Day 140 We decided to follow the Lonely Planet walking route around Kuala Lumpur (KL) CBD. Our first stop was Dataran Merdeka, which was built by the British and was originally a cricket field, today it is where National Parades are held. From here we walked past mosque; we couldn't go in as Lorna was not wearing a head scarf or have her ankles covered and Al couldn't go in as he had his ankle's showing too. From the mosque we started our long walk to find some...

Day 139 We had to get the MRT and then had a long walk up Orchard Road to where we were getting the coach to Kuala Lumpur in the blazing heat. We didn't expect to have food on the coach so we had brought some munchies: although we were pleasantly suprised by the quality of the coach and to be provided with a packed lunch; although the packed lunch wasn't as good quality. It included a sandwich, drink, sweetcorn bun and a time out. Half way we stopped off at a ...

Day 138 Today we decided to go to Singapore Zoo which is known to be one of the most beautiful zoo's in the world. To get there we took the MRT to Ang Mo Kio and then got the bus 138 to the zoo. As we were approaching the zoo we saw signs designed to deter trespassers, they obviously take it seriously as they would shoot you. It seems like their law enforcement is strict as being caught in possession of drugs leads to the death penalty. We got to see some anim...

Day 137 We had planned a busy schedule for today and we purchased an MRT Card to get us around all the stops as quickly and easy as possible. First Stop we went to Orchard Road. This was where all the top hotels and high end fashion stores were situated. We just used this stop to access the Botancial Gardens, which were beautiful. We then went to Little India, which was very shady. We stopped for lunch and we ate curried vegetables and rice with our hands (i...

Day 135-136 We woke up early as our airport transfers was picking us up at 0830, we were pretty tired as we had been making pasties and watched some of the opening ceremony of the olympics. But Mel kindly made us a bacon and egg sandwich which set us up nicely for the day. Our flight from Auckland Airport to Sydney went smoothly considering all the problems Qantas had been having. However, on arrival at Sydney we were told that our connecting flight to Singapor...