It's my second time out of the country, the first one of which I don't remember that much. The only detail that remains vivid until this time is when we were oblivious of how to pay in the Hong Kong bus that we handed our payment to the driver... Shivers. Being older and more knowledgeable about the world, I can attest that during my second trip out of the country, I was not too oblivious of our destination and knew (a bit) of what we are supposed to do and most importantly, eat.
But I'm not an expert so our foodtripping in Malaysia is exciting and surprising.
Before our first day in Malaysia, our Cebu Pacific flight was delayed - apparently refueling for quite some time and then getting stuck in runway traffic - and so we were probably an hour late when we arrived at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur. I was looking at the tall building with the interesting roof and wished the airport would be there but since we were flying Cebu Pacific, we have no choice but to take in the 'budget' interior of the budget terminal.
But I'm not an expert so our foodtripping in Malaysia is exciting and surprising.
Before our first day in Malaysia, our Cebu Pacific flight was delayed - apparently refueling for quite some time and then getting stuck in runway traffic - and so we were probably an hour late when we arrived at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur. I was looking at the tall building with the interesting roof and wished the airport would be there but since we were flying Cebu Pacific, we have no choice but to take in the 'budget' interior of the budget terminal.
Yes, we were off to Imigresen. :)
The people were nice enough, including the immigration official, who let me go back to the celcom booth to activate my Cebu Pacific Malaysian SIM card. The card was preloaded with 5 MYR (I think), which allowed us to call our hotel to say that we're going to arrive late. I also bought a top-up card worth 10 MYR, which came in a strip of paper. Amazing since it isn't wasteful compared to our plastic wallet-sized cards.
Right after we have gone out to look for the buses (or Bas as they call it in Malaysia), I instantly sense the old/cabinet smell. I'm not sure if it's the terminal or something else. There's also an Indian/Malaysian restaurant nearby, where I smelled curry. We found our bus going to City Centre and by past 6PM, we're on the road.
We noticed it was still bright outside like it's 5:30PM in Manila. The ride was devoid of traffic and off the bus went for I think almost two hours before we reached City Centre. We saw the Petronas Tower peeking from afar as well as the KL Tower poking out of the towering buildings and we feel that yes, we are in a different country!
The first thing I noticed when we got out of the bus was that the traffic was smoothly flowing and people are crossing the streets calmly haha. There were also few people out on the streets though, unlike in Manila where the night is alive all the time (read: BPO companies). We were quite hungry and thankfully our hotel was just near the bus station.
