Well the weathers not too great in KK. It rained most of the day yesterday and is raining again now. Yesterday was pretty much a DVD day - Stay in lodge has a box full of DVDs, DVD player & TV all in the communal area for use by guests for no charge. Free tea & coffee and Internet too! Not bad eh?
Someone commented a while back that there was no mention of girls on this blog. The main reason for that is that this trip was never about sowing seeds around the world, but also as they suspected, there is a girl in the UK that I'm attached to although maybe not the kind of relationship that everybody would understand. Anyway, she is arriving at a very nice resort 30km outside of KK tomorrow for a two week break. So today I thought I'd catch the local bus up that way to see how easy it's going to be to get back & forth. 1.5 hrs on a local bus (4RM) into a town called Tuaran where you would of thought I was an alien strolling about. Obviously not many westerners bother to head up there, either that, or I had a something stuck on my face! It was also hard to find anyone that spoke English which is not the case following the standard tourist path in Malaysia, especially on the Peninsular. Consequently I walked for over an hour in search of said resort before running out of time. I had to turn back! The last local bus back to KK leaves at three, or that was the way I understood the locals. So I am still none the wiser, I will maybe try again tomorrow, perhaps hire a bike or a car. The only other alternative is to book into that 5* resort which is well beyond my budget. And after travelling for three months & doing things cheaply you sort of get into this mind set where you would rather spend a quarter of a taxi fare on getting the bus instead. I also can't stand to pay more than a tenner a night on a room! Tight git eh? That's what budget travelling is all about. The sooner the monies gone, the sooner you have to go home and I'm not ready yet! I need some more Island living - I love being on a island with nothing to do but chill, snorkel, swim & eat!
My visit to Tuaran wasn't a complete waste though. I stumbled across this great 9 storey pagoda temple (Ling San) so had a look around. 2RM admission fee was well worth it! So there's a couple of piccies above of the temple and some sunsets from the area around the night food market in KK. It is a great place to watch sunsets from. I'll be heading off down there for a feed in a bit.
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