Friday, May 18, 2007

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: May 17-18

I don't know how we got so lucky but we arrived in KL past midnight expecting to be stranded or something but we were able to catch the last bus (Aerobus company) from the airport to the city. Not only that, but the people were nice enough to deliver us straight to the front steps of our hostel for 2 extra ringgets because it was the last bus. We stayed at a hostel called Equator Hostel which was in the Golden Triangle section of town. It's a cute little place and pretty clean with internet and laundry service. The people are VERY friendly. Also, things look far away on a map but Liz and I managed to get to most places by walking.

Some of the sightseeing we did in KL: Petronus towers, KL Tower, Chinatown, Little India, Central Market, Batu Caves, Masjik Jamek (mosque), and the city forest. In the Batu caves, some guy was holding a huge snake and Liz and I got to pet it. Also there were monkeys EVERYWHERE!

Also, on our way to see the Petronus towers, we passed by this table on the sidewalk selling buffet style lunch wrapped in wax paper and banana leaf. It looked cool so we tried it out and it was really good. No travellers diarrhea so thumbs up to that.

Another cool thing was at the Malaysia Tourism Centre, Liz and I saw a performance of Malaysian dances. Since Malaysia is so multicultural there was a lot of different style of dances. All of them were really neat to see and it makes me think of Malaysia as an Asian Canada. At the tourism centre we also got to try out Batik painting. We bought kits that had outlines done for us and we got an artist to show us how to paint.

Next up, some jungle trekking and a beach.

Pictures: http://ucalgary.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2036089&l=31799&id=120601852