Today, we woke up .... eventually! Our hostel is great but we don't have a window, so there is no natural light to wake us up. Even though breakfast is served just outside our room, the people staying there are so quiet, we can't hear them. Also there is not a single cockerel in KL! All this leads to ... sleep!
Eventually we surfaced and decided to go to the TBS bus station and secure a ticket for the night bus to Mersing. We checked the metro map and planned our route. As we arrived at our first interchange, we got off and went to find the next line we needed. What we didn't know is the line we wanted is owned by a different company and our ticket wasn't valid. However, by returning to our previous station and travelling the opposite way ... we could get there. So, we did.
Eventually we arrived at the TBS bus station, which was huge! There was one bus full and only one other bus leaving tonight at 10.30pm. We paid up for the night bus. The only teeny issue being that it takes 5 hours and we arrive at 3.30 am!
It was time for lunch and Little India was calling! 2 roti chennai later, we were full. Shopping was next on the agenda. We browsed through Little India to see what interesting things we could find. We stumbled across a textile museum and went inside. Basically, any museum is good if it has air conditioning to escape the afternoon heat. It was however, good with lots if traditional costumes on display.
As we headed back to our hostel, we decided Darryl could do with a haircut. We checked out in a few places but time was getting short so we thought we'd wait. Amazingly, back at the hostel we found a friendly young man who had just shaved his head with his set of clippers. We asked if he wouldn't mind us borrowing them and he kindly offered do cut Darryl's hair for him! 5 minutes later ... done!
We reached the bus station in plenty of time and found the nice, shiny, luxurious bus. As we had an early morning arrival, we decided to try and sleep. Just as we were nodding off the rest of the passengers arrived in the form of 2 groups of screaming teenagers! Sleep will have to wait ...
Eventually we surfaced and decided to go to the TBS bus station and secure a ticket for the night bus to Mersing. We checked the metro map and planned our route. As we arrived at our first interchange, we got off and went to find the next line we needed. What we didn't know is the line we wanted is owned by a different company and our ticket wasn't valid. However, by returning to our previous station and travelling the opposite way ... we could get there. So, we did.
Eventually we arrived at the TBS bus station, which was huge! There was one bus full and only one other bus leaving tonight at 10.30pm. We paid up for the night bus. The only teeny issue being that it takes 5 hours and we arrive at 3.30 am!
It was time for lunch and Little India was calling! 2 roti chennai later, we were full. Shopping was next on the agenda. We browsed through Little India to see what interesting things we could find. We stumbled across a textile museum and went inside. Basically, any museum is good if it has air conditioning to escape the afternoon heat. It was however, good with lots if traditional costumes on display.
As we headed back to our hostel, we decided Darryl could do with a haircut. We checked out in a few places but time was getting short so we thought we'd wait. Amazingly, back at the hostel we found a friendly young man who had just shaved his head with his set of clippers. We asked if he wouldn't mind us borrowing them and he kindly offered do cut Darryl's hair for him! 5 minutes later ... done!
We reached the bus station in plenty of time and found the nice, shiny, luxurious bus. As we had an early morning arrival, we decided to try and sleep. Just as we were nodding off the rest of the passengers arrived in the form of 2 groups of screaming teenagers! Sleep will have to wait ...
