Hoga hojder!

Hade vi haft hojdskrack skulle de senaste dagarnas aktiviteter inte ha varit sa mycket att ha. I gar fick vi antligen komma upp i the Petronas Twin Towers, varldens nast hogsta byggnad. Man far i och for sig bara komma till halften men det rackte bra. 170 meter upp i luften sa har man hyfsad utsikt! Efter att ha koat en bra stund sa var det hela over ganska fort. Hissen gar med 60km/timme upp dom 41 vaningarna till the Skybridge dar man sedan far vara i ungefar tio minuter, men det var vart tiden i ko!

Lisa meter upp i luften, med utsikt over K.L.

Idag fortsatte vi att bestiga hojder! Strax utanfor Kuala Lumpur ligger natt sorts Hinduiskt tempel som kallas the Batu Caves, dar har vi tillbringat formiddagen. 272 trappsteg rakt uppfor en bergvagg far man klattra for att komma till grottan med sjalva templet. En ganska maktig upplevelse. Var aven en upplevelse i sig att lyckas kliva pa ratt stadsbuss och ta sej med livet i beholl fram coh tillbaka, later ibland som att bussen ska falla isar!

KL by night

Yesterday, when we visited the Petronas towers (but didn't get in) we met 3 Dutch guys that stayed in the same guesthouse as us in Melaka. They were gonna go to try KL's nightlife.. we had planned to do that today, but changed our minds and went to some bars with them last night instead. We stayed out until the bars closed, and I guess that we can say that the bars/clubs of Kuala Lumpur are very nice. The music was good, but the beer and drinks were a little expensive (Swedish prices :) ) and there was an entrance fee in all the crowded bars & clubs. But this was our one and only night clubbing in KL, and we didn't spend too much money. But we had so much fun.


















Lisa, Gerard, Bram and Tom enjoying themselves in a very nice bar called Sangria.


Tonight we are going to a nightmarket in Little India. It's a market tht is open on saturday nights untill sunday morning. Well this is according to the Lonely Planet guidebook... we'll just be glad if we find it.

Indisk mat och hoga hus!

Onsdags kvallen blev en upplevelse utover det vanliga. Varan supertrevliga guesthouse vard Mr Waha tog oss med ut for att ata middag. Vi gick till en indisk gaturesturang i narheten (en san som vi inte vagat ata pa sjalva for att dom inte har nagon meny pa engelska och vi darfor inte kan bestalla). Dar bestallde han typisk indisk mat at oss; natt sorts tunt brod med olika saser till och aven rocka. Allt ats med handerna och Waha och dom andra skrattade forst at hur forsiktiga vi var med handerna men efter ett tag kom vi in i det :) Det var jattegott och verkligen en upplevelse!

Torsdag morgon bar det av igen. Skumpade in till Melakas busstation i en stadsbuss (dom haller till skillnad fran langfardsbussarna inte samma standard som hemma) och klev darefter pa en av langfardsbussarna till Kuala Lumpur. Framme i KL checkade vi in pa ett guesthouse och gick sen ut for att kolla laget. Till en borjan verkade hela stan kaotisk men efter att ha atit lite och fatt tag pa en fungerande karta sa kandes stan rikitgt trevlig. Finns mycket att gora och massor att shoppa billigt (det senare bade pa gott och ont med tanke pa var ekonomi och packning :)). Gick pa marknad i Chinatown under eftermiddagen och avslutade kvallen pa en trevlig reggea bar.

Idag tog vi en promenad till Petronas Towers och Kuala Lumpur tower, tva kanda byggnader. Fick inte aka upp och kolla pa utsikten idag, men vi kommer nog tillbaka dit en annan dag.

Malaysia

On tuesday morning we left Singapore. We jumped on a bus that, except for stopping on both sides of the boarder to clear immigration, took us directly to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. -Where we didn't stay long.. another bus took us to Melaka where we right now are staying. Nice city, even though there is not much to do around here.. So soon we'll be going to Kuala Lumpur. The busses are nice here, allmost as modern as the ones back in Sweden, so we have decided to keep on travelling by bus. You get to see more of the country when sticking to the roads. ... and it's cheap, we are after all trying to keep a small budget.

Sista dagen i Singapore

Gar allt enligt planerna lamnar vi Singapore i morgon bitti! Planerar att fortsatta var resa mot Malaysia, narmare bestamt staden Melaka pa Malaysias vastkust. Singapore har, som ni kanske forstatt av tidigare inlagg, varit helt underbart. Idag tog vi en valbehovlig lang sovmorgon och har sen spenderat eftermiddan och kvallen nere vid floden och bara haft det mysigt.

Tourists in Chinatown

Without knowing anyhting about it we happened to visit Singapore during the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. So when we last night went to the Singapore's Chinatown there were thousands of lanterns, lights, coulours and people. We really enjoyed the market but the craziest part of the night was defenitely the Trishaw tour which we had got for free from one of Lisa's tourist guides. A Trishaw is some kind of taxi bike and our driver was probably the coolest in Singapore. He didn't take us on the normal tour, instead he decided to drive in to market which meant that everybody else had to move to not get overdriven!

In the Trishaw with our driver!

Singapore day two - and still alive

Our 2:nd day in Singapore.. And it's great!
Last night we visited a place called little India, we got that idea from one of the 1 000 000 tourist guides that Lisa got from the airport.
It was cool actually.. there was a market, where you could buy... everything(!) in different colours. Then we called it a night, since Ida was fallig asleep while Lisa was talking to her. One word- Jetlag!
Today we have adjusted a little to the 6 hour time difference. So, after breakfast we went for a walk to the Colonial District. The buildings are built in the colonialera, and actually well preserved.

Some pics are on their way.

Singapore

Sa var vi antligen framme. 10 plus 2 timmars flygresa, jetlag och en droppe svett i pannan, med andra ord precis som det ska vara :)
Singapore ar kung och vi har precis kollat in grannskapet och atit middag for 16kronor var.
Lisa har snott en miljon brochyrer, sa nu anfaller vi turist attraktioner och dylikt. Ikvall borjar vi med att besoka Little India, sags vara drag dar pa fredagkvallarna med marknad i glada farger.

Byebye sundsvall

Finaly on our way.We are now taking the train to Arlanda airport. Pretty much nervous ofcourse, but we are so damn happy to finaly get the chance to make the trip of our lifes.Bye Bye sundsvall,Hello asian dream.

... And for our Englishspeaking admirers

Tomorrow we are finally leaving Sundsvall, Sweden and Europe for Southeast Asia! First up is Singapore, where we probably will stay for 5 days, a week or something like that. Hopefully we will write some of the posts in English. Otherwise, maybe we can send e-mails... We'll see how things 'll work out.

Grattis Världen!

Ida och Lisa ska ut å resa! Om bara tre dagar bär det av. First stop - Singapore.
Vi ska försöka skriva så ofta vi kan. Mestadels på Svenska, men kanske också några inlägg på engelska. Men räds ej, kommentera gärna - på valfritt språk :)