WEDNESDAY, MAR 24TH--KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

“KL” or Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital city a with population of over 7 million. Probably the most famous landmark in the city is the 1453 foot high Petronas Twin Towers, headquarters of the national oil company. When built, it beat out the Sears Tower in Chicago as the world’s tallest building but no longer holds this distinction. Malaysia has large offshore oil and gas reserves. There are tin mines in the area and the port is a very busy one. We are having a very relaxing day here on the ship. Port Klang is an hour and a half from Kuala Lumpur. Regent has a shuttle bus operating every hour (1 ½ hour ride each way) to the malls downtown but we are shopped out as well as templed out. There is a nice cruise ship terminal here with nothing in it but one small souvenir stand and a little store. It took me at least 5 minutes to check it all out this morning. Next to us is a Star Cruises cruise ship, an Asian cruise line, that is undergoing heavy maintenance so there is lots of clanging and banging outside our balcony. It is so old it has no balcony cabins, just portholes. Most passengers left the ship this morning on tours so we had ship practically to ourselves. I have spent a lot of the day on my computer as the internet is really fast since I am about the only one using it. Too bad I did not have any photos to upload. Speaking of that there are no new photos today. I did finish the second batch of Bangkok photos yesterday. I will start a new album for next pictures. Probably no new photos for a couple days though. Will combine the 3 or 4 I took today with the ones I take tomorrow in Penang. We sail at 8pm tonight as Penang, also a Malaysian city, is not very far away and will dock there at 8am. We have a 4 hour tour, “Penang and its Snake Temple” as soon as we arrive. More about that tomorrow afternoon. Time to go to the gym. By the way, last night’s show with Stephanie Baldwin singing Broadway tunes, was arguably the best headline show so far. As I said yesterday, she is the wife of our general manager, Michael, and she was also Miss California 2001. Tonight’s show is “Jazz Legends” starring the ship’s very talented singers and the ship’s fantastic orchestra. We have seen this show twice before but can’t wait to see it again. Note: I posted yesterday’s and today’s blogs today so read both.