Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pangkor

Kuala Lumpur was really nice, and not just because of the fancy hotel and the showers! We spent a lot of time shopping in the many markets; the idea was to get some souvenirs but we ended up with plenty of new stuff for ourselves too. For some reason I couldn't drag Mikko from the shops and into a bar, which has NEVER happened before!

We also went to Merdeka Square (parliament buildings) and up the KL tower for some nice city views, and in the evenings we had some really nice meals. There's all kinds of food here, a bit Chinese and a bit Indian and a bit Western (which we don't usually bother with except for breakfasts!), and it's all really good!



From KL we travelled up to Pulau Pangkor in search of our island paradise, and this time we got lucky! It's a quiet place with just a few restaurants to choose from, no real bars (being a muslim country) but it has a lovely beach, some resident monkeys and a really nice laid back garden in the hotel where you can just chill out for hours reading a book, playing games, drinking a beer and meeting people.





We seem to have got ourselves into a bit of a routine, which goes a bit like this:

Get up (no earlier than 10am!)
Walk down the street and grab some breakfast/lunch
Spend a few hours on the beach until we start to burn or get thirsty
Go back home for a shower
Drink a couple of beers in the garden while playing chess
Go for a walk and get something to eat
A few beers back at the hotel garden while playing cards
Bed

It's a great routine! Only on one day did we deviate from this when we rented a moped and drove to the other side of the island because we needed to get to the bank. That involved some very scary winding roads but we also took in the sights of the islands which is not much, just a few beach views and a chinese temple which for some weird reason has disney characters in front of it!




We have booked our two final nights back in our posh hotel in Kuala Lumpur but until then, unless we get bored, we will be staying here observing the agenda above :-)