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Detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world (Tristan da Cunha and St Helena), also South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia. Very interested read, and indexed.
Remotest Islands in the World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S. Africa, Malaysia, mor
Larry2006-05-27 03:20:07
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buy a telephone card. One important thing to note is that phone
cards sold at the airport do NOT work on phones outside the airport and are
pretty much a waste of money. Making things even more inconvenient, normal
Telekom Malaysia cards aren't sold anywhere inside KLIA. Not knowing this
however, I bought two cards (MR20/US$5.26 each) at the nearby shop -- and
though I eventually used them on subsequent trips to the airport, they were
virtually useless for my stay in Malaysia.
KLIA is a large, new airport... you must take an automated "Aero Train"
from one terminal to the other (where baggage claim/immigration is located),
and seeing the cloudy weather and wet ground outside during the short ride,
I knew I'd be needing my umbrella later. While reading the local newspaper
on board the plane, I found a quote from a recent letter-to-the-editor in
which the reader complained that it took over an hour for him to get his
bags at KLIA. The paper then published a response from MAS disputing his
claim, so I thought I'd time it myself today to see how they did... sure
enough, it was indeed slightly over one hour from the time the bags were
being unloaded off the aircraft to the time they rolled down onto the
carrosel (even the flight attendants were waiting) -- and my student violin
(which I had checked in with a "FRAGILE" sticker) now had a collapsed bridge
(I fixed it right there in baggage claim, but it wasn't reassuring).
KLIA is located far from downtown Kuala Lumpur, and with no light rail
yet connecting the airport to the city (it's currently being built), the
only real choice other than a taxi is the Airport Shuttle bus, at
RM25/US$6.58 each way (a price average for other world cities, but expensive
for Malaysia). The bus takes you from KLIA to a half-way terminal, where
you transfer to a smaller van to
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
