On our return visit to Kuala Lumpur we have not moved around much at all. We have sat in the lounge bar in the hotel, and visited two shopping centres and China Town, plus taken a trip on the mono rail (two stops). We have had a very lazy time, observing life around us, as well as enjoying shopping, but more about that later.
We are staying in the Melia, which is conveniently placed in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. A really comfortable hotel with large bedrooms, a very comfortable lounge bar overlooking the street, and excellent dining facilities. And most importantly the air conditioning is not set at below freezing point.
The hotel can be seen in the photograph below, the building with many, many glass windows, between the high pillars of the shopping centre.
The view through the huge picture window in our hotel room. We look directly into the gym in the shopping centre/hotel opposite our hotel. The building looks very imposing, but could do with a good clean on the outside, as could most of the buildings in Kuala Lumpur. I think that there is a lot of smog here, mainly caused by the thousands of cars with smoky exhausts.
The view from the lounge bar, a really good spot for spending time looking out at the world outside. The mono rail runs above the street between the hotel and the shopping centre/hotel opposite. Very impressive.
And the shopping. Fantastic. Dazzling. We never tired of walking around looking into the shops in the shopping centre opposite our hotel. And in the basement there was the usual Asian food court, with the most delicious dishes. Much better than in Singapore.
But the most exciting visit was to the electronic shopping centre behind the hotel. Six floors of electronic gadgets - mobile phones, tablets, computers and all the related accessories. We were in electronic paradise. The only downside, were the eager salespeople who pounced on you, in the hope that they could make a sale. And one salesmen was successful, as we bought a second hand Galaxy S Advance smart phone from him, for what we considered a reasonable price. The phone was released out for sale in July 2012 and the owner traded it in for a new phone. Well that was the story anyway. Time will tell, as to whether we picked up a bargain or not. We now have three smart phones! And plenty of chargers.
Samsung phones, in all shapes and sizes are the most popular mobile phones sold here. Interesting. Not Apple. Is this because Malaysia is a near neighbour of South Korea, or is it because Malaysians know that Samsung make superior mobile phones? My apologies to Apple fans.
Today we took the mono rail for two stops, and visited China Town again. This is the area that sells fake goods, and lots of them. We spent quite a lot of money here on our last visit, so set off today to do the same. And we came back with many items, which we hope are all good bargains and will not fall apart too quickly. Walter was in his element as he loves haggling over prices.
A great place for bargains, as long as you do not mind that they are all fakes.
And this shop has the largest variety of mobile phone and tablet covers that I have ever seen, in all sizes and colours. Rows and rows of them. Overwhelming really.
And tomorrow we fly back to the United Kingdom, hopefully to good weather. We are also going back to a fitness and diet regime, as we need to lose some of the extra weight gained from all the delicious food we have eaten. There is always a downside to travelling around other countries.
Walter is also going back with a trendy haircut, from a fancy hairdressing saloon in the shopping centre. Unfortunately there is no photograph, as he is too modest, but I can assure he looks good.
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