Last time we were in Hongkong, Macau, Singapore and now Kuala Lumpur for our 4th Dreamtrip.
Our trip in Kuala Lumpur was a glimpse of Malaysian culture . We climbed the 272 stairs in Batu Caves- the Hindu holy place, visited the fascinating sights in the city which includes famous attractions like the Royal Museum , Royal Palace, Independence Square and the City Gallery We had our buffet lunch at the Atmosphere 360 in KL Tower, dinner buffet with cultural show at the Saloma Theatre Restaurant, and the most memorable was the pewter smithing workshop at School of Hard Knocks of Royal Selangor.
In my previous blog post I mentioned that I will check if what was promised to us at the time of booking will be actually delivered.
So here goes
Day 1
Airport -Hotel Transfer. Good. We did not wait long , the In -destination support team member arrived on time . But unlike in Hongkong , there was no desk where we can immediately see the blue sign “you should be here “. Overall, the airport hotel transfer met our expectation
A pose at the arrival area
It took an hour to travel from the airport to Hotel Istana. We were happy for the welcome drink upon arrival in the hotel, a refreshing pomegranate juice .
Check in was pre-arranged so all we had to do was to get our keys, take a rest and prepare for our welcome dinner.
There is always a welcome gifts from Dreamtrips
The Welcome dinner
We do not have a picture of the main course
One of the exciting activity of every Dreamtrip is the welcome dinner. All travel club members whose birthmonth falls on the dreamtrip schedule celebrates birthday together with a birthday cake
Our travel buddy Manay Nellie celebrated her 68th birthday at Hotel Istana , with fellow dreamtrippers
The local singer entertains us while having a dinner. There is an audience participation and we voluntered Margy. She sings well, I think she can have a second career after her present corporate work.
Day 2
We meet at the hotel lobby at 9 am for our whole day tour. With us in the bus are the Mandarin and English speaking guide. A bottled water was provided during the tour
1st stop is Batu Caves. A climb to a 272 steps to reach the entrance of the cave. This is a test of stamina.
I have a separate blog post for Batu Caves
2nd stop is Atmosphere 360 and observation deck at Kuala Lumpur Tower. The buffet lunch is superb, plenty of food choices .
The main course
Foods, and more foods
While having our lunch the restaurant revolve in 360 degrees for 1 hr and we got to see the entire city below
After our lunch we went down to the observation deck
Within the Kl Tower compound is an upside down house
3rd stop. Istana Negra , the Malaysia’s former National Palace and now the Royal Museum.
Afterwards we had our city tour.
The light and sounds at the City Gallery shows the history of Malaysia and its physical development through the years. I feel envious when they show their development plan . I hope our leaders back home have at least a vision for development.
The development plan in Kuala Lumpur
The light and sound show
Inside the hall of city gallery
After the lights and sound show we roamed around the Independence square.
At 4 pm we were back at the hotel and meet again in the lobby at 7 pm for our dinner
Before the dinner we had few minutes picture taking at the front of the Kuala Lumpur’s landmark, the Petronas Twin Towers
We had our dinner at Saloma Restaurant. Its a buffet dinner and most of the food are the native foods in Malaysia, everything is spicy. My secret, I ate dates after eating a spicy food.
There is a cultural show during the dinner
Its nice to see that we have the same bamboo dance , back home we call it “tinikling”
Day 3
For platinum members we had a tour in the new Royal palace where the present King lives today. When the yellow flag is up the King is inside
Outside the palace gate are tourist taking photos
Next stop is the School of Hard Knocks , we made our own pewter
They gave us a certificate and we brought home our pewter bowl
A simple snack is served at the cafeteria after the workshop
If I were to rate the tour – its Excellent.
Now let us check the hotel.
Hotel Istana .
The room is spacious and clean although it is not as elegant and luxurious compared to our hotel in dreamtrips Macau where we stayed at Harbourview Hotel 
The buffet breakfast is good although food choices is limited to American, Arabic and Malaysian dishes. No Japanese and Korean food
I love the Nasi lemak, a malaysian food
Arabic food for breakfast is a good try, pita and fattoush is delicious
There is a swimming pool but due to hectic schedule we did not try it.
The staff are kind and helpful . I will definitely recommend this Kuala Lumpur Welcome Dreamtrip to other Dreamtrip members. Special mention to our in destination support team member Ms Pauline Khoon. Thank you Ms Pauline for taking care of our hotel to airport transfer on our 4th day
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