Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia

A way to sum up Malaysia...

Riding a motorbike/moped on the pavement is a given, whether its to cut corners, to beat the traffic or because they just fancy it. It is also not strange to see them coming towards you on the wrong side of the road.
You are never far away from a rat or a cockroach, even when your eating dinner.
It is common to have noodles for breakfast, noodles for lunch and rice for dinner... what a good balanced diet!
People ride past on their bikes carrying everything they own, including tables, chairs, trays of food, bags, you name it they can carry it, its a mystery how they manage to keep their balance.

Looking on the up side, food is cheap, the people are really friendly and plug sockets are the same as in England... no adapter needed! The small pleasures in life!!!!


Kuala Lumar is a lovely city with an amazing skyline. The patronas twin towers are spectacular, especially at night when they are all lit up. Through the day we also got to walk across the bridge which goes from one building to the other. You get a lovely view of the whole city.
While we were there we also went to the Batu caves. You had to walk up 272 steps to reach the temple at the top, it was quite impressive and we saw lots of monkeys chilling out up at the top, trying to steal food from every tourist.
The China town here was even more hectic than in Singapore, even though it was smaller. It was almost impossible to get down some streets as they were so busy. However there was still a brilliant atmosphere and it was even where we ended up staying!!!