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Rightho, uploading 2 blog posts in 24hours. That's a first on this trip...
So having spent 2 days wrapped in an F1 bubble, Flo and I decided it was high time to explore KL but unfortunately did not bargain on us being quite so exhausted from the excitement of the previous days. This meant that tiredness combined with a dark room meant we had a very long sleep and awoke refreshed if not slightly later than expected. We decided to head out to see the Petronas twin towers which were, at one stage (until 03 I think) the tallest buildings in the world. Conveniently, there are 3 humungous malls located right next to the towers so, as you can imagine our day was pretty much decided. We took the LRT (metro) to the city centre (KLCC) before heading out along Jalan Ampang (a famous street) in search of a good view of the towers. It was ridiculously hot and sweaty and left us both slightly irritable but thankfully we found great views and a park to take a quick rest which improved our spirits greatly. We spent a couple of hours browsing the shops, picking up much needed items before heading to the cinema to see oz the great and powerful. At the high end price of 10 ringit (£2) we felt that this was breaking the budget. The film was bizarre (we're not clued up on trailers currently) but all the Malaysians found it utterly hilarious which definitely added on the experience and made it significantly more memorable.
The following day we decided to head to the national mosque and, shock horror, walk there in the heat. Great idea on our part. We did successfully navigate our way there with 0 wrong turnings, passing the old train station on our way which was built by a British architect and is said to be beautiful...we're not quite sure what we were missing but we didn't find it extraordinary! When we arrived at the mosque we were greeted by the news that it was not open to non Muslim tourists. Cool. We took some snaps of the building before heading to merdeka square which was beautiful with English, Tudor Esque buildings on one side of the green and eastern buildings and a mosque on the other. This part of town was far prettier than other parts and we very much enjoyed our wander towards KLCC despite requiring air con urgently! Upon arrival at the mall we had a spot of lunch followed by a manicure (necessary for our impending return to the beach) followed by another film (the novelty just wasn't wearing off) this time to see side effects with Jude law and Channing Tatum which was seriously good we thought! We headed back via Chinatown to once again inspect the marvellous fakes.
We had a great time in KL but were more than ready to leave the heat and bustle of cities for the beaches of thailand today. What we were not ready for was the 4am start. Ouch. Especially as it was 8pm at home as we were getting up! We landed in krabi ahead of schedule and thought yes! We're going to be in Phuket super early. Oh how wrong we were. After a bus from the airport dropped us at the 'bus station' (it so wasn't) where we were told the next bus was at 11 so we dutifully waited for 2 and a half hours, hopped on a bus with no aircon thinking, by Jove this is going to be a fun journey, before confusingly hopping out 20 minutes later to wait at another station. If you are now confused that is exactly what we were too. 45 minutes later a bus finally arrived to take us to Phuket with us having to pass our bags onto the roof (we were too weak and some nice guys had to help, well do all the lifting for us) before we eventually set off with multiple stops here there and everywhere. At 4;00 we eventually reached our hotel, slightly tired and were greeted by smiling receptionists who had great news for us. We had been upgraded. I repeat upgraded to a Bungalow. I've never been upgraded!!! We think it's because of flo's birthday which is even more exciting!! So that has put big smiles on our faces and this place is exactly what we need to celebrate and end our 10 weeks together in style!!!
Lots of love Tess and Flo xx
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YKW Wohoo how exciting for your bday!!
sandra happy birthday my flobear, have a lovely day lots of love mummy sandra xx