Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Malaysia: hmmm, no comment

I'm sorry parents but really the only way to describe this place is as being a massive clusterfuck! And we still aren't sure if its because of the drastic change from the greatness of Singapore or if it just really sucks. 

We won't dwell on it for too long so here is a quick point form summary of our time in Kuala Lumpur.

-taxi gets lost from airport trying to find our non existent crappy budget hotel
-hotel gives us tiny room with one bed and double charges us for our two night stay
-bathroom is literally in the room with glass wall separating beds from toilet
-try to get train ticket out = booked til June
-try to get bus ticket out= succeed to find out that this will not ensure us enough days on our Thai visa for the duration of time we are staying there
-book flight at midnight for 11:45 the next day to get the hell out of here = success
-it's taken the entire day to learn that from the beginning flying was the best and safest method of transportation into Thailand = complete waste of day

*positive note
- amongst the intimidating glares from both men and women, and those who made it blatantly obviously that they were talking about us by snickering, pointing and staring, we managed to get some help and information from kind English speaking locals (the yogen fruz guys, and taxi driver) who could tell we were having trouble. 
- also, some great pics of the KL tower and Petron twin towers which is pretty much the only reason we came here
mall within the Petron twin towers was worth seeing however

Overall, an interesting experience, but we will be relieved and happy to be back in Thailand! 







2 comments:

  1. Not sure if I can comment your expletives say it all.

    Wow, was this just a bad day or would it be like this all the time?

    The pictures in front of the towers are impressive and if for nothing else that maybe worth it.

    It is good to hear you are out of dodge and back in more comfortable territory.

    What are the plans in Thailand

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    1. I'm definitely happy we got to see KL and I really wanted to see the Petron twin towers. I think if we were with a guy the experience would have been a lot different. Looking back on it, I think our accommodations were in a really seedy area and that was probably the main issue. I didn't even realize how expensive the city was until we got to the towers and the mall.

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