Fortuitous Revelations?

2nd March 08

What a week! Life has been rocked by revelations from a friend. Revelations that I am not at liberty to reveal here, which of course make them all the more revelationary! Two days in KL extended to six whilst I thought and rethought the impact of the revelations on my plans. I find little to excite me in KL anymore. I was staying at a little guest house close to Bukit Bintang so I had the obtuse and obscure pleasure of being within walking distance of the shopping malls of Sungei Wang, BB Plaza and a host of streetside coffee shops.
I took the opportunity of meeting up with a couple of old friends. One in particular that recent communication had got a little sparse with. The extended stay may in itself prove to have been fortuitous as the re striking of that communication could offer an interesting lead into activity that could usefully occupy some of my time were I to stay longer in the region. More inspecific information to mystify you. 🙂
So I finally got my head around the travel agenda and escaped Kuala Lumpur for Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Another Asian city but at least one with some interesting history and a pleasant laid back feel to it. On the expense scale it’s at least a couple of storeys below Kuala Lumpur. My basic guest house room in Jalan Tenkgat Tong Shin near to Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia without bathroom but with aircon, free internet access and basic breakfast was 75RM/night,12UKP (negotiated down from 85RM) and my aircon, tv, ensuite bathroom, no breakfast room at the Last Home Guest House in Phnom Penh 12USD, 6UKP. Beer Lao is about 40p a can and my fried noodles with chicken this morning cost me 1.25UKP. I will do some of the history in Phnom Penh over the coming days and then head off on a bus to Siam Reap where of the course the attraction is Angkor Watt.
If this contribution appears a little bland and factual it’s because revelations from a friend have temporarily distracted me from the fun and adventure of life in the travel room. I’ll be back!!