Kuala Lumpur visa run

On September 21 it was time to leave China for Malaysia. Even though I enjoyed staying in China, I couldn’t wait to board the plane to Kuala Lumpur and finally meet Sairozi :D But before I could go onboard I had one last “China experience”. When the immigration officer checked my passport, all of a sudden his computer said something like: “Bitte warten sie einen Moment, Ihre Unterlagen werden geprüft.” It was difficult not to burst out laughing (that would have been really embarrassing), but I couldn’t suppress a giggle. Who would have thought there were German speaking immigration computers in Hangzhou?? Certainly not me!

The flight took about 4.5 hours and at 7.10pm I arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Sairozi was already waiting for me. We then took the shuttle bus from Kuala Lumpur airport (LCC-T) to KL Sentral which takes around 1 hour and costs between 8-9 ringgit (2 Euros). KL Sentral is the main train station in Kuala Lumpur and from there we only had to take the LRT to Pasar Seni (1 station) to reach our accommodation. We stayed in the Le Village Guesthouse (Jl. Tun H. S. Lee 99, 50000 Kuala Lumpur) which is one of the cheapest places in KL (double room for 35-40 ringgit/ less than 10 Euros for 2 people).

The next day we had to arrange our visas for Thailand. We took bus no. 79 to Jalan Ampang (1.5 ringgit) which took around 30-40 minutes due to heavy traffic. The Thai embassy receives visa applications from 9.30-11.30am and you can pick up your visa the following working day between 14.30 and 15.30. After our visa application we decided to walk back to our hostel and do a little bit o sightseeing. We went to the Petronas Twin Towers, visited Pasar Seni (art market) and did some shopping in Chinatown. Afterwards we enjoyed some delicious Malaysian food for dinner. On our must-eat list are: “Nasi briyani ayam”, “roti canai”, “nasi lemak”, "penyet" and to drink “teh tarik”.