Hong Kong - May 2017

The pool in our building finally opened. Limited opening hours and there's a lifeguard...

View from Sevva, great rooftop bar...

Coffee and Cantonese in Why 50, Sheung Wan...

I went to check out the pool on Level 70 something of The W Hotel in Kowloon...

Had a visitor from the Cayman office (Gonzalo) so we went for a walk to Lamma Island and then had seafood lunch...

Lovely beach on Lamma Island...

Coming in to Sok Kwu Wan...

Then Chris came for a conference, so we met at Wooloomooloo in Wan Chai for dinner...

Steak was amazing and so was the apple crumble...

Moved office from Exchange Square to The Center. View from my office...

Fusion dim sum at L Place. Amazing. Cute plates...

Then Rodney and Stephan came to visit. We had a great night. First at Sevva, then yakitori at Toriman, then earl grey martinis at 001 speakeasy bar...

And the next day we showed up for brunch at Aqua with free flow veuve!!

Fancy shoes at Lane Crawford...

Kuala Lumpur - Wednesday 3 May 2017

Got up early to put Alex in a Grab to the aiport. Her flight to Sydney is at 10am. The airport is a fair way out of town and traffic jams are common so we allowed plenty of time.

Had a walk around KLCC park which I have been meaning to do since I got here.

Then a quick swim and steam and then a last breakfast in the hotel.

Kale juice, fruit and prune yoghurt...

Poached by the chef...

A little bit of dim sum...

Blueberry smoothie, curry chicken and roti...

Caught a Grab to the airport, expecting the trip to take 60 - 90 minutes. but we were there in 45 !

Easy transit through immigration. flight was delayed an hour so we spent 4 hours at the airport !

Easy flight back to HK and caught airport Express home.

Had a great trip.

Callum's thank you note...

Kuala Lumpur - Tuesday 2 May 2017

Today we are off to Batu Caves.

Had breakfast in the food court at KLCC. Then caught a Grab to Sentral Station where we caught the train to Batu Caves. It cost MYR20 for 5 of us. Quite cheap but a Grab would have been cheaper. We wanted to try the train though.

Walked around and up the many stairs. It was okay. A bit run down. Lots of monkeys which the kids enjoyed.

Monkey...

The staircase takes you into the cave...

Looking back down...

Lots of monkeys...

Caught a Grab back to hotel and chilled by the pool.

I then went and had a massage and did some shopping. Clothes are cheaper here than in Hong Kong.

Dinner at an Italian place in Bukit Bintang.

Chilling by the (really nice) pool...

Kuala Lumpur - Monday 1 May 2017

Had a sleep in and tried the food court in the convention centre next door for breakfast. Killarney Kopitan. It was okay but I don't think we ordered well !!

Then caught Grab taxi to the National Mosque. Had to wear a hijab. Quite interesting but not much to see. Then to the Islamic Arts Museum. Nice building. Some interesting art. Small entry fee.

Then walked to Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Cost a bit to get in and it was okay. But we got bored quickly and it started to rain so we left.

Then caught a Grab back to the hotel and chilled by the pool for a bit. Dinner at a Vietnamese place in Bukit Bintang.

From the National Mosque...

Inside the National Mosque...

Alex and Eliza...

Selfie...

Photo bombed...

Then to the Islamic Arts Museum, right next door...

Behind a waterfall at the Bird Sanctuary...

Kuala Lumpur - Sunday 30 April

Woke early and hit the amazing buffet again.

Today we are going on a tour to an elephant sanctuary.

They were 40 minutes late picking us up. First stop was a pewter place near Batu Caves. Then a long drive out of KL. Stopped for coffee. Got there and had lunch at a local place, and then a walk through an indigineous village.

The pewter place was actually at Selangor...

Local food...very dry chicken...

Cute...

Dim Sum street food...

At the entrance to the elephant sanctuary...