Our flight was at 9:40pm so we had time to kill in the city. First things first: lunch. And it wasn’t going to be room service. We walked around and found a small little food court, bodega style, and just said “let’s eat!”. There were only locals in the restaurant, no tourists. I ordered chicken that was [...]
Even the name Kuala Lumpur is a pleasure to say. We got up early, ordered some breakfast, and head out to check out different parts of the city. KL has a variety of public transit options including a metro system and a monorail track. We took the monorail to KL’s Chinatown first. It’s very strange [...]
So from Shanghai we had to get to Hangzhou airport, or something like that. I’m tired, and I’m just following orders not really knowing where I’m going. First stop is the Shanghai station which was a bit far but traffic wasn’t terrible. We took a bullet train to Hangzhou I think and from there took [...]
Dec 302010
The only free internet at this Sheraton hotel is in the lobby. There is loud, annoying music coming from the bar, and the public access computer simply doesn’t live up to a modern asian country. Also, bad news. No post cards from Malaysia. Hotel is out of stamps, and won’t get any until after we [...]
Dec 242010
Well, the plane ride from Gold Coast to Kuala Lampur was annoying. First, Gold Coast is an odd airport. You go through security, then you go through security, then exit customs. Huh? Secondly, the flight seemed horribly long. It didn’t help that parts of it were quite bumpy, with some surprising sudden drops prompting the [...]
