Next on the itinerary was a night's stop in Putrajaya, which is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. We stayed at the Pullman Hotel which is a massive resort that looked like a modern castle. It was a little pricy but Andrea's cousin was staying there for his conference and it was relatively close to the airport.
The hotel was certainly nice to look at but the service was not that great at times. Apparently, Jennifer and Linda's room had gum on one of the door frames and was far from clean. Our room did not seem to have any issues though,and the housekeeping staff were quick to help me with getting a power adapter. One big positive was that Andrea and I finally had our own room again.
We had a nice walk down the clean river walkway before returning to the hotel for a decent but not great buffet. Beggars can't choosers I suppose. The best part was a make your own pasta bar after days of mostly southeast Asian food.
In the morning, we headed to the airport where an issue came up. Linda had something that resembled pink eye but was likely related to a perm gone wrong. She had chemical burns and puffy eyes when she had first gone on the trip. Jennifer figured it was related infection.
After the airline counter clerk noticed her eyes, they tried to ask her to go to the airport clinic at our expense. Jen and Linda argued with the clerk, noting she was not a doctor. At this point, we were all worried that we would miss our flight even if a clinic had time to make a diagnosis- good or bad.
Eventually, the manager came over, and Jennifer said Linda had all her prescriptions from the doctor in Singapore in her suitcase. At this point, Linda could not get her suitcase open.
The manager offered to let us go while her situation was sorted out but we refused as we would not go without everyone. He soon realized he would be pissing off eight customers if he didn't resolve the situation, so he let her through and we got on our flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Next tale... "A Whole Different World"...
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