Going to Malaysia
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I found the easiest way to fly from London to Auckland was to have a 5 day layover in HK! (Seriously, if you have a break in the flight, get out of the airport if you can!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
I have just that coming back - 5 days in HK. Only 1.5 hrs in Singapore on the way out though :(
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Ha! Yes, it does. I spent 2 days in Canada once, right across the border, so I consider that not really leaving the US. I'm sure all the Canadians here will have a different opinion about that.
And us Brits! Canada is still part of the Empire.
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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I have just that coming back - 5 days in HK. Only 1.5 hrs in Singapore on the way out though :(
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Have you done HK before?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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Have you done HK before?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
Nope, only on the airport. Any recommendations for a hotel would be useful actually if you have any suggestions.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Not sure yet where exactly I'm going... I found out yesterday at 10am that I'm leaving tomorrow at 11:30am. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle that 21 hour plane ride. I can barely go for 3 hours without a cigarette right now.
thebeekeeper wrote:
I'm not sure how I'm going to handle that 21 hour plane ride. I can barely go for 3 hours without a cigarette right now.
Yeah that sucks. I'm a smoker and just got back to Sydney after a week in Amsterdam which included 48 hours flying. I usually find it's not as bad as you expect it to be. You sleep for about 8 hours without a smoke every day anyway way its really not that bad. I think from memory that KL airport has a smoking room you can use before you pick up your bags and go through immigration.
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Nope, only on the airport. Any recommendations for a hotel would be useful actually if you have any suggestions.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
There is the Silvermine beach on Lantau, I found it very reasonable in price, and it is a quiet area, which believe me, in HK is rare!. It is in Mui Wo (pron Mee Waa). Whilst you are in HK, go up the mountain (via a San Francisco style trolly bus) and see the whole of HK and Kowloon from the top, (Bring money, big mall on top and try the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co). Also... Jade Market in Kowoon, Causeway Bay for a night out, and get the Hydrofoil over to Macau. (Make Macau a whole day, but go after 9.30 am! too busy on the HFoil otherwise) Remember NOT to be shocked at the prices, HK$ 24 for a beer is still only £1.50 or so. See the HSBC building, it is huge, and also the 'House of a Thousand Arseholes'. Getting the ferry from HK ferry port at night is a sight not to forget, and if you are there on a Sunday, wander around the elevators. (This is not a lift or moving stairway, it is a whole pedestrianised area 50 feet above ground that travels between, around and through buildings! Fantastic idea, but on a Sunday is amazing!) Have fun!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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Yeah, last year on holiday. KL and Langkawi - it was good, Langkawi especially. Steer clear of Penang though, its Asia's answer to Tenerife and the ferry has cockroaches trying to climb up your trousers.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
Steer clear of Penang though, its Asia's answer to Tenerife and the ferry has cockroaches trying to climb up your trousers.
Yuck. Will take note of that in case I ever visit Malaysia.
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thebeekeeper wrote:
So, I've never really been out of the US before...
Does that imply you've sort of been out of the US before? :confused:
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There is the Silvermine beach on Lantau, I found it very reasonable in price, and it is a quiet area, which believe me, in HK is rare!. It is in Mui Wo (pron Mee Waa). Whilst you are in HK, go up the mountain (via a San Francisco style trolly bus) and see the whole of HK and Kowloon from the top, (Bring money, big mall on top and try the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co). Also... Jade Market in Kowoon, Causeway Bay for a night out, and get the Hydrofoil over to Macau. (Make Macau a whole day, but go after 9.30 am! too busy on the HFoil otherwise) Remember NOT to be shocked at the prices, HK$ 24 for a beer is still only £1.50 or so. See the HSBC building, it is huge, and also the 'House of a Thousand Arseholes'. Getting the ferry from HK ferry port at night is a sight not to forget, and if you are there on a Sunday, wander around the elevators. (This is not a lift or moving stairway, it is a whole pedestrianised area 50 feet above ground that travels between, around and through buildings! Fantastic idea, but on a Sunday is amazing!) Have fun!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
Cool! Thanks for that, some excellent information there - I'll get on expedia right away. :) House of a thouasand what??! That's put me right in the mood for my holiday. I can't bloody wait now.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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And us Brits! Canada is still part of the Empire.
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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OTC sleeping pills are nearly all antihistamine, at least those effective enough for unnatural circumstances. My personal favourite are Phenergan (promethazine). A dose of 25 mg to 50 mg will knock most people out for eight to ten hours, within three hours of taking, but will should leave you drowsy enough to take another dose halfway and nod off quite quickly. Please note that I have never used these for flying, only for insomnia, and please find out what you can for yourself before using them.
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Strangely enough, I'm flying from London to Melbourne tomorrow evening (24 hrs) and I'm also thinking this would be a good time to quit smoking. I've also stocked up on Valium as I'm told that's the way to make the journey 'seem' shorter.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
I've also stocked up on Valium
It also causes memory loss, so watch out for forgetting that you stopped smoking. ;P
il
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thebeekeeper wrote:
I'm not sure how I'm going to handle that 21 hour plane ride. I can barely go for 3 hours without a cigarette right now.
Yeah that sucks. I'm a smoker and just got back to Sydney after a week in Amsterdam which included 48 hours flying. I usually find it's not as bad as you expect it to be. You sleep for about 8 hours without a smoke every day anyway way its really not that bad. I think from memory that KL airport has a smoking room you can use before you pick up your bags and go through immigration.
Josh Gray wrote:
You sleep for about 8 hours without a smoke every day anyway way its really not that bad
Speak for yourself. :~
il
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Nice sig. Nobody here got it. :sigh:
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:~
il
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So, I've never really been out of the US before, and I'm leaving for Malaysia tomorrow morning for work. Anybody here ever been there? I'm hoping for some tips on what to expect.
thebeekeeper wrote:
I'm hoping for some tips on what to expect.
My brother went to Malaysia working for Intel, took a side trip to Thailand and had a son 9months later. This occured every couple of years, now he has 3 kids, and a permanent girlfriend in Thailand. now you know what NOT to do. :laugh: :-D
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thebeekeeper wrote:
I'm hoping for some tips on what to expect.
My brother went to Malaysia working for Intel, took a side trip to Thailand and had a son 9months later. This occured every couple of years, now he has 3 kids, and a permanent girlfriend in Thailand. now you know what NOT to do. :laugh: :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
now you know what NOT to do.
Ban abortion? :~
il
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So, I've never really been out of the US before, and I'm leaving for Malaysia tomorrow morning for work. Anybody here ever been there? I'm hoping for some tips on what to expect.
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El Corazon wrote:
now you know what NOT to do.
Ban abortion? :~
il
I was going to say fool around. :) if you don't get "something" right away, you might get something else in 3/4 of a year. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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John C wrote:
"Accept everything".
I thought that was what my brother DID. :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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:~
il
:doh: Sorry, I meant nobody here at work got it. I'm sure the fine folk at CP got it, being super-geniuses and all.
Cheetah. Ferret. Gonads. What more can I say? - Pete O'Hanlon