Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

So a short 2 hr bus to KL from Melaka, and we were plunged into the most instense spot onour trip so far. Chinatown. We found our backpackers and settled in. It was a strange one, filled with friendly types that stay there for months at a time, hardly venturing outside, infact behaving quite nocturnaly, playing chess and watching dvds. The place had a welcoming and homely feel to it however. We stayed for 3 nights, apparently any longer than that and you never leave.

Things to do in KL - gigantic expensive shopping malls (we actaully saw the new batman here!), squashy chinatown markets, look at the petronus towers. Not that exciting really. But the Batu Caves were incredible. 30 mins on the local bus from chinatown. 250ish steps of pilgrimmage for hindu types, and an amazing natural cave at the top, filled with cheeky monkeys. The cavern roof is 100m above your head, and weeps on the cave floor.


Megan clutches the yellow bible after a delicious meal in the Indian district. Quite often we find ourselves the only westerners where we stop, even though the streets themselves seem to be teeming with them. We are eating everything on the trip, meat, seafood, even ice in the drinks if the place looks ok, and our health is picture perfect. Its really good not to have to worry as much as we thought we would about what we put in us.

The last pic is the view from the 41st floor of the petronus towers. Its free to go up if you dont inlcude the hour long wait for tickets and the petroleum company propoganda conveyer belt they put you on before you get your 10 minutes on the viewing bridge. The bridge is only about 1/3 the height of the towers themselves