KL Clubbing, Tea & Dinner with friends!

We were going to video blog this, but we are just far too tired! Al is me, Nd is Andy's new Asian name ;)

Al: Last Friday, after shopping at 1 Utama we went back and chilled before going out to Zouk for Tucky's 21st, stopping for some night time photos at Petronas Towers on the way.

View from top of 1Utama mall

Pearl and I outside pink Petronas - it was pink in support of breast cancer research :)

Nd: This place Zouk where we celebrated Tucky's 21st is downtown near the Petronas towers is a popular place which has few different rooms with there own type of different music.

Edward, Andy, Pearl, Tucky et moi

Al: it was cool, and we had a wicked time even though we stayed pretty sober. Tucky had a Flaming Lambourghini, which is apparently the second strongest drink in the world. We wandered around checking out the other room in the club, and danced the night away. Then afterwards we got the Malaysian equivalent of a greasy kebab on the way home.

Tucky and his Flaming Lambourghini

Nd: it was a downtown Chinese late night place that served local meals not well known to tourists with names that I'll never remember.

After party food!

Al: It was all tasty, Andy particularly liked the stingray, and I liked the chicken wings. Anyway we went back to the hotel and slept really late, but eventually dragged ourselves out of the pit to search out some food and got caught in the monsoon.

Nd: Got up late.....really late and after trying to find something at the aeon supermarket we found by chance a English looking coffee place which we had brunch there and of course we had something that would been served in England.

Dr Cafe - they do a fantastic croissant.

Al: Croissants! I was delighted because the drastic diet change had hit my belly kind of hard. So I got myself a bit of English breakfast tea too to aid the healing process. Sitting in there with the monsoon pounding down outside was very relaxing. After the rain stopped, Pearl picked us up to go and visit her cousins, niece and nephew a little way out of the city centre. The house was incredible, I was blown away. I want my house to look like that when I get my own place; leather sofas, big tv, wood and marble dining table..

Nd: And not forgetting the marble floors, their house was impressive along with the neighbourhood and the meals they prepared for us was a welcoming sight. We spend a good few hours there without realising how quick time passed by.

Delicious dinner!

Al: The food was delicious, home made Chinese. Roast pork was my favourite, and Andy demolished two bowls of soup, and we ate like kings. There was also omelette, a kind of BBQ chicken, which they had kindly put some potatoes in for us English spud-lovers, along with leeks, broccoli, and more. So good! After dinner we stayed and chilled while the adorable shih-tsu scampered around. Then we went home to sleep in preparation for the next couple of days, which were very busy.

Naww

 

But more on that next time. See ya!

 

Journey and the first couple of days

Hi everyone! The journey from Gatwick to Kuala Lumpur went without a hitch, and we enjoyed some pretty special in flight treatment from Turkish Airlines which was a great new experience for this bumpkin, having only been on budget airlines before! The stop off in Turkey was brief, luckily, and we arrived in KL at about 4:30pm local time.

And here's some of our best pictures so far:

Us after getting off the plane and outside the hotel

Inside the Petronas Towers waiting to go up

Doing the Asian peace sign thang

Casually standing on a bridge 170m high separating two colossally huge towers.. No biggie

Views from observation deck

After parachuting down.. Just kidding! Although people do bungee off it sometimes.

Kuala Lumpur is a very picturesque place. That's Pearl in the middle for those who don't know.

Us with Pearl's brother Tucky - cool guy!

Some of the food we've been eating. Wish I could remember/had written down some of the names!

Petaling Street

So to sum up, we've been having an awesome time so far! expect another post soon about our clubbing experiences, among other things :) Thanks for reading!

A&A

 

Practice Video Blog!

If you can't see the video, follow this link: http://youtu.be/axdJ1ClOcks

 

A&A x

 

We just got Vietnamese visas!

Yesterday, Andy and I went to the Vietnamese Embassy in Kensington London to collect our visas - we are now allowed to be in Vietnam during the month of November!

 

 

Only 12 days to go until we fly out, we can't wait!

 

Alex

 

New Stuff and Latest Itinerary

Hello everyone! Today I got my travelling rucksack - it is basically like a suitcase with backpack straps and wheels, and looks ideal, as I'll be travelling fairly light. I also got a travel towel, a cotton bag for sleeping in, a drain plug so we can rinse our clothes in hostels with no sink plugs, and a socket adapter, as you can see:



Not forgetting of course, the pièce de résistance:

Funky new walking shoes! Light, sturdy, waterproof, comfy, and extremely BLUE. Love them.

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I also wanted to tell you all about some changes to our plans while we are out there, which you can see below:


16th-26th October – Malaysia

26th October-16th November – Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

16th-22nd November – Singapore

22nd-29th November – Indonesia

29th November-2nd December – KL Farewell long weekend and flight home



So as you can see we are now planning to visit a lot more different countries, in fact 6 countries in seven weeks! It's going to be a helluva ride, so keep checking here for updates, which will obviously be much more regular once we have actually gone. Departure date is 15/10/13, so stick it in your calendar if you're intending to keep up with our adventures :)

Until next time...

Alex

Welcome & Introductions

Hey everyone, this is the site where my good friend Andy and I will be recording some of the more interesting parts of our journey through Asia. Expect plenty of photos, videos and hopefully some entertaining anecdotes!

We are flying out to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 15th October. After spending a couple of weeks there with Pearl, another good friend of mine, we intend to fly up to Bangkok, Thailand and stay there for around 5 days. We will then cross the border into Cambodia, and visit the 7th wonder of the world, Angkor Wat on the way to the capital, Phnom Penh. Afterwards, we will cross the border into Vietnam and visit Ho Chi Minh City before flying back to Kuala Lumpur.
After a few days rest in KL, Pearl will rejoin us for a short trip across the border into Singapore, before returning to KL for one last weekend. We will be flying home to England on 2nd December, with lots of great experiences and memories I am sure.

At least, that's the plan! Who knows what might happen when we are out there, and plans can easily be changed. So this concludes my first blog post, and I hope people keep checking back and reading once we start posting properly. 

Peace!
Alex