In Kuala Lupur we take the grave to the airport at half past nine, for a Saturday evening there is not so much going on, we are at the airport in an hour. The check-in of the suitcases, departure and security check are done in 30 minutes. So we have a lot of time until the flight with air China leaves punctually at 00:30 Hr. We bought OVO chocolate… In Kuala Lupur at the airport, how crazy is that. It is a not quite dewy plane anymore, which has 3+3 seats. The entertainment system takes some getting used to, but it is a night flight. Luckily we are well dressed, it is quite fresh on the plane. Luckily we have the headphones with the noise cancellation, which is really great.
We landed on time and the entry process goes without any major obstacles. we have already done the immigration online, only the taking of the fingerprints was a bit difficult because the disc of the reader was provided with so many prints. What the hell we are in. The airport is really huge, you can make a lot of space, it is 5 times bigger than Zurich about 42 square kilometers. Then the customs and we are where our driver should be. And now it gets a bit, well, let’s say bumpy. The driver who is supposed to pick us up is not there. The e-sim we bought does not work. Only with an internet connection we have contact with the travel agency, so we bought and activated e-sim, with a lot of paperwork, we are back online, of course the VPN doesn’t work either, so neither Google nor WhatsApp. Via WEchat we can reach our tour guide, the driver is in a traffic jam and needs another 40 minutes which has become more than an hour. In the hotel we can move into the room before noon and don’t have to wait until 2 p.m. So now we have arrived.
Now let’s go out for a bite to eat, since we are still only half connected to the outside world, we walk to a restaurant, very close to the hotel, there is something like a hotpot.
In the end we come out well satiated and it was actually quite good for Chinese conditions a bit too expensive but quite ok.
After what feels like 100 messages with Holafly (that’s the provider of the Sim card) we get a new QR code and are then connected to the outside world again and can bypass the Great Firewall of China, which means Google, Whatsapp, ChatGPT and much more is now working again. So we stay in touch.
Now it’s time for a break before we make our way to the city.
The pedestrian zone of Wangfujing is really impressive, it has so many western shops, as well as Asian brands that we don’t know. Especially Omega with the tower clock and a Läderach chocolate shop.
But first we have to eat something, the dumpling load still turns us on. So go in and order Dupling’s. Okay, we order dumpling with pork and beef, once fried and once steamed. They were very good, also the sauce that was included.
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At the Omega building there is a huge screen that goes around the corner and can do 3D projections. Unbelievable in what quality.
And a few more impressions of running back.