Luxury and Lovebirds

Following a quick stop in Kuta, Bali, home of pumping nightclubs etc (although we considered it briefly, we sensibly decided not to party through the night and go straight to the airport for our 6am flight) we now find ourselves in Kuala Lumpur ("KL"). And yes, lawyers, Meg is aware that she is using a defined term in a blog post. You can take the girl...

After one night in a severely budget hotel in KL, we came to the conclusion that it would be rude to go budget when there are so many plush hotels in this city. So we checked ourselves into the Sheraton and have been enjoying gym/sauna/poolside action, in between exploring the city's street food stalls and (numerous) shopping malls. An evening spent exploring the organised chaos of Chinatown's market stalls netted Mark a new pair of yes, real, completely genuine Ray-Bans for $2.

We spent the day yesterday navigating the monorail system and trying not to get ourselves squashed walking down roads that were clearly not designed for pedestrians. Since the invention of air conditioning, KLites seem to have decided that being outside and walking anywhere is not the way to do things, which means the only way to walk from A to B (which would, on any map, look like a 5 minute stroll) is to skirt 4 lane highways.

After a stop at the Islamic art museum where Meg enjoyed inspecting the ancient illuminated Korans, we made our way to the bird park and Mark became quite a hit with the resident pairs of lovebirds. Maybe it was the newly trimmed ginger chinstrap.

That evening, following her escapades with the oreos etc, Meg was wary of trying new desserty foodstuffs, so imagine her excitement when it transpired that the Sheraton ALSO has a chocolate fountain which, as previously documented, can have no negative effects whatsoever.

Our next stop will be the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia where we hear you can pick your own strawberries at various strawberry farms. Meg is making arrangements to bring the chocolate fountain in her backpack....