The Pelican has landed

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur in much better shape than expected. The long plane flights were not fully booked and swift action on the Jug family side assured 4 seats for each of us - we slept like rich babies in the first class (now, we are Guessing about first class here).

Spent 3 days (and nights) doing nothing special, just getting used to living without time constraints (Nives still has some issues here, but she is actively working on it). KL is just perfect for this. It has all the infrastructure we are used to from Europe (Free wireless Internet almost everywhere), but it also has all the Asian charm and vibe. Food is just amazing - you can choose from Malay, Indian (Dejan got his share of chapatis and rotis) to Chinese (we didn't overdo it this time). Shamefully, we had some bread today - lasted only 3 days on rice. But it was goood :)). Life is good and cheap over here. Everything is about 20% of Irish prices the only exception is beer which is about the same price. Not that it's stopping us...


We have been here before so there was no panic to do the tourist trail (Nives did try, but few beers solved the problem pretty fast). We even went to cinema, which we never do on Holidays. Come to it, we never do it at home either. It was really good. Only funny thing is that here you dress up to go to the movies - much colder then outside. Very proud of ourselves that we are still appreciating the heat and the sun (not very much of it, mostly cloudy due to the monsoon). We got some really pitiful looks from locals today when we looked for spot in the sun and stayed there. Thankfully we moved soon enough, before they called 911. We really are staring to relax and slow down...


We have decided (after 3 days) that we have enough of the city life (read eating, sleeping and shopping) and that it is time to hit the beach. We will take a night bus to east coast of Malaysia. Our first stop will be Palau Tioman, which is listed among the 10 most beautifully islands in the world. Diving there is not bad either - no pelagic expected, but a bit of nice and relaxed floating.

Jet-lag is still killing us. Couldn't leave the hotel before noon so far, but bright and cheery at midnight. Hopefully tonight's bus drive will resolve that problem.