Kuala Lumpur

After a crazy bus ride, Erik and I finally reached our final destination of this trip: Kuala Lumpur. We checked into our hostel around 9pm and then when walking around town. While walking, we saw something that Seinfeld fans will appreciate. We saw a Kenny Roger’s Rosters restaurant 5 minutes away from our hostel. Of course during our stay we ate a meal there at it was delicious. We then headed back to the hostel for some beers.

The next day we ventured to the Petronas Twin Towers, which are the tallest twin towers in the world right now. We could not go up the towers because they only let 1200 people up due to security concerns. We then headed to Chinatown for some bargain shopping. All the shops seemed to be selling the same clothes and souvenirs. Some vendors even sold movies that were currently in theatres for about 5$. I needed short so I bargained to buy 2 pairs of billabongs for 10$ each, not bad at all. We then headed to the KL Tower, which is one of the tallest buildings in the world, but the tallest tower worldwide is still the CN Tower in Toronto. For some reason I felt some national pride ☺. That night we went to party in a part of the town called Bangsar which is full of bars and restaurants. There we met and partied with 2 Malays and 2 girls from Uzbekistan that were studying in KL.

The next day we visited Lake gardens, which is a beautiful park in the middle of the city. In the park we came across a group of Chinese school children. Their tour guide asked us where we were from and he translated to the kids that we were from Canada. The kids waived and enthusiastically said hello to us in English. They also looked surprised that 2 white guys from a distant country were in their part of the world. I was also very surprised that they knew what Canada was. After that, we took a cab to the airport (took 1 hour!!!) and flew back to Bangkok. After spending one more day in Bangkok with Erik, I then flew back to Oslo. My trip to South-East Asia was a great one and I’m glad I was lucky enough to experience countries and cultures that I thought I would never experience. I am hoping I get another chance to visit that part of the world.

Take care,

Jason