Goodbye Thailand, hello Malaysia!

Today's photos are a lovely photo shoot of Nick becuase he never takes any pictures so I'm very rarely in any! I'm sure he does it on purpose with the hopes of being spotted by a modelling agency who happen to be viewing my blog. Anyway today we finally left Thailand! We have spent over 3 weeks there and it was time to move on and have a change. We had an airport transfer arranged for 11am so we had time to get ready and check out. The hotel had charged Nick's card twice for the room and wanted to refund the money to his card. We have received a refund before this way and Nick was charged by the bank back home for the refund. Not just a little bit but quite a lot so we pleaded with reception to do the refund in cash and wrote down our reasoning for the manager to be asked. Thankfully as we checked out today we got our refund in cash which is great! We had a cramped ride to the airport as we sat in the seats next to the luggage on the mini bus but we finally made. Krabi airport is very basic in comparison to others we have seen. The had a set of weighing scales instead of the fancy conveyer belts that double up as scales for example. We checked in and made it through security and began the wait for the plane. Annoyingly we saw a couple of people who had large rucksacks like ours but as their hand luggage instead of checked in bags. We paid £20 each extra to be able to have the luggage but they seem to have been allowed to take there's on the plane with them for no charge which is frustrating. But anyway the flight was smooth and we landed in Kuala Lumpur in just over an hour. Nick had researched the cheapest way to get to the hotel so we first took the bus to the central transport station here. When we arrived here we walked into a huge 8 storey shopping mall on the way to the monorail we were getting. We decided as it was quite late to eat here before carrying on. We were on the escalators travelling up to the 3rd floor food court and that's when I saw it. On the 4th floor over the top of the rail I could see the top section of the sign for Nandos! It was happening! We had to wait in a queue for about 20 minutes but it was so worth it. It's cheaper here as well which was a bonus. With full happy bellies we caught the monorail to our stop only to find out it's better to go to the next stop then walk from there. We did that and a short walk later found the hotel. We booked a double room but maybe because it was late and they'd given it to someone else we've been given one of their 3 bedroom apartments to ourselves complete with kitchen and lounge area. As long as no one else is put in with us we've hit the jackpot here! We have 6 nights here so having the ability to make our own breakfast will be most handy indeed.Read more