Day 157 (Mon 11 Dec) - Kuala Lumpur
Had another lie in - this bed is dangerous!
After another enormous breakfast we went to find the Vietnamese Embassy to sort out Sarb's visa. As we had no idea where it was we got a taxi. Typical, we were dropped literally round the corner and then robbed of 5 quid for the pleasure. Jo had a frustrating conversation with the embassy officials but worked out that Sarb's visa was fine and we would get into Vietnam with no problems.
Found the tourist information centre and picked up some leaflets about other parts of Malaysia as we will be back in February.
Decided we'd experience the high tech looking monorail which glides over the city. Jumped on at Bukit Nanas and travelled through the city to Maharajalela. Bit disappointing really it was like being on the London underground, not a very pleasant distant memory, except you could catch brief glimpses of the city.
Jo had a cunning plan that we would walk to the Lake Gardens from Maharajalela, however she hadn't taken into account that you are not really expected to walk around Kuala Lumpur. On the map it looked simple, just walk over a few main roads. Soon we discovered it wasn't that easy, as we dodged traffic whilst we tried to cross an extremely busy six lane carriageway.
After successfully getting across one road we decided to flag down a taxi to take us the rest of the way. A friendly taxi driver dropped us outside the Orchid and Hibiscus Gardens. We walked around the stunning gardens admiring some of the 800 orchids. It was getting pretty hot and humid in the gardens so we headed off to the lake.
Walked through the beautiful, relaxing gardens towards the lake ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] ). Stopped off for an ice cream (first one since we've been traveling) and spotted a large lizard coming out of the water. Walked around the lake and as it was getting too hot we decided to leave and return to our hotel. Didn't even contemplate walking, dived into a lovely A/C taxi.
Later we returned, yet again, to Finnegans (Irish pub) where we were determined to finally have a meat pie. We both ordered a pie which were absolutely delicious. As we were sitting enjoying our pies it started to rain. Sarb decided to pop to a local internet cafe whilst Jo waited for the rain to ease off before venturing anyway. She sat nursing a pint of strongbow and when Sarb returned she was still there but was chatting to a young American guy. As it was still raining we sat chatting, basically sorting out all of America and the UK's problems, and drinking.
We suddenly realised that it was getting dark and we still had to visit the Menara KL tower before we left the next day.
Staggered off we went to find the tower, which you'd thought would be easy as it is a mere 421 metres tall, but it wasn't. Finally found the entrance and climbed the step road to the base. We were knackered by the time we got in the lift to take us to the observation deck. Stunning views over the city, though it was difficult to take photos.
Headed back to the hotel and intended to have a last drink in the Sky Bar but ended up falling asleep before we could go anywhere.
After another enormous breakfast we went to find the Vietnamese Embassy to sort out Sarb's visa. As we had no idea where it was we got a taxi. Typical, we were dropped literally round the corner and then robbed of 5 quid for the pleasure. Jo had a frustrating conversation with the embassy officials but worked out that Sarb's visa was fine and we would get into Vietnam with no problems.
Found the tourist information centre and picked up some leaflets about other parts of Malaysia as we will be back in February.
Decided we'd experience the high tech looking monorail which glides over the city. Jumped on at Bukit Nanas and travelled through the city to Maharajalela. Bit disappointing really it was like being on the London underground, not a very pleasant distant memory, except you could catch brief glimpses of the city.
Jo had a cunning plan that we would walk to the Lake Gardens from Maharajalela, however she hadn't taken into account that you are not really expected to walk around Kuala Lumpur. On the map it looked simple, just walk over a few main roads. Soon we discovered it wasn't that easy, as we dodged traffic whilst we tried to cross an extremely busy six lane carriageway.
After successfully getting across one road we decided to flag down a taxi to take us the rest of the way. A friendly taxi driver dropped us outside the Orchid and Hibiscus Gardens. We walked around the stunning gardens admiring some of the 800 orchids. It was getting pretty hot and humid in the gardens so we headed off to the lake.
Walked through the beautiful, relaxing gardens towards the lake ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] ). Stopped off for an ice cream (first one since we've been traveling) and spotted a large lizard coming out of the water. Walked around the lake and as it was getting too hot we decided to leave and return to our hotel. Didn't even contemplate walking, dived into a lovely A/C taxi.
Later we returned, yet again, to Finnegans (Irish pub) where we were determined to finally have a meat pie. We both ordered a pie which were absolutely delicious. As we were sitting enjoying our pies it started to rain. Sarb decided to pop to a local internet cafe whilst Jo waited for the rain to ease off before venturing anyway. She sat nursing a pint of strongbow and when Sarb returned she was still there but was chatting to a young American guy. As it was still raining we sat chatting, basically sorting out all of America and the UK's problems, and drinking.
We suddenly realised that it was getting dark and we still had to visit the Menara KL tower before we left the next day.
Staggered off we went to find the tower, which you'd thought would be easy as it is a mere 421 metres tall, but it wasn't. Finally found the entrance and climbed the step road to the base. We were knackered by the time we got in the lift to take us to the observation deck. Stunning views over the city, though it was difficult to take photos.
Headed back to the hotel and intended to have a last drink in the Sky Bar but ended up falling asleep before we could go anywhere.
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12/11/2006 04:25:00 am
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