Mandarin Kuala

Well we've tried to learn Russian and failed! Can only say, "no more vodka please, I am an alcoholic." Tried to learn Mandarin and am now fluent - is 10 words fluent? So we must be ready to head off on our trans-mongolian adventure! Photo credit: ...

... in Kuala Lumpar after two flights - ready for our hotel room!! Thankfully we were staying in a particularly good hotel, the Mandarin Oriental, which arranged for our weary selves to be collected from the airport and taken to the hotel, situated just at ...

... so I had a row of five seats to myself.  It didn't hurt that KL also has one of the world's great hotels - the Mandarin Oriental, situated at the base of the Petronas Towers - that during low season (the summer, it was close to 100 degrees) was ...

... breaking over Malaysia. A quick customs check and baggage pick and we are off to find our ride to our hotel – The Mandarin Oriental in the centre of the city opposite the Petronas Towers. Our rooms are spectacular and so is the view from the 21st ...

... a big market area called Central Market, the bus dropped us off and we had a short walk through the market to our hotel, The Mandarin Pacific. After we dumped our bags off in our room we decided to check out the famous Petronas Towers as we were looking ...

... for sight-seeing.  As far as the language, everyone we encountered speaks English.  It is the widely-spoken language in Malaysia, along with Bahasa Malay.  Also, most people speak other languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese.  ...

... . It is a cheap option if you cant afford to fly but take supplies and wrap up. We were really relieved to arrive in Kuala Lumpur where we eventually found our driver and were whisked off to the Oriental. This is not as sumptuously decorated as the ones ...

... a Chinese song, everyone but us sang along because most Malaysians are multi-lingual. Our friends were fluent in English, Malay, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Makes us have a greater appreciation of multi-lingual societies, as we didn't have any issues with ...

... checked out the park and Mikey tried to work out what kind of bird was making such a loud noise and taunting him. Kuala Lumpur really is a green city and seeing enormous skyscrapers flanked by lush palm trees, pristine grass and ferns is spectacular Once ...

... am delighted that Immy now seems to share my love on this wonderful city. I hope to return many times during my life. kuala Lumpur-well unfortunately my experience is limited to the 36hrs we were there but immediately we left the airport it felt ...

... forever to get there from the airport. I found out that Jing was actually Malaysian Chinese and that she was teaching Chinese (Mandarin) at a local university. After I took a shower, Jing gave me Chinese noodle soup (:D) with a fried egg and... I ...

... be told by some shouty angry Chinese conductors that we were too late, and had to be there 15 mins before..pointing at the Mandarin on the back of our ticket which we obviously couldn't read. Luckily, they let us exchange our tickets for new ones, but ...

... i arrive, and i can say that i have been shocked many a time!  Not so this time - and when we pulled up to the Mandarin Oriental i had to ask the taxi driver if he was sure he got the right hotel!  Its right in the shadow of the Petronas Towers ...

... , ice cream, jelly bits, red beans and sweet corn???).  Their hot tip for today is that the Dim Sum at the Mandarin Oriental is actually very reasonably priced, so we might be there for lunch. Tomorrow we leave KL and are heading to Sandakan ...

... early enough as we got a ticket for 12.45pm and had 3 hours to kill. We went for a pot of tea at the beautiful Mandarin Oriental nearby which was very posh. Lucy went to the toilet and not heeding my warning of my close shave yesterday decided to play ...