Arriving at Bangkok airport we quickly checked into our flight and soon realized we had far too much hand luggage to be carrying on and off buses. After searching around we found a left luggage service, so we quickly transferred all the heavy gifts into the one bag and checked it in with them. It was a pretty decent price at only 100Baht (£2) a day, money well spent for the convenience, little did we realize it would give us free reign to buy more gifts for ourselves!
We were flying with the budget airline Air Asia, it was a small plane, but very comfortable and brand new. A little different to our last experience at the hands of Laos Airlines! After getting ready for take off, the stewardess asked us if we would mind changing our seats. Although this meant we would not be sitting together, it did mean that we had the exit seats, giving us plenty of legroom and a pretty enjoyable 2 hour flight.
After completing yet another entry card, but thanfully with no visa fee, we soon had our backpacks and began how to figure out how to get to KL Sentral. Yet again it would appear that our guidebook was not all that accurate, as the train station we were hoping to find was at a different terminal. After getting some quotes for a taxi and nor liking the prices, we ventured back into the airport to ask for any cheaper options. We were soon directed towards ticket booths for buses that ran to KL Sentral every fifteen minutes. This was great, for the hours journey it only cost 9RM (£1.80) each. The journey went very quickly and took us past the famous Malaysian Grand Prix circuit, if only we'd have been here a few weeks earlier!
The bus dropped us off right outside KL Sentral, so we grabbed our bags, bought a train ticket for the monorail and we were soon checking into the Chinatown Hotel Inn. Making our way to the hotel was pretty dificult as it's in the heart of the Chinatown market. As it was now early evening and the market was in full swing it was absolutely full of people trying to get the best price for their fake Gucci and Prada goods!
That evening we found an Indian cafe serving all types of curry to have our dinner, it was really cheap, but boy did it blow away the cobwebs! It was really very spicy, Adam seems to now be immune to even the most fiery chilies, but Clare did struggle!
Yet again we had some email correspondence to catch up on, this time it was our final letter to Andrews estate agents threatening legal action, so we made our way to the Internet cafe. This was really a one person job, so Clare left Adam to do his best. After a couple of hours Adam returned with the completed letter, we drunk a couple of beers to celebrate and then went to bed.
The next morning Clare awoke with a spring in her step as finally they day had arrived for her to hopefully get her hair back to a respectable colour! We had a very quick breakfast and made our way by train to the Suria shopping mall to find the 'Saw' salon. We found it very quickly and Clare was soon getting some much needed advice. The salon was beautiful and gave Clare the confidence that they knew what they were doing. We were given an appointment at 1pm, so we had a walk around the many shops and grabbed a quick lunch.
Knowing Clare would be in the salon for quite a while, we headed to the cinema complex to see if there were any good films for Adam to watch. It all worked out perfectly, Wolverine was starting at the time of Clares appointment, so Adam got himself a ticket and walked Clare back to the salon. Once Adam knew Clare was settled and knew she was in good hands he headed off to watch his film.
After a long time in the salon it became apparent that Clares hair was severely damaged and that the previous salon had got the colour so wrong that they decided to put peroxide on it! Luckily the owner of 'Saw' used to be a stylist to the stars in London, well the Spice Girls and Tony Blair, but he certainly knew his stuff and soon Clares scarf, which had become permanantly attached to her head, was no longer needed! Adam had already returned from his film to meet Clare and was amazed at what a good job they had done! So off we both went, Adam happy to have been to the cinema and Clare happy that she didn't look like Dolly Parton anymore!
That evening we got a take away of fried noodles, chicken satays and some cold beer! We then felt the need to explore the market and to see if we could pick up some bargains. Adam found himself a rather nice Armani brown leather bag for work and after some good haggling, he made his purchase!
As we have a VIP bus booked for the following morning to take us to the Cameron Highlands, it was time to relax back at the hotel in preparation for our early start.
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