KL Trip (1): Journey to Kuala Lumpur

Date: Saturday, 17 May 2008
Location: From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur via Putrajaya

Tempted by invitation from Iko and Hera for us to have a short driving holiday to Kuala Lumpur (KL) together during the long Vesak Day holiday weekend, we left Singapore for KL in the morning at around 7am. Iko's family themselves has left Singapore for KL the night before.

We chose to go through Woodlands checkpoint and despite the long queue starting from the end of the BKE, we managed to clear immigration on both sides of the causeway within one hour.

We initially planned to have breakfast at Johor Bahru, but since we had some stocks of food such as bread and snacks accompanying us during the morning journey, we skipped breakfast and drove all the way towards the Klang Valley, with only a brief stop at Pagoh rest area for toilet break.

It was lunch time when we passed Seremban, so we decided to have a quick detour to Putrajaya for us to have our lunch at Rasa food court, which is located at Alamanda shopping centre.

We then left Putrajaya for KL and we headed directly to Crown Princess hotel for us to check in. The hotel is strategically located at Jalan Tun Razak near the intersection with Jalan Ampang, not far from the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and the Petronas Twin Towers.

When we reached the hotel, we were told that the room was not ready yet, so they gave us free welcome drink while we were waiting at the lobby lounge for the room to be ready. However, after waited for 30 minutes, the room was still not ready so we decided to put our luggage at the concierge and started our own tour around KL without first checking into the hotel room.

(To be continued)