Despite our best efforts to extend our check-out time as late as possible, the inflexible staff would only let us stay in the suite until 1300 so we checked out at the allotted slot and decided to kill time in town.However, before heading out we craftily managed to retain access to the lounge so we could at least help ourselves to the complimentary food and, if we were lucky, could still use the free wifi access. The transfer to the airport wasn't until 2100...

Breakfast was a totally maniacal affair, as the people from the crossing of nations jostled for somewhere to sit, then elbowed each other for plates, ladles, tongs and cutlery from one of the many food stations serving Malay, Continental, English, Chinese or Japanese food. We scrummed down for some pastries, toast and jam then fought our way to our table and relative luxury from the feeding frenzy.'We'll have breakfast upstairs tomorrow' we said to each othe...

We checked out of the Hotel Shangri La, sad to leave the friendly staff behind us but happy to be moving on to Beijing, but first had a couple days' stopover in Kuala Lumpur to recharge. We arrived at the Royal Chulan hotel in the early afternoon then spent ages discussing the room options with reception. Maria had already checked that our reservation was confirmed, which is just as well as their system had no record of our stay, so we were at least now co...