Minh City but, then we hit a small snag.
We (that would be me) missed some of the small print on the Vietnamese
Visa web page that stipulates we have to apply for permision to get
our visas on arrival at the airport. So there we were, backpacks and
daypacks on our backs at the check-in counter and no where to go! Kim
was surprisingly calm during all this - I was bleak!
We were both not keen to go back to our dodgy landlord in Singapore to
negotiate another nights stay so decided the best option would be to
see if we could find a train overland through Malaysia via Bangkok.
Small detour but hey.... It's not like have to be in the office on
monday morning.
With 20kg on our backs(wearing flipflops) we raced through the
Singapore CBD to find an Internet cafe to research our options before
nightfall. As luck may have it, there was a night train leaving
Singapore for Kuala Lampur at 11pm. Having never been on a sleeper
train before we thought it best to book a private cabin in case we
both fell asleep and woke up with bags missing. �'28 bought us a 7.5
hour train ride in our own private cabin - they even woke us up with
coffee!
We'd booked a single night online in K L and what a "lovely" spot.
Walked through dodgy Chinatown at 7am and woke up the landlord to let
us in. My 'gaydar' started ring alarm bells immediately. After finally
checking in 'he' walked us up to our room and was a little surprised
to find someone already in it. He rushed to find the night duty guy
who minced his way over explaining that he had no idea who was in the
room. Eventually they knocked on the door, the first of two
individuals walked out very apologetically (Turkish looking guy) the
second, well.... At first glance this looked like a skinny oriental
girl that had just walked passed Kimmy and I but, when she opened her
mouth to sheepishly apologize it became abundantly clear that SHE used
to be a HE. Thank god they cleaned the room after these two left and
in all honesty I still was wasn't comfortable sleeping in the same bed
knowing what had been in it the night before.
KL is a 'shithole' apart from the CBD which, like Singapore, is
litterred with high tech retail outlets selling upmarket brands at
seriously cheap prices. We think we might be coming back here to do
some Xmass shopping but, there is simply NO chance of us going back to
the slimy, transvestite infested hostel.
We're off to the Cameron Highlands tomorrow which is inland and the
highest point in Malaysia. It's the centre of the tea plantation
industry. Should be interesting!
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