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Travels - Malaysia 2006
24h stopover in Kuala Lumpur (KL): While leaving Philippines on my way
back to Maldives, I had a 24h stopover in Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur. The
package was offered by Malaysian Airlines: they provided me a 4 star Hotel
plus 2 free meals at the restaurant. I had a chance to visit a museum where
I saw some of the ancient Malay porcelains , armors and instruments (you can
see me attempting to play one of those in the pictures below). I saw the KL
twin towers , the second tallest tower in the world , the KL Chinatown and
riding the KL special monorail metro train. The weather is very comfortable
, I love it , very very humid and hot, the city is clean , ordinate and the
people well mannered and modern. I had a very good impression. Hopefully
next year I will be traveling through the Malaysian jungle an some of its
nice temples. One of the good part of this trip was that I had an encounter
with the couchsurfer Erina who kindly accompanied me for hours around the
computer-city shopping mall in the desperate attempt to find a Sony T10
camera for less than 300$. We asked every single shop (there were hundreds)
but at last we succeed!
<< That's
the monorail train, a sort of metro which runs outdoor through all the city
and you can enjoy a really wonderful view while riding it.
>> Me and Erina
<<
The cool thing about KL is that the city and it's parks are fully
"decorated" with rich jungle-style vegetation!
Plus the high humidity climate will really make you think
if you came across a futuristic city in the middle of the
jungle...The sensation amazed me. I like it !!
>>On the right , me and the KL twin towers considered the 2nd tallest in the
world.
<<
Like every city in the world , guess what , the
Chinatown district. Boring uh? I already lost the
count on how many chinatowns i've seen so far...
>> on the right , me and Erina , a Couchsurfer who helped me out on my
mission to
explore the city in less than 24h , finding the best deal for my 7th digital camera ,
taking me to
the best
club (Luna?) . She made my day really interminable , 24h seemed like 84h by
the many things we did.
Me
at the museum, attracted by some Mali artifacts , old
musical instruments and tea pots.