All weekend we have been hearing television warnings of an impending hurricane force gale approaching the south of England. So we are not surprised to learn that our flight to Dubai is one of many that is delayed. We feel rather blessed in fact to get away from Heathrow just a few hours late. The ripple effect is a six hour stopover at Dubai in the middle of the night before we are able to catch a connecting flight to Kuala Lumpar.
The idea of a couple of nights in KL Is to help combat jet lag, having discovered that a similar stopover in Hong Kong last year worked so well. We manage to check-in at the Concorde Hotel which is very comfortable and well located in central KL. The weather is hot, so a plunge in the hotel pool and a beer, followed by a Malaysian barbecue at a nearby outdoor cafe rounds off a long day or was it days!
We have one full day in KL and decide to simply wander, shop and take in the sights. All of this is enjoyable, most especially viewing the capital from the Observation Deck of the KL Tower, the BB Plaza and dinner at 'Madam Kwan' at the Twin Towers. Having tried to walk early in the morning in the Malaysian heat, the rest of the day we move around by taxi. There are two benefits that this brings, firstly air-conditioning in the cab and secondly very informative tourist advice from extremely friendly cab drivers, all this at very cheap rates.
So now we prepare to return to Melbourne, hoping to walk the bridge between the Twin Towers and take the tour before our hourlong taxi trip back to the airport ready for our mid afternoon flight which is scheduled to arrive in Melbourne at 2.05 am on Friday.
Thank you to you all for following us on the blog, we enjoyed your feedback via email, comments and Facebook. Sorry about the photos on this blog apparently the IPad is out of storage capacity or it has jet lag! We will endeavour to rectify this and upload some photos of KL when we return to Melbourne.
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