Malaysia (Covid-19 & My Staycation No 22 - Pavilion KL, ICC Pudu & Pudu Wet Market, Kuala Lumpur) Dec 15 2020

" If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there "

" My Staycation & Jalan Jalan (Walkabout) free & easy day trip to Pavilion KL, Bukit Bintang & Pudu Wet Market with my travel buddy Thompson Tham (including a breakfast chat in ICC, Pudu) on Tuesday Dec 15 2020 (08.00 > 13.00), travelling by LRT & MRT train rides from SS15, Subang Jaya > Pudu, Kuala Lumpur & from Bukit Bintang return; my 22nd outdoor trip after the lifting of Movement Control Order (MCO) on June 10 2020 but due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, my home state of Selangor was placed under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) from Oct 14 > Dec 20 but inter-state travel ban was lifted on Dec 9 2020; my last meet up with Thompson Tham was in Dec 8 2019 in Pudu, after our Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Jade Dragon Snow Mountain package tour in Yunnan, China Nov 3-10 2019 " 

Total expenses incurred: Rm13.30 (US$3.25)

LRT Trains: Rm2.30 + Rm2.10= Rm4.30 (senior 50% discount)

Food: Rm9

Travel itinerary (by LRT trains): SS15 Subang Jaya > Masjid Jamek (transit) > Pudu; Bukit Bintang > Pasar Seni (transit) > SS15 Subang Jaya 

The start of my Rapid KL LRT train ride from SS15, Subang Jaya > Pudu LRT station (transit in Masjid Jamek)

My travel buddy - Thompson Tham

1) Pavilion KL, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur - Golden Christmas Memories decor in Pavilion, Christmas is just around the corner, Yuletide spirit is very much alive in major shopping malls, Pavilion is a premier up market shopping mall in the heart of Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, a great place for food, dining & shopping for fashionable & trendy products ! 

2) Fahrenheit 88, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur - Christmas Decor 

3) Jalan Jalan (Walkabout) in Bukit Bintang & Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur (morning walk from ICC Pudu > Pavilion KL, Jalan Bukit Bintang)

4) Pasar Pudu (Wet Market), Kuala Lumpur (my early morning walkabout from Pudu LRT station to Pudu Wet Market before my breakfast meet up with Thompson Tham), one of the oldest wet market in Kuala Lumpur, another of my down the memory lane visit ! 

5) Jalan Pudu (Main Street), Jalan Pasar & nearby area, Kuala Lumpur -  old pre-World War II shophouses dominated on both side of the main street !

6) San Peng Flats, Jalan San Peng, Kuala Lumpur 

7) Breakfast with Thompson Tham in a Food Court in ICC Pudu, Kuala Lumpur (morning walk from Pudu LRT Station > ICC Pudu) - my breakfast today is a bowl of Imbi Road Sam Kan Chong pork ball mi hoon soup (RM7) + Hainan coffee (Rm2) 

8) Food Court in ICC Pudu, Kuala Lumpur - the good old days of eating hawker food from Imbi Market can now be found in ICC Pudu ! Plenty of hawker style food to choose, very crowded during the morning weekends ! 

After over 3 hours of Jalan Jalan (Walkabout) in Pudu, Imbi Road & Bukit Bintang, including a breakfast chat with Thompson in ICC Pudu, I headed home & took a MRT train ride from Bukit Bintang > SS15 Subang Jaya (transit in Pasar Seni) & look forward for a good rest in my home sweet home !