We were not disappointed by our visits last week for the first time to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Combine them with Hong Kong and Asia has a triple play for interesting cities. We definitely want to come back for longer visits. But we did mange to have lunch at the famous Raffles Hotel of Singapore and had their trademark Singapore Sling drink..real fruity and resembles a Shirley Temple we think since neither one of us has drunk a Shirley Temple in 50 years!!
American GIs
American GI's made the Long Bar at Raffles famous when they would have R&R in Singapore. It is a gracious 5 star hotel still.
The word or name "singh" means lion so that is why the Merlion statue at the mouth of the Singapore River is a must visit for tourists. But the background gives you an idea of the modern Singapore skyline.
The picture of Phyllis shows a skyline of Singapore hotels and the odd shaped building behind her is a multi stage theater for music and plays.
Here we are at one of the world's most identifiable landmarks..the Petronas Oil Company's twin towers in downtown Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Does everyone remember the 007 movie where he hung from the bridge connecting the 40th floors? Kuala Lumpur is an impressive city .. we had lunch at a nice restaurant on the 4th floor of the Mall that serves as the "basement" of the twin towers. It is a high end shopping mall that would make any city proud.
We visited the King of Malaysia's palace in Kuala Lumpur and it turned out to be the day that the newly elected government was coming to visit with the King (a 44 year old appointed for 5 years...youngest ever and they love him).
So there were all kinds of guards at the entrance. Check out the guards above and look at their eyes..left, right and straight ahead!!
Penang is a resort island off the coast of Malaysia near the Thailand border and the resort of Phuket which we visited a few years ago. We signed up to tour the old city by Trishaw and what an exerience that was. Even our committment to fitness didn't help getting our butts into the seat of the Trishaw.
Check out our driver..his one tooth doesn't show in the picture but it sure smiled when we gave him a $10 tip.
