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Saturday 12 January 2013

KL

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We arrived in KL in very good time - too early, in fact, for our transport in to the city, so we had to wait a while. The flight was great - just 7 hours and only a handful of others in Business Class meant we virtually each had a steward/stewardess to ourselves. The food was great again too - lots of Satay.

Of course, late afternoon not far from the equator (KL's just 3 degrees N, compared with Adelaide's 35 S, Grant's Pass 42 N and Banchory 57 N) inevitably means thunderstorms of some kind and we certainly had a downpour and some lightning, but it wasn't all that much really and it was dry by the time we went out in the evening.

Our hotel (Shangri-La) is big and beautiful, with terrific service. Here's our room:


Ross' room is identical - it's 2 nights of luxury for him after sleeping on a mattress on the floor in Adelaide, accompanied by the occasional cockroach and armies of ants!

We had a drink in Arthur's Bar at the hotel first:


We then had a very frustrating time trying to find our way to Taps Bar. Ross gave up eventually, but Jo and I got there in the end - via taxi. We walked back to the hotel where we could just see one of the Petronas Twin Towers lit up:


We also spotted some fairly large snails:


After a good sleep, breakfast was welcome - and what a spread it was. The choices were amazing, including honey direct from the comb:


There were also 2 chocolate towers - one white, one dark:


Then we posed outside the breakfast room:


Bye for now.

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