What are our first impressions of Malaysia so far? Well, all very nice, but it’s a bit damp! It’s like being home in Wales…
Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital of course. We arrived very glamorously with the fantastic Air Asia to the aptly named ‘Low Cost Carrier Terminal’ of Kuala Lumpur Airport – which is built a whole 20km away from all the other terminals to ensure that the quality passengers don’t catch anything nasty off us cheap-skates. But we’re definitely not proud! We jumped aboard a nice cheap SkyBus and headed into the budget part of the city (China town). You might gather from all of this that Kuala Lumpur (or KL as it’s universally called here) is a bit spenny. Not too bad, but definitely a step up after Thailand.
Kuala Lumpur is an odd capital. The centre is actually quite small and walkable, and is covered by a reasonable SkyTrain/metro system. It has lovely areas of greenery with jungle trees and exotic plants… I suppose the rain is the price you have to pay for a lush landscape! A good deal of the centre of town is given over to plush shopping malls, the most exclusive being that under the Petronas Towers (where Gary actually managed to buy his first pair of shorts today – yippee!).
It’s also got a very tall communications tower – the 4th highest in the world – which we managed to climb just before one of those tropical rainstorms that have been dogging our footsteps. We just managed to do a circuit of the platform with great views over the city before the front closed in, giving us a visibility of say 10 yards…
Anyway, we’ll be moving on to Melaka next (southwards), and then hopefully find some nice little tropical island to test out our new scuba diving skills!
Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital of course. We arrived very glamorously with the fantastic Air Asia to the aptly named ‘Low Cost Carrier Terminal’ of Kuala Lumpur Airport – which is built a whole 20km away from all the other terminals to ensure that the quality passengers don’t catch anything nasty off us cheap-skates. But we’re definitely not proud! We jumped aboard a nice cheap SkyBus and headed into the budget part of the city (China town). You might gather from all of this that Kuala Lumpur (or KL as it’s universally called here) is a bit spenny. Not too bad, but definitely a step up after Thailand.
Kuala Lumpur is an odd capital. The centre is actually quite small and walkable, and is covered by a reasonable SkyTrain/metro system. It has lovely areas of greenery with jungle trees and exotic plants… I suppose the rain is the price you have to pay for a lush landscape! A good deal of the centre of town is given over to plush shopping malls, the most exclusive being that under the Petronas Towers (where Gary actually managed to buy his first pair of shorts today – yippee!).
It’s also got a very tall communications tower – the 4th highest in the world – which we managed to climb just before one of those tropical rainstorms that have been dogging our footsteps. We just managed to do a circuit of the platform with great views over the city before the front closed in, giving us a visibility of say 10 yards…
Anyway, we’ll be moving on to Melaka next (southwards), and then hopefully find some nice little tropical island to test out our new scuba diving skills!
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