13th October - Manila to KL

Monday 13^th October

Pete loves the Manila Marshalls

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It took exactly twelve hours to get from the Tune Hotel (Manila) to the Geo Hotel) Kuala Lumpur.  Only a three hour flight but long taxi trips and long queues on either side…

Last glimpse of Manila Gold Gold Gold

We were going to have a swift look at the Mall of Asia – a gigantic mall, until recently the biggest in all of Asia.  It has been surpassed now – of course – by bigger ones in China and Dubai.  We asked a taxi driver outside the hotel and he said that the mall didn’t open until 10.30 – we had to leave at 11.  So instead we went for a stroll around our neighborhood.  I found a beautiful cat.

Some less inspiring jobs to apply for…I wouldn’t qualify on any count, and I wonder what happens to these “goodlooking girls” once they pass the age of 25, or acquire (develop??) a less than pleasing personality??

Manila is very much a mecca for girly bars and strange cabarets.

But we wandered along, finding ourselves in a very salubrious leafy avenue.

Lanterns in the trees...Manila can be very mellow

There were gated communities on either side, and an extremely luxurious shopping mall.  Pete gazed in fascination at a vintage Morgan – it was that sort of mall…

There were more shops for men than for women – amazing shops where one could buy a bowler hat and an exquisitely cut suit, and where everything was folded with precision and attention to detail.

We didn’t buy anything…

And now we have a KL day ahead of us.  I am very much inclined NOT to rush about too much but – you never know what the day will bring…

Our familiar place in KL - Geo Hotel!

Pete’s breakfast today, in the Central Market, was not delicious…He ate it quite happily but oh dear I am glad I did not order those slimy eggs…In general the chefs in Malaysia are NOT the same as the chefs in the Philippines…

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We did not rush about; we had a relatively sedate day.  Thank goodness!  Pete bought new shoes!  Red letter day!  His old Rockports, much loved, are falling apart and I gently steered him towards some fabulous Joseph Siebel beauties, reduced 40% and therefore very cheap (relatively…).  He couldn’t resist, once he had tried them on and found how very comfortable they are.

New Joseph Seibel v old Rockport