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Picture of the day… Chinatown Kuala Lumpur

// July 24th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Picture of the day

By the early evening the streets of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown have turned from a politely busy scene of Chinese restaurants and coffee stalls into a full sensory assault of neon lights, market stalls and street hawkers. Constant calls from sellers to grab your attention… “Hey boss, looking. Very cheap price for you” and the overwhelming amount of smells drifting across your path can make it all seem a little confusing at times, but solace is never too far away. Behind the busy stalls dripping with fake designer goods sits many quiet, cheap and authentic Chinese restaurants, most tourists don’t venture in and instead choose to sit out amongst the throngs of passing people at the more “tourist friendly” places where waiters double as touts that get you in, get you fed and get you out as quickly as possible.

While eating out one night watching the world pass by and enjoying some of the amazing food on offer in KL I noticed a hawker making his way along the street side restaurants filled with tourists, he was selling small furry puppets and every person that showed the slightest interest got a small puppet show right at their table.

The wheels on the bus go round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round.

// July 16th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Thailand

It’s been almost a week now since our teary goodbyes in Sihanokville, the morning after we scraped ourselves together and got the stupidly early bus to Bangkok bus as is always the case when taking a long distance bus that crosses a border… Things don’t always go to plan. Yet again one VIP ticket + Border crossing = cramped minivan the other side. Not that it bothers us much because we are used to it but it kind of set the tone for the long journey back to Kuala Lumpur.

We arrived in Bangkok not quite an hour after we were supposed to and quickly found a room down the Khao San road, from the very second we arrived Georgie’s agenda was taking over and that agenda was shopping. Faced with an imminent return to the UK she was dead set on spending what money we had left and some we didn’t on pretty things and who am I to deny a pretty lady of her trinkets.

We had a little stroll up the KSR before the journey caught up with me and I retired to the room leaving Georgie to shop until she dropped… Which wasn’t long. (more…)

From K.L all the way to Singapore… Little India oh how we love it.

// March 31st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Singapore

As ever the sumptuous VIP bus delivered us back to Kuala Lumpur in comfort and style. We arrived in KL around 8 o’clock, dropped neatly at the end of the road we needed in Chinatown it was a short walk down to the Grocers inn again.

As soon as we were checked in and our bags off we headed out to the bus station to book our tickets away (how very pro-active), next stop Singapore.

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