Kuala Lumpur September 2015
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Day 1. Qatar Airways flight to Kuala Lumpur via Doha
Awakening with nervous excitement as our latest travel adventure was about to take place, luggage in the car and driven to Manchester Airport in good time for checking in at the Qatar Airways desk for our flight to Kuala Lumpur via Doha. Boarding cards at the ready, there was plenty of time for a cappuccino…
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Day 2. The Berjaya Times Square Hotel and Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur
Immigration and Baggage Reclaim were both quick and we were soon following signs to the KLIA Express. Single tickets cost RM35 each and the journey time to KL Sentral is 33 minutes. We obtained some Ringitts from an ATM in the station before buying two ‘KL Rapid Touch ‘N Go cards’ (similar to the UK…
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Day 3. Merdeka Square and Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur
We woke early (6.00 am) due to jet lag so we were eating breakfast in the hotel’s Apple restaurant bright and early. The restaurant was on the 14th floor and sitting at a window table we had good city views. There was pretty much everything on offer for breakfast, catering for all tastes. The waiters…
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Day 3. Petronas Towers and Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur
At 2.00 pm we set off again, this time to KLCC Park from where we took photos of the famous Petronas Towers. Although there was still haze overhead, the tops of the towers were visible. Around the far side of the complex lies a small park with fountains and a shallow lake which seemed popular with…
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Day 4. Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur
Breakfast at the Berjaya was again enjoyable, lingering over our complimentary newspaper and several cups of coffee. We needed to get going, so we took the monorail to KL Sentral followed by a Kommuter train out to Batu Caves which lies 8 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. Batu Caves is one of the most holy Hindu…
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Day 5. The Forest Research Institute of Malaysia and the Petronas Towers at night
It was harder to wake but we still made it down to breakfast by 8.00 am. The air pollution index (API) had now risen to 191 (100-200 being unhealthy) and it was now difficult to make out the outlines of the Petronas Towers and other landmarks due to the haze caused by illegal forest fires…
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Day 6. Putrajaya, the Mitsui Outlet Park and Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur
After a leisurely breakfast in the hotel’s Green Apple restaurant we took a train to Putrajaya which is the administrative capital of Malaysia and a planned city. The railway station is too far from the centre to walk so we waited a short time for a bus to the main square. The bus fare…
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Day 7. A Day in Malacca from Kuala Lumpur
It was an earlier start for us as we had booked a coach tour to Malacca. After breakfast we were picked up from our hotel by minibus and taken to KLCC where we transferred to a full size coach. There were only 10 of us on the trip to Malacca, 4 Australians, 2 Taiwanese, 2…
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Day 8. Perdana Gardens and the Petronas Towers
First on our ‘to do’ list after breakfast was a visit to the Perdana Botanical Gardens, also known as Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park. It’s a large area of parkland with several museums and the National Mosque within its grounds. The first building we came across was the Royal Police Museum, we hadn’t planned on visiting…
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Day 9. Shopping at the Mitsui Outlet Park and a return to KLIA
Our final day in Kuala Lumpur, why does the time pass so quickly when on holiday! A window table once again at breakfast and the final opportunity to savour one of the Berjaya’s delicious omelettes cooked to order. We then packed our suitcases and checked out of our hotel. The Berjaya Times Square hotel had been…
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Day 10. Qatar Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur to Manchester via Doha
We boarded our overnight flight to Doha and after a snack of chicken wraps and chocolate muffins I settled back in my seat and watched ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, the sequel to the film I’d watched on my outbound flight. It was equally good. I then fell asleep for a few hours before…
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