KL - Hotel Part II

For the second part of my trip to KL, I moved to Novotel Hydro Majestic Kuala Lumpur. I wanted to be closer to the Petronas Twin Towers, where I had a meeting with our consultants on Friday.

The hotel is a new hotel, but the building is not. The building was previously used by another hotel and was renovated before it was named Novotel Hydro Majestic. The sign of age was clearly seen; the room layout was outdated. The toilet was not as nice and the bedlinen was not as luxurious as the one at the Gardens Hotel and Residences. There was no LCD tv either. I asked the girl who checked me in if she knew why the hotel was called Novotel Hydro Majestic. Apparently she was as clueless as the many guests who had asked her many times. One of the pluses of the hotel is its proximity to the major shopping areas of KL. The Suria KLCC, the Pavilion and Bukit Bintang shopping area are all within walking distance from this hotel.







I also tried out the fish food spa, which is now gaining popularity in this region (Brunei excluded). I was there with a female colleague and her coursemate. The first 5 minutes or so of the treatment would be punctuated with squeals from the patrons as the fish nibbled on the dead skin of our feet. You could really feel as if the fish were tickling and 'sucking' on your skin as they nibbled away on the dead skin. It took a while to get used to the sensation and you really have to distract your mind to something else to actually enjoy the treatment. It might also help if you do not think too much about Jaws or Piranha! At the end, it felt as if you had pins and needles when the fish were left to do their job. Our feet felt smoother, though I thought it was due to the fact that we soaked our feet in the water for half an hour. More info on the fish spa here and here.





I saw this card at Carls Jr. Burgers and could not help but chuckling to myself.