DAY 40 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The ship docked early at 7.00am.  We ordered Room Service as we had to be up and about early and ready to go by 8.15am. Our ships transfer to take us to the Midway Megamall which is about a one hour drive from the port had to leave promptly due to the horrendous traffic here. What a huge mall it is.  I would recommend this transfer to anyone visiting Port Kelang because there is absolutely nothing at the port itself, and I mean nothing at all. 

The traffic wasn’t too bad according to the guide and driver of our coach; it looked pretty busy to us….lol. Once we arrived at the mall everyone was off like ants everywhere.  There are shops from all over the world, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Harvey Norman, Pumpkin Patch, just to name a few. Then there were the dozens of restaurants and fast food restaurants, all very cheap.

Everything is extremely clean and the choices in the stores were excellent.  It felt and looked like one of the big mall in the USA.

We had to be back at the ship by 4.30pm ready for our sail away at 5.00pm, but we actually left at 6.00pm.

The final dinner in the dining room was finished off with a song sung by all the Waiters, Assistant waiters, Head Waiters and the various ranks of Chefs.

One final drink up in the Diamond lounge then it was time to pack…..what a marathon that was after such a long time on the ship.  I had forgotten just how much we had purchased along the way.  Just as well we had an extra empty bag with us as we filled that up easily. Finally by 11.00pm we had squeezed and sat on our suitcases enough to finally close them up and put them outside the door ready to be picked up.

By the time we had said goodbye to everyone we have met it was nearly midnight. We can honestly say these past 42 nights have flown by, yet our time in New Orleans seems like years ago.

The ship was in full swing preparing for tomorrows arrival into Singapore.  We will be the first ship to dock at the new Cruise Terminal which has just been completed at a cost of $500 million. There will be TV, Media and Dignitaries to welcome us in at 6.00am. Voyager will be based in Singapore until October doing short cruises around the Asian waters before leaving for the Australia and New Zealand Summer season.

Tomorrow, time to disembark after a wonderful 42 nights leaving us with some most memorable moments from the wonderful places we feel we have been so privileged to have visited. 

PS. Just noticed  I missed a couple of days along the way as I’m only on Day 40, so you’ll have to just imagine those two missing days….lol. J