Kuala Lumpur
After the long, long journey from Ko Phi Phi through Hat Yai and the border we arrived at our final place together. We stayed in China Town but as we arrived very late/early in the morning we first went to the most discustingly dirty and smelly hostel we've been to. Eventually we decided we couldni't hack it so got up and left at 5.00am to find another. We found one, thanks to a motorcycling advertisert for the hostel, which was brand new and clean and not much more expensive, yes! Kuala Lumpur is huge, so we walked around for a long time then decided to make our own tour by riding the air conditioned sky train around the city. It is also very tourist friendly having a great computer thing at stations to show the attractions available at different stops. We got off at our first chosen stop which was a mall that has a theme park inside- we were intrigued. This became our last stop as the shopping centre was the biggest building I've ever been in, you think you've finished and, wo, there's another half the building left when you turn the corner. The roller coaster was awesome to see and huge. The great thing was the shops here were really cheap! I found some cheap clothes that I could teach in in Songkla and at home and Shav found some lovely shoes. We also went to the cinema there. The next day we went on a city hop-on hop-off bus tour (I've never been on one and really wanted to) around the city. We saw a lot and stopped off at the history museum where we learnt about the spread of people around Asia and how the islands broke away but also about the Colonialisation. We stopped at the Palace to take pictures and also at the old area where the Colonials and the high society used to hang out near the parliamentary buildings. Very nice!!! We finally stopped at the Twin Towers (Petronas Towers) which are ridiculously tall. The Syphony Concert Hall is inside the building so I wanted to watch a concert but there was nothing on that night :( but we walked around as, again, there is a shopping centre within. We didn't spend long here though as Shav had to catch her flight home. A sad farewell and I was left alone. That night I met up with a girl we had befriended in the hostel at the Towers to see them at night all lit up. Stunning! You'd be pretty impressed John!
I flew to Borneo the next day.
After the long, long journey from Ko Phi Phi through Hat Yai and the border we arrived at our final place together. We stayed in China Town but as we arrived very late/early in the morning we first went to the most discustingly dirty and smelly hostel we've been to. Eventually we decided we couldni't hack it so got up and left at 5.00am to find another. We found one, thanks to a motorcycling advertisert for the hostel, which was brand new and clean and not much more expensive, yes! Kuala Lumpur is huge, so we walked around for a long time then decided to make our own tour by riding the air conditioned sky train around the city. It is also very tourist friendly having a great computer thing at stations to show the attractions available at different stops. We got off at our first chosen stop which was a mall that has a theme park inside- we were intrigued. This became our last stop as the shopping centre was the biggest building I've ever been in, you think you've finished and, wo, there's another half the building left when you turn the corner. The roller coaster was awesome to see and huge. The great thing was the shops here were really cheap! I found some cheap clothes that I could teach in in Songkla and at home and Shav found some lovely shoes. We also went to the cinema there. The next day we went on a city hop-on hop-off bus tour (I've never been on one and really wanted to) around the city. We saw a lot and stopped off at the history museum where we learnt about the spread of people around Asia and how the islands broke away but also about the Colonialisation. We stopped at the Palace to take pictures and also at the old area where the Colonials and the high society used to hang out near the parliamentary buildings. Very nice!!! We finally stopped at the Twin Towers (Petronas Towers) which are ridiculously tall. The Syphony Concert Hall is inside the building so I wanted to watch a concert but there was nothing on that night :( but we walked around as, again, there is a shopping centre within. We didn't spend long here though as Shav had to catch her flight home. A sad farewell and I was left alone. That night I met up with a girl we had befriended in the hostel at the Towers to see them at night all lit up. Stunning! You'd be pretty impressed John!
I flew to Borneo the next day.
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