Now back on the bus and to KL. The
drive was boring, I couldn´t sleep very well and the drive was quite
short, so we arrived at around 5.30am in the morning. I got to the
Metro station in KL and had to wait till finally the trains even
started driving. That´s when I figured, why not go to the KL Tower
and get a ticket up to the sky bridge.
At 7 when I made it there, were already
people lining up and now some time ago it was free to go up there, at
least the early ones. Well not any more, you have to pay 80 ringits
now, which are about 20 Euro. Well no why should I want to go up
there than? No need I decided and went for search for a Hostel. Now
it was already around 9 and I went back to China Town, but couldn´t
find the Hostel I was looking for. Tired and just wanting to rest I
walked in the first one I saw, asked the girl coming down if it was
clean, she said yes and I went up to ask for a bed. Just 15 ringit
for a night, it really was clean and it was quite comfy. Also the
owner is just a really nice person. So I got into a 3 bed room, well
it had no A/C but a fan which was good enough for me and also the
showers were really great. It´s called Birds Nest, there are two in
China Town. It´s great I recommend staying there to everyone, they
have doubles two for quite good rates.
Now having settled in I just wanted to
have some rest and watched a bit TV on my laptop before going for a
shower and finally taking off.
Well if you´re wondering why I came
back to KL, to be honest I wanted a place where I knew where what was
and just go for some shopping and relaxing. So that´s what I did, I
went back to the huge shopping centre, but to be honest when you´ve
seen the first three floors, skip the rest it´s not interesting at
all. Because most shops have the same stuff in them and you are no
able to try on, so better have a good eye if you are able to wear
those asian clothes or not. Considering my size I knew some stuff
just would have been to short but I managed to find one top, than a
set with blouse and little jacket, another shirt, a skirt (which I
totally love) some jewellery for just 25 Euro. I was quite happy with
that, went back to the Hotel were I met another German Girl, so we
went out and had some dinner, nearly went out to late, because most
shops were already closing. She also tried some kind of pancake and
was totally full after that, I had enough with my noddles, which
where yummy spicy =)
We went back and decided to have a look
what´s going on in a bar close by, but it was rather boring, besides
a crazy, old Malay guy who tried to dance with me and really gave me
the creeps, nothing happened and because alcohol is not that cheap in
KL we decided to call the night quits and better to go back to the
Hotel.
Down and done, a exhausting shopping
day...
Well yeah going to meet my aunt today.
Had to get all the way out of down to grab a bus to Melakka, but just
for 9 ringit, can´t complain, great price. Take the new bus station,
there all the locals go to too. Don´t take the ones in the city
centre otherwise you may end up paying 30 ringit and from china town
there is a line going directly over to the outside bus station, so
not to difficult to reach.
My bus drive was quite short but I
missed my aunt on the station, I was already on the bus to town and
they decided to take a taxi, guess who got away cheaper? Especially
because my uncle didn´t ask the driver to put the meter on. Well
always do that in Malaysia. If you ask for it they usually have to
put it on, if they don´t take another taxi.
The Hotel we stayed in was a bit more
luxurious than the places I stayed in. A soft big bed, A/C fridge and
everything you want with a good Hotel. So pure paradise for me after
my 12 days rather funny experiences. My little cousin and me would
share one room, my aunt, the baby and my uncle the other one. So we
brought our stuff up into the Hotel and took of to see Melakka.
A lovely town, I wouldn´t call it city
but a cute place. If you like colonial style buildings it´s right
for you. China town is basically one street with many restaurants, we
went to eat there and it was all right but the best was the
decoration. Ohh and I had tee eggs, which I think taste great. So
from there we got some ice cream, which was in a kind of egg with two
feet. It looked so funny, but was not the most practical to eat. But
the lower part would be great for real breakfast eggs.
Well from there we walked back around
to some temples, the kids were so quite that we were all surprised.
Seems like you just have to take them out and give them lots of new
stuff to see to firstly make them tired and secondly make them quiet.
We stayed in a small bar on the river, which is really cute made and
on the colonial site somehow it doesn´t smell as bad as on the china
town side. I know this is so mean to say, but it was true. Well maybe
it was just the wind direction that changed.
Now if you are without kids I´d say
you would be just fine with 1 day. It would be possible, if you like
to take your time and maybe go a bit shopping too, than better go
over a weekend and relax.
Ahh and if you really want to do
something unusual get on one of the bikes and let the driver take you
through the old town in there very colourful wagons, which each
playing some kind of music, from Hip-Hop to Classic, find your song
:P
There wasn´t much more, we went
basically back to the Hotel after having some beer or better said
trying out all different kinds and because the kids were really
tired. I presented my Sari and I have to say they are really comfy, I
think I will be wearing them more often, also at home and I got my
cousin, he well asleep after making his typical turn once around,
like a little puppy going in the circle to find the most comfortable
place. He slept the whole night through, well I didn´t because I
checked on him again and again, so that he wouldn´t be in danger of
falling from the bed and waking the whole Hotel up.
We slept through and my aunt woke us up
in the end, with a happy and awake baby in her arm. They had not so
much luck as me and the little one woke up quite early, so they
decided time to get breakfast. So she took her older one along to and
went ahead and I got myself ready before following them down to the
Hotel Restaurant. The food was all right a mix out of western and
asian, so for every taste something. We walked than after that back
to the Holland Buildings, and looked at an old church, with tons of
stairs up there, which was lovely, with old grave stones and without
roof and also a quite nice view over the whole town. Next to it were
some more historical buildings and that was basically it. There is
not much more to see, so we went shopping in one huge place and had
a fun time with that. Had to search for some headphones and I think
food stuff. So than we just had time to kill and went into a
McDonalds with a Playground and my little cousin took of. He was
soooo cute, running behind girls the whole time and trying to touch
their legs. Yeah he just is two years old, you got to start early
these days :P We had a good laugh and than got a taxi back to the
hotel and later on the bus station. Our bus was supposed to leave
earlier but it was Ramadan time, so the bus just didn´t arrive and
was more than half an hour late. Very annoying, but it can happen, I
mean the bus driver has to eat too at some point. So we were awfully
late back and my uncle who had to go to work the next morning was
quite tired. I was just kind of annoyed because of the border
crossing, had to fill out the entry form again, which took me some
time, but luckily the bus didn´t leave without me ;)
Well that´s it in the end....this were
my short Malaysian Holidays^^
