We have had no sleep since taking off at 12:00 in the morning at Heathrow and have travelled 12 hours, but have landed at 7:10 in the morning in Malaysia to see the sun rise. KL's airport is miles away from the city and you even have to get a mono rail train to get you to the baggage collection. After fetching our cases we got on a mini-bus and rolled past the F1 track along empty roads and contrasting chock-a-block roads where no one indicates and there seem to be no rules. At least the roads are lined with manicured hedges and flowers that hide the crash barriers behind them.
After an hours drive I arrive at my destination of Trader's Hotel, KL where I shall be staying for the next 2 nights. It is a ultra-modern hotel situated opposite the Petronas Towers. Everything is shiny and glitzy and it is oh so modern that it has to have it's reception on the 5th floor for no particular reason. Trying to operate the lifts is quite hard, it's all about timing...you insert your room card in a slot then quickly with draw it and press the floor, however if your a tiny bit to slow then it won't work and you will go to the wrong floor. For this reason we ended up 5 floors too high and lost my mum in the lifts, as she was too slow in getting out of the lifts. The room is very swish with breathtaking views of the Petronas Towers and park with it's paddling pool, playground and jogging track.
Now after travelling for 12 hours your meant to overcome jet lag by not sleeping through the day and just getting on with it however, the bed looked so comfy so I had to test it out and ended up falling asleep for 5 hours or so. OH WELL! Sleep is good :-)
3 in the afternoon I went for a walk around the park to the nearby shopping centre, supermarket and its strange delights which you can get to if your lazy by the hotel's golf caddy type thing. The rest of the day was spent gauping at the Petronas Towers at various times of the day and night, as they are so spectacular, eating food at an American restaurant, which has really really nice steaks and strolling through the park at night staring the water fountain show, which lasts till about half ten at night.
After an hours drive I arrive at my destination of Trader's Hotel, KL where I shall be staying for the next 2 nights. It is a ultra-modern hotel situated opposite the Petronas Towers. Everything is shiny and glitzy and it is oh so modern that it has to have it's reception on the 5th floor for no particular reason. Trying to operate the lifts is quite hard, it's all about timing...you insert your room card in a slot then quickly with draw it and press the floor, however if your a tiny bit to slow then it won't work and you will go to the wrong floor. For this reason we ended up 5 floors too high and lost my mum in the lifts, as she was too slow in getting out of the lifts. The room is very swish with breathtaking views of the Petronas Towers and park with it's paddling pool, playground and jogging track.
Now after travelling for 12 hours your meant to overcome jet lag by not sleeping through the day and just getting on with it however, the bed looked so comfy so I had to test it out and ended up falling asleep for 5 hours or so. OH WELL! Sleep is good :-)
3 in the afternoon I went for a walk around the park to the nearby shopping centre, supermarket and its strange delights which you can get to if your lazy by the hotel's golf caddy type thing. The rest of the day was spent gauping at the Petronas Towers at various times of the day and night, as they are so spectacular, eating food at an American restaurant, which has really really nice steaks and strolling through the park at night staring the water fountain show, which lasts till about half ten at night.
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