Having gotten recently married and wanting to spend the honeymoon outside the country, we tagged along with our college friends (not much of a honeymoon I know haha) as there was a Piso Fare offered by Cebu Pacific going to Malaysia. We booked for this September travel as early as February and by that time I still didn't have a passport. Good thing scheduling for a DFA passport appointment can be done online. Getting a passport wasn't that bad compared to getting an NBI clearance. I spent almost 3-4 hours in the DFA office near SM MOA and just paid extra to have my passport delivered after 2 weeks.
I was pretty excited for this trip as this is our first trip as a married couple and my first out-of-the-country. Hubby had already been to India when we were still dating because of work. It was a 4 hour flight to Malaysia and we arrived shortly after lunch.Their airport was an hour away from Kuala Lumpur and we had to take a bus to get to KL Central where we took our late lunch at KFC. :) KFC MY's rice is a little different and I didn't like it that much. It tasted like natuyong goto. One thing to note also was they do not serve their meal with utensils! We looked around and almost all was eating with their hands. Though we have no problem with that (as we're Filipinos) we opted to ask the counter for some plastic utensils instead.
We waited for our friend who works in Malaysia to finish work and fetch us so we can settle and rest at the apartment he rented for us. The house was a bit far from KL sentral and since we were a group of 12, we had to be in 2 cabs. James (the friend who works there who also served as our tour guide) was with us in the cab so knowing where to go, we arrived at the apartment 45 minutes after leaving the mall. Unfortunately for the rest in the other cab, since they do not have Malaysian sim cards and James had no way of contacting them, they got lost and arrived 30 minutes after we did. :(
The vicinity of the apartment was not big on cleanliness. Trash was everywhere and I'm not sure if cars there were cheap because the parking space was overflowing. The elevator was old and I had the feeling that it might get us stuck especially that the apartment was on the 14th floor. Though this was the case, the apartment itself was quite nice considering we only paid MYR 30 per head for 3 nights. It was spacious and had 3 bedrooms, 2 comfort rooms, a kitchen, sala and a dining table. You can use all the kitchen tools, refrigerator, washing machine and the iron. :)
The first day wasn't really intended for much sight seeing. We slept at around 10 and was woken up by a Muslim prayer being delivered in speakers loud enough for the whole building to hear it. It was a different experience. :)
Next stop: Genting Highlands
