and monkeys
... were granted their independence. Stopping by City Gallery (mainly for a bit of air con) we learnt all about the history of he city and it was really interesting. Kualar Lumpur literally translates as 'muddy estuary' ... Nice. Refreshed we continued down to Central Market. An indoor and outdoor market selling traditional items along with the usual tat. We spotted a fish spa and were straight in. Except these fish were 4 times the size of the ones in Thailand. They ha a right ...
Kicking it in KL!
... well there is a Pizza Hut and McDonald’s in the mall across the street from our apartments, (I’ve only been to Pizza Hut once, I swear!). Because our apartments are located in the non-tourist area of town it allows us to see real Malaysia and try local things. One of the challenges with living in a local area is getting used to the stares and adjusting to Malaysian lifestyle and culture.
On Saturday Andrea (our teacher and coordinator of the ...
Heading To The Homeland Of Parameswara
... prince from the city of Palembang which is the capital of South Sumatra province, exiled into Malaysia through Singapore in the early 15th Century and was the founder and first Sultan of the Malacca Empire.
This trip is mainly for business reasons but I shall also take this opportunity to explore this entire province during this trip and would write about them in the coming entries. Hope you find it interesting.
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Frenzy on Dried Meat
... 8217;s. And for Nasi Lemak, its coconut flavor was too sharp and made me nauseous, too savory. Very bad indeed! After all, a combination of rice, fried chicken, chili sauce and other toppings (like anchovies and peanuts) were very strange and bad. My advice, make this place your last choice to eat!
After eating, we went upstairs to clear immigration, no queue lane here. Passport stamped, cleared! Then we moved forward to do custom clearance. Here, ...