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