The bus stations in Malaysia are great – very like airports, except you can turn up 10min before your bus leaves. I was told by the tourism information centre that the bus to Cameron Highlands left at 9.30 but it was a LIE. It left at 9.00. Which I found out at 9.15. Dang. Anyway [...]
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KL to Cameron Highlands
Posted by dkendon on June 29, 2011
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KL Day 4
When I emerged from the hostel the footpaths were filled with people selling things, a bit like a giant garage sale. The goods were mostly secondhand cell phones, batteries, and chargers. This is the place to come if you need something for an old cellphone. There were also secondhand clothes and one man was having [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 28, 2011
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KL Day 3
I decided to go through all the museums. They are helpfully clustered around the Lake Gardens area. On the way I saw the National Mosque. Then I went to the Islamic Arts Museum. Entry was RM12. It was large, covering architecture, calligraphy, pottery, metalwork, glasswork, science, korans, dress weaponry and other stuff The tone is [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 28, 2011
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KL Day 2
I am not a backpacker. I get up at 7.30. Backpackers get up at 9.30. I wear t-shirts and shorts. Backpackers wear singlets and 3/4 length hemp trousers. I wear Roman sandals. Backpackers wear jandals. I have laundry detergent. Backpackers have ipods, iphones, ipads, blackberries, smartphones, tablets, androids and even full-size laptops! When they get [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 28, 2011
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Malacca to KL
Lonely Planet is like the Haynes workshop manuals – LIES! Malacca is not ‘laid back’ – it goes at a billion miles an hour and will overtake up the inside if you go too slowly. I decided to move on to Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia’s bus system has a huge amount of competition so an air [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 28, 2011
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