6.30 alarm
as I needed to be up and out to find a taxi to take me to the Golden Mile
Complex as this is where my bus was leaving from at 8am. Everything went
according to plan, the taxi only took about 10minutes and cost me a couple of
quid, bargain. Before I arrived here everyone said Singapore is expensive and
yeah my accommodation was the same price as what I was paying in Australasia
but everything else is relatively cheap well compared to what I’ve been
spending on a daily basis over the last couple of months.
The bus was
double decker and I was on the bottom, they gave you a reclining chair with
massaging facility as well as a plug socket, tv, films, water, was a pretty
sweet set up!
Within in 40minutes of leaving we were at border control where you got a stamp
in your passport and then back on the bus. We then went across the bridge where
on the other side you had to queue up again, another stamp and stare you down,
walked around a corner put your bags through a machine and that’s it. Done,
back on the bus and Hello Malaysia! Way easier than I thought it was going to
be and stress free! Win win situation.
There were
only two drop off points, one was at the airport and the other was in the city.
I had no idea where I was but obviously I could see a McDonalds so I went and
got a drink and sat in there to use their wifi to find out exactly where I was.
The nearest train station was a 10minute walk and it wasn’t on the line I
wanted anyway, so I decided to write down the exact address of where I’m
staying and jump in a taxi. He dropped me right outside and the location is
amazing. Sunshine Bedz (yes with a Z…) is a 2 minute walk to the train station,
right above Mcdonalds, Starbucks and any other chain you can think of which
also means I have 3 different massive shopping centres right on my doorstep!
After
settling in I made my way over to the Pavilion shopping centre to have a look
around, after an hour or so I turned to leave and it was raining! I remembered
I walked past a Daiso, it’s a Japanese pound land, so I went back there and
bought myself a cheap umbrella. If it was just a little bit of rain I wouldn’t
have minded but it was pretty mental! I also thought that if it rains at the F1
tomorrow I could use it there too.
I rarely
post things on Facebook but when I’m travelling it’s a good thing to do because
as well as updating people at home, you discover other people you’ve met are in
the same places as you. Like in Singapore, 2 of the guys I met on the Kiwi
Experience bus are in KL for the F1 so I went over to Chinatown to meet them
for dinner. Luckily it had mostly stopped raining by then and it was really
good to catch up with them. We also have to live our lives before mobile phones
and hope that the time and place you agree works. I was 15minutes late because
of the train and luckily I managed to find them! We went to one of the many
restaurants along the strip to have some noodles and beer.
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