Right after a vacation we took another. This time we went to Kuala Lumpur for an extended weekend trip timed around Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang. It was my first GP viewed live since the 2000 Montreal GP. In KL we visited Chinatown, Petronas Twin Towers, various shopping malls, a big walk-in aviary, a beautiful but scorching hot orchid park and took the hop-on, hop-off tour around around the sights. There were many more things to see, but there was limited time with 3 days spent on viewing fast cars scream by.
In Sepang I roamed around the various grand stands during the Friday practice and then on Saturday and Sunday we watched the qualifying and the race with the whole family. We were in grand stand F which gives a fantastic view of the complex of fast corners 5-8 as well as the straights and the hairpin between them. You can follow about half a lap from your seat, which is pretty amazing. The challenge with F is logistics - it's time-consuming to get there and even more difficult to get back. We took the KLIA Transit train on all 3 days and on Saturday going back to KL was a disaster with the airport to circuit shuttle buses stuck in traffic. Took over 4 hours to get back to the hotel...
Anyway a great race, a great track and a great city. Much recommended!
