For accommodation I used some Hilton points – and I have to say this is one of the most luxurious hotels I’ve stayed in. The room is magnificent – top floor but one – with marvellous views of the city and plenty of gadgets to play with. I’ll leave you to work out what the controls in the photo do… The night time photo of KL (Petronas Tower in the background) is taken from my bath!!!
With all the luxury of the hotel I was very tempted not to venture out… but I’m glad I did as KL is a fascinating place – a mixture of old colonial and modern – with a bombardment of smells (good and bad) and plenty of hustle and bustle. Thanks to Roslyn (who now has the pleasure of being Sir Fred’s support manager) for her KL travel tips. Rather than abandon the opportunity for a long lie, I decided not to rush to the Petronas Towers to try and get one of the limited tickets for the Skybridge – and decided that I’d get my city views from the Menarka KL (the 421m tall TV tower in the above photo from the bathroom) – Roslyn, I presume that’s the “other tower with the name you can’t remember” :-)
The 452m Petronas Towers are pretty spectacular - although for some reason it's hard to believe they were, for a time, the tallest buildings in the world. It's maybe to do with their geography - they're set fairly low down compared to the Menarka KL which is set on a hill.
Not sure what I’ll do tomorrow… but I have all day as my flight’s not until 9.30. I’ll get a chance to explore Singapore next weekend when my parents arrive at the outset of their own Far East adventure – one of the few parts of the globe they’ve not yet explored... I’m taking Friday off and will have until late Sunday evening with them before I fly off to Tokyo...
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Ah yes you have the fluffer-nutter in your hotel room. My cousin Michael liked it so much he bought one and installed it in his San Francisco condo.
Great name! Not sure I'll be following your cousin's lead though... how weird!!
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