Malaysia - day 1

This is the view from our OLD hotel. That's right; OLD. We booked the Istana for part sentimental reasons and part because it was a good hotel, seven years ago. This time, it sucked dogs balls. The staff was very nice but:

• The bed was hard as wood
• The shower didn't work
• The shower-head in the bath tub was leaking very much
• The carpet was dirty and old
• The fridge contained only one can of Coke and one can of beer
• The airconditioner was not working properly
• The hairdryer got so hot you could hardly hold it
• Bread at breakfast was old and stale

So after a shit night of sleep and no shower and crap breakfast, we had a little chat with the manager to let him know about this. He didn't want to refund the money for the second night but he did offer to give us a ride in his taxi service to our new hotel which we gladly accepted.

Bye bye old view...

Hello new room.

Much better. There was fresh fruit and flowers, too.

Nice bathroom that looked clean and was without mold.

Obviously happier.

The new view.

The hotel has a swimming pool and tennis courts.

In the afternoon we went for a walk and a little food-hunt. I had 200 grams of wagyu.

The petronas towers. Very beautiful buildings.

KLCC mall - ground floor. This is THE mall for tourists to shop.

The Deepavali festival starts soon. There are very colourful mandala's in the mall. These are created from coloured rice kernels.

Yeah. I did go in. And yeah, I did not leave empty handed :-P

The mall from higher up.