Hotel Istana

From Colmar we drive back for lunch at Janda Baik Shopping & Food Complex. It is a huge complex, situated at the foothills of the Genting & Colmar mountain ranges.

As usual they have fast food and local food. We prayed our afternoon prayers Zuhor & Asar there. There is a big Musolla (Prayer Hall) for muslim men and ladies.

After makan we drove back to Hotel Istana in Kuala Lumpur, the cosmopolitan capital city of Malaysia. It must have been a 5 star hotel. The Buffet Breakfast was exhiliratingly delicous.

I took that oppurtunity to taste all the different kind of bread, spread and cheese, especially the expensive stink cheese, which tasted like soap. Anyway, as we all know, some soap are made from animal fats too.

We were lodged in a Deluxe room. Although the bed looks like 2 super single join together, it was a comfortable and luxury sleep, I must say. The toilets are like celebrity toilets. The 3 compartments are distinctly spacious and seperated from each other.

Upon entry, there was this shower with a 5kg heavy glass door, which shrieked slightly, so much so, you get frightened that you might break it. Pleas excuse me, as I was unable to edit the photos in the correct order.

Next to this luxury shower was the bath-tub which almost looks like a jacuzzi.

Then next to the bathtub is a separate compartment with sliding door for toilet bowl, for the heavy metal junk stuff. I supposed if you are in the toilet doing big business and you close the door, then the smell with not affect your wife who is enjoying a dip or singing in the shower.

Of course on the opposite side is the wash basin and other toiletries facilities such as hair dryer, dressing mirror and another special extendable mirror for precision shaving, make-up or to press your pimples and black-heads.

The toilet reminded me of our stay in Elaf Kindah, a five-star hotel in Mecca. The layout was exactly the same.

During breakfast I talk to another guest who was from Bedok, Singapore. He was on 5-day holiday tour of KL. He came with his wife and a granddaughter. They came via air.

A chit-chat with him and one of the chief-waiter, exposed that the owner Hotel Istana is one Malay datuk, a wealthy businessman in Malaysia.

I would like to recommend you stay in Hotel Istana when you visit Kuala Lumpur. If you book through Qodariyah Travel & Tours, Singapore, you may probably get a good price, of approximately S$200 a night. (Price subject to changes without prior notice).