continued from A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia Greg rallied, and we boarded our Malaysia Airlines flight to Hong Kong. The “pilots” did not want to fly on Malaysia Airlines (they are well aware of the mysterious disappearance of flight 370), but our options from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong were pretty limited. It was Malaysia Airlines or an airline with a name similar to “Scoot Scoot Boom Boom”. Upon take-off,…
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A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia
Read morecontinued from One Night in Kuala Lumpur. The drive from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara National Park took us 3 hours and 45 minutes. It was easy driving, and very similar to driving in the United States aside from the whole driving on the wrong side of the road thing. Balai Serama Guesthouse Our stay for the night was at the Balai Serama Guesthouse, located about 10-minutes from the entrance…
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One Night in Kuala Lumpur
Read morecontinued from How to Spend Two Action Packed Days in Singapore There are a handful of ways to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Singapore. We chose to take the bus. This offered us a new form of public transportation and it was cheaper than flying. Singapore to Kuala Lumpur By Bus Prior to selecting our bus company, I had read several reviews of folks being stranded at the customs…
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How to Spend Two Action Packed Days in Singapore
Read moreOn Thursday, March 21st we took United Airlines, 10:30PM flight from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Singapore. The “pilots” selected this flight because the aircraft was a Boeing 787 (a.k.a. the “Dreamliner”) and one of their favorites. The flight was an exceedingly long seventeen hours with a bunch of turbulence over the Pacific. We arrived in Singapore Saturday morning at 7AM. It was nighttime the entire way, so it…