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KL, MY oh my

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Well, it looks like I made it okay. Got into the hotel around eight this morning.

Man was that a long flight. 22 hours in the air, 2 hours trying to navigate Terminal 1 at CDG (I've never flown into CDG1 before and now hope that I never do. Maybe this is worthy of another entry, but to make a long story short - CDG1 is an incredibly confusing place to do a flight-to-flight transfer if you are staying inside CDG1...ick), 1 hour in the KLIA going through customs and another hour to get to the hotel. Add that to the two hours that I spent waiting in the departure lounge in Toronto (I'll forgive my 15 minute cab ride to the airport) and that made getting here a 28 hour investment.

I think it'll be worth it though. I really love this part of the world. Not only is it 12 hours ahead of my part of the world timewise, this region also looks like its 12 hours ahead of my part of the world.

Commercial names and signs are great as well. Theme Happiness. Definitely the place to go for lunch. (Apparently, the Lions Club of Ampang thinks so too!)

I also didn't realize that the man behind Blogmedia also has a chain of coffee shops. Neat.

Two parting words.

Jet. Lag.

I'm really starting to feel likes its 3am. Hopefully I can keep my eyes open long enough to get through it otherwise I'll be screwed for sleep all week.

More later...

 

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  1. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    I bet your glad your a non-smoker now huh? I'd be a basket case after 22 hours without a nail. Have a ton of fun!

  2. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    I would love to be there having never seen KL so do us proud.
    Remember to thank Tina for all her hard work on transfers!

  3. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    It doesn't take a long flight for me to appreciate those benefits - getting up in the morning without hacking up a lung is big enough as it is :-)
    There will be no fun to be had on this trip. It is a business trip, so everything will be very serious.
    (Pssst! You can read my secret trip reports here. Don't tell Elliot.)

  4. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    There will be gift-shopping to be had, though, won't there, Mr. Rader?!

  5. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    Now this is interesting: Invalid category or insufficient privileges: HappyFunExcitingSecretTripReports"

  6. (name not saved), July 17, 2004

    Yeah I get the same thing. I'm underpriviledged. Guess I'll have to create my own: HappyFunExcitingSecretTripReports

  7. (name not saved), July 18, 2004

    Yeah, one cup of coffee was not enough to help me burn the midnight oil ;)

  8. (name not saved), July 19, 2004

    It may be too late but if you can drop by Jalan Alor. The best food hawkers from Penang hangs out here. You can also buy super cheap flash in KL (like 40% to 60% less than Canadian prices - I thought they were stolen prices it was that cheap and in Malaysian dollars).