09 Apr 10 Fast cars, Fatboy & Singapore
We left Koh Samui for Phuket airport at around 6am last Friday morning and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at around 4am the next day. Rather than sightseeing Jackie and I slept for a couple of hours then made our way to the Sepang circuit to watch the F1 Malaysian GP Qualifying. Once that was finished we went back to Chinatown and done some much needed shopping (shoes, perfume, new wallet etc).
Early the next morning we returned to the Sepang Circuit for the F1 race. After the race we stayed in Sepang for the concert in the evening. The first to perform was Wycliff Jean, who was given a 90 minute set. Really! The man who has only 3 recongnisable songs would only need 9 minutes. Even he knows that, he spent the majority of the time playing other peoples songs and banging on about Michael Jackson, Haiti and other world issues that people didn’t really come to hear!
After Wycliff Jean was Fatboy Slim and he totally rocked the place. During his set we noticed Dan (one of the lads we met in Melbourne) in the front of the crowd. We made our way through and spent the rest of the night with them.
The next day was my Birthday, so Jackie and I went shopping to try and find a new Diesel watch, as mine is nearly crook. Turns out, nowhere in Malaysia sells Diesel watches. So that buggered that plan then!
On the Tuesday we took a tour round the city visiting the Lake Gardens, KLCC (big shopping centre), the Twin Towers, KL Tower and the National Palace. Kuala Lumpur is a really clean city with excellent transport system and it’s kind of similar to London in that it is a melting pot of cultures.
We spent our last day around Time Square where Jackie took herself to the hairdressers. We loitered around the place until the evening where we took an overnight train to Singapore.
With only two nights in Singapore we thought we’d be pushed to see it all. Truth is it’s only 22 miles wide and, like KL, had brilliant transport links so we managed to see everything we wanted such as the Night Safari, Raffles, The Esplanade, The Merlion, India Town, China Town and some of the many shopping centres. Infact, I’m certain that’s all people do here, shop, because theres so many of them. Singapore isn’t as nice or clean as KL but it’s still been a worthy visit.
