The Diamond Princess left Singapore yesterday and will take the following route. Our first stop will be the largest port in Malaysia, Military Port Kelang, also known as Port Klang.  Kuala Lumpur is 24 miles away. We were here when our Regent Seven Seas Explorer stopped at Port Klang 3 years ago, so we we'll skip the tour and save $500.  These tours are not cheap.  On the Regent, all tours are free.  However, you pay a lot/night.   Click on this and read the details of our previous visit .  I'll show some highlight photos. The Blue Mosque. Hindu temple, Second tallest building in the world, Merdeka 118. A Kuala Lumpur street scene. Day 3 means a short stop at Langkawi. We might go on a tour, and maybe not. Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands Was a haven for pirates in the northern part of the Strait of Malacca. Ruled by the British until Malaya gained independence in 1957. Now gets 3.5 foreign tourists/year. I asked Google AI about Langkawi ...

The Explorer arrived in Port Klang, Malaysia, which is 33 miles from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the country.  We took the highlights of KL ( people here refer to Kuala Lumpur as KL ) tour.   Area of 94 square miles and population just under 2 million and growing. The urban agglomeration includes 7.6 million. Is the 6th most-visited city. First developed as a town in 1857 serving tin mines. Should you wish, there is HO-HO. When the 88-story Petronas Towers were built in 1998 at 1483 feet tall they were the tallest skyscrapers in the world.  They remain the #1 highest twin towers.  I remember visiting the towers when I came to KL in the late 1990's. Earlier this year the 118-story  Merdeka 118  was built to a height of 2228 feet, #2 to the 2717 feet Burj Khalifa.  Merdeka means independence.  It is not quite yet completed and will open next year. We started with a caviar, eggs benedict, mimosa and champagne breakfast. The tour took us to the Blue ...