We arrived at our guest house early in the afternoon and were able to go out and visit the
city as the room was right downtown. KL is a very busy city with a lot of modern new buildings, including the Petronias Towers. This was at one time the world’s tallest building and is the building featured in the Sean Connery movie about a robbery where he ends up hanging of the bridge that joins the two towers about one hundred stories up.
city as the room was right downtown. KL is a very busy city with a lot of modern new buildings, including the Petronias Towers. This was at one time the world’s tallest building and is the building featured in the Sean Connery movie about a robbery where he ends up hanging of the bridge that joins the two towers about one hundred stories up.
The city is full of Police, it appeared every corner had 5 or 6 Police Officers and at
night that seemed to increase. There were row upon row of shopping malls and as we progressed down the road each one seemed to be more exclusive, read expensive, than the previous. The last mall we walked in was full of Cartier, Hugo Boss, Tag Heur watch shops as well as Rolex stores and all the top ladies shops like Versace.
night that seemed to increase. There were row upon row of shopping malls and as we progressed down the road each one seemed to be more exclusive, read expensive, than the previous. The last mall we walked in was full of Cartier, Hugo Boss, Tag Heur watch shops as well as Rolex stores and all the top ladies shops like Versace.
We departed KL for Hong Kong on March 25th.
We arrived at the new Hong Kong airport which is huge. Fortunately our sister–in-law Barbara was waiting for us and was able to guide us through the airport and take us to our hotel. We dropped off our suitcases and went to Jeff (Sandra’s brother) and Barb’s apartment where their sons Matt and Daniel had prepared supper for us. Their third son
Michael was away in the UK.
Michael was away in the UK.
The following day we wandered around Hong Kong prior to boarding our ship in the
afternoon. Hong Kong was very busy as the World Sevens was taking place during the weekend. This is an International Rugby tournament that involves thirty minute games between teams comprised of seven players. Tens of thousands of people attend and the downtown area in the evening turns into one huge drunken party. All the bars and streets are decorated with all the participating countries flags. It is a lot of fun.
afternoon. Hong Kong was very busy as the World Sevens was taking place during the weekend. This is an International Rugby tournament that involves thirty minute games between teams comprised of seven players. Tens of thousands of people attend and the downtown area in the evening turns into one huge drunken party. All the bars and streets are decorated with all the participating countries flags. It is a lot of fun.
The following day we met Jeff and Barb for a few hours after which we reboarded our ship and it sailed for Da Nang Vietnam.
The twin towers in Kuala Lompur
Rugby Seven sweaters Hong Kong. Canada is there second row.
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