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Kuala Lumpur, 2nd time round, this trip......... The bus ride from Penang was very pleasant, I slept for quite a bit of it and daydreamed and snored out of the window for the rest. We used the KKKL line for this ride and it was also a good bus (meaning it had charging points and large seats). We arrived back at The Park Royal about 4pm, in time to fit in afternoon tea and settle into our room in time for cocktails at 6pm.  We couldn't get our usual room #414, as it was occupied by some interlopers !!!! We showed how indignant we were at having to spend a night in 503, which was nowhere near as nice and so they promised a change of room.  Afternoon Tea on arrival at the Park Royal Hotel, perfect! Anyways, finally got into "our" room the next day.  "our" room 414 We are making the most of our stay in the Club Floor again, it's sheer luxury. On the down side (again, serious first world problem) we are eating and drinking way too m...
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Christmas in Penang The bus ride to Penang was painless and in total it took about 3 hours. For the Ipoh-Penang journey, we tried the Uniti Bus Line, it was better than the Plusliner (KL to Ipoh), but still not as good as Transliner (KT to KL). Richie had arranged for the G hotel to pick us up from the bus station, so we alighted the bus to jump into our limo....... as one does. We have another fabulous room at the G Hotel, room #806, where we will be spending Christmas. We have a Club Room, so once again have been making pigs of ourselves the most of it.  spending hours in the shower... view from G Gurney Hotel  same view one year later, from our hotel room However, a big however this time - as it's Christmas the hotel is full of KIDS. Ewwww, kids in the Club Room, kids in the lobby, kids in the pool, the only place there are no kids is in the Ajayi’s hotel room (apart from a couple of overaged, childish ones). We do try to be toler...