Thursday, February 26, 2015

Breakfast

As I have frequently stated, the best part of travel is breakfast and the Renaissance in Kuala Lumpur really delivered.
Kuala has Chinese, Indian, Malay and British influences and all were represented on the buffet.
Chicken and lentil/ chickpea curries, with rice cooked in coconut milk and roti bread; noodle soup (three different noodles-two different broths): miso soup with 3 different Asian crackers); eggs made to order; fruit, cereal, yogurt, selection of breads and sweetbreads, selection if cod cuts and vegetables, 5 different juices, pancakes, waffles, and the British breakfast, bacon (beef), stewed tomatoes, fried potatoes, rice porridge , oatmeal and the local breakfast, Nasi lemak, rice coconut milk with onion , ginger and pandanus leaves, which colors a bright green. Heaven.

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Note to Dan

Our flight from Hong Kong had 3 numbers: one for Cathay Pacific, one for American Airlines and one for Malaysian Airlines. So technically we have taken a Malaysia Airlines flight, right across the South China Sea.

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Arrived Kuala Lumpur

Customs

Dragon

Adorning the departure gate at Hong Kong Airport for Chinese New Year.
I left Jim with the luggage cart while I filled my water bottle. When I returned, the cart was abandoned. Jim was out getting steps.

Chinese New Year

Arrived Hong Kong

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Weather

My iPad weather app reports that the temperature in Chicago today is 25 high, 10 low.  Hong Kong: high 70, low 66.  Kuala Lumpur:high 86, low 74.
I also have Boston, where they are predicting snow.