Kuala Lumpur 2016

1st leg of our 2016 visit to NewZealand.
Stop off in KL
After a VERY long flight we reached KL. m
Met by a relaxed, healthy looking Mick Quigley. The journey to the Q apartment took an hour with all the hectic busy roads around KL. t
Their apartment is amazing, 20 floors up, balcony overlooking a golf course and KL in the background - including the Petronas Towers in the distance.
As bothMick and Eileen had to go to work, we decided to go to the Batu Caves in order to keep ourselves awake. The caves are very large limestone ones up on a cliff with well over 200 steps to get in. As Ieuan's foot is in a boot( due to partial tear of Achilles' tendon) he decided to stay at the bottom. The caves have been transformed into a Hindu temple/ shrine. Very impressive but I personally would have preferred to have them in their original state.
It was extremely hot and humid so the AC in the taxi into KL was very welcome- as was the 1st drink of Tiger beer in a bar under the Petronis towers
We later met up with Quigleys - and Eileen's mother who was also staying with them- took a few obligatory photos and then went for food. It turned out to be the last day of Chinese New Year so the area we went to was extremely busy but buzzing with activity. Fire crackers, dancing dragons and a host of other street entertainers kept us awake for the evening. Amazing entertainment.

Day 2

After a very welcome nights sleep, we had a lazy morning. Both M and E had to work but Eileen finished at lunchtime so she took us for the historical tour of KL ending up in The Majestic hotel, an old colonial hotel where we met up with Mick. We then went to eat in Bejong, a traditional Malaysian restaurant, followed by a few drinks an Rock Bottom, where the Quigleys and Clare were quite well known. We ended up drinking with a group of men who were all in the oil business and all had Indonesian wives who were out together somewhere else. Two of the group were from Scotland, and 3 from Australia. They decided to adopt Kathleen as their granny. She didn't know whether to be pleased or upset. All in all another very successful tiring day.

Day 3

A day for the Ho Ho bus. Just as we were about to set off I realised that I had lost my camera! What a bummer. Luckily for me, Clare, took on the mission of tracking it down for me so Ieuan and I set off with second camera in bag. Things were going well when we reached the skytower until I realised that the battery for camera 2 was flat. All not lost I thought as I could use my new, second hand IPhone. Unfortunately taking photos was rapidly using up the battery on that and I needed it in case Clare contacted me. What a disastrous dilemma. We also needed to know where to meet up for the evening. In the meantime, we finished the bus tour having only got off to look at the craft market, and the final stopping place - the Petronis towers which we did the organised tour of. By the time we finished that, Ieuan had managed to contact Mick who was able to tell me that my camera had been found at the Majestic hotel in the ladies toilets no less. It took an hour by taxi to get there during the very busy peak time in KL. Mick then sent an Uber taxi to pick us up and take to meet them in Bangsar. Eileen had planned for us to have a quiet night in as we all had to be at the airport early on the Thursday. However Clare decided to come out that evening so we ate out instead. She had apparently spent a lot of time chasing up all the places we had been to the day before until she finally found it for me. I was verrrry grateful to her. After a lovely meal we returned to the apartment where a few bottles of wine were consumed - not the early quiet night that had been planned!! The 5.30 start the next morning was a bit of a shock.

Day 4

A very quiet journey to the airport but what a fabulous few days we had with the Quigleys.
Off on the next lap of our journey