March 2, 2020 Malaysia

We landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport around noon.  It was very strange retrieving our luggage from an empty carousel.  The pandemic was off to a good start. Luckily there were lots of preventative measures like temperature recording and contact tracing.  SE Asia was ahead of Canada in all respects to preventing the transmission of Covid-19.  Two days after leaving the Philippines they completely shut down all travel both domestic and international. All ferries and air travel was cancelled. WOW, we dodged a bullet.  We were happy to be in Malaysia again!  

Empty baggage area KLIA March 2, 2020.
We love Malaysia and Melaka is on our list of favourite places to return to after the pandemic.

We enjoyed our Grab ride from KLIA to Malacca. Originally we planned to take a cheaper method of transportation but we were afraid of contracting Covid-19 on a public bus.   

Bangunan merah is the Central Tourists stop in Melaka. Bangunan merah translates in English to red building.
The Christ Church, in the tourist centre of Melaka.

The red buildings in then historic tourist area of Melaka are iconic.

Welcome to Little India
Flower market.
Pantai Puteri. The Puteri Beach is a beach in Tanjung Kling, Central Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia
Puteri Beach,
Locals camping under the majestic trees at Puteri beach.
Melaka River
The Hard Rock Cafe was expensive, even by our standards. We ate here to avoid the crowds. They have a great outdoor seating area surrounded by those pink lights.
Jonker Walk is the Chinatown street of Melaka, Malaysia
Jonker Walk early in the day before the crowds.
Joker Walk crowd at 6:15 pm March 14, 2020. We took a pass on the crowded street due to covid.

Our allotted time was up in historic Melaka.  We stayed at the Ramada Plaza Melaka which was absolutely fantastic!  The staff were great, the food was over the top!  It was the beginning of our crave for Malaysian food.  

Nasi Lemak, delicioous coconut rice.
Chicken Rendang, we even made this when we got home. It's a lot of work from scratch!
Spicy Onion Sambal, very tasty!
Vegetable Dhall, also known as delicious!
Curry Chick Peas
The Ramada Plaza chandelier.

March 15 we took a Grab car back to Kuala Lumpur.  It was sad leaving Malacca (Melaka), but exciting to be back in KL.  We stayed for the last time at the G Tower Hotel. 

This would be our third stay at the G Tower Hotel. Shortly after our departure the G Tower permanently closed.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — G City Club Hotel Sdn Bhd, which manages a 180-room hotel under the trade name of GTower Hotel, is shutting down its hotel operations, after a decade in the business, due to a drop in occupancy rates.  Thanks Covid-19. They employed 79 people.  

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