Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur

... 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... of soft drink called 100 Plus, all for under 20R, then walked back to Traders, cutting through the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental which appears a lot flasher than where I’m staying. Left the hotel again about 9.30am and walked through the ...

... 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 ...

... to reach KL. We pitied the poor people sitting around us as we were particularly hot, sweaty and salty. Arrived at the 5* Mandarin Oriental Hotel after spending the last week in no shoes and ripped T shirt mode looking a bit dishevelled.  ...

    This morning Chris and Tim left at 7.00am to line up for free tickets to the sky deck of the Petronas Towers. The tickets are limited and each ticket holder is allocated a spot. One person can get 5 tickets so I am thankful to Tim for ...

Couldn't sleep at all last night,ended up reading my book from 3am to 5.30am-no idea why.When the alarm went at 7.30 it was horrid. Immy was sleepy but excited about the next leg of our adventure and getting to see Orang u Tans in the wild (as was I). ...

... not the only one to get caught out, but we needed to get rid of the VDN anyway as were off to Kuala Lumpur for a 2 night stopover at the majestic Mandarin Oriental :-) Hello KL After a short hope across the South China Sea we land back at the LCCT at KLIA ...

... and did some fantastic things on Borneo. I met Mike in KL on the 28th, where he was on business, and we stayed at the Mandarin Oriental right next door to the Petronas Towers. Yes, they are as tall as they look. I was out of it for about two ...

Kuala Lumpur is a bustling city. Located right in the middle of a rainforest. How did we get here? We have asked each other this question many times, mostly in 1) dangerous or austere situations and 2) when life lands us in some of the coolest, most ...

... . The mosque is located of the confluence of two rivers the Klang and Gomback which is the location of the original Kuala Lumpur (literally muddy estuary) settlement. We continue on foot to the Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) which is dominated ...

So we left cold, dreary Melbourne (40 degrees and rainy) for hot and humid Kuala Lumpur (90 degrees and 90 percent humidity). We had our best long-haul flight so far--there were so few people aboard that everyone had an entire row to ...