Kuala Lumpur

After an uneventful layover in Miri, we left Borneo for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Our hostel was sweet, and the lady who works there was really nice. The AC was a wonderful change as well. We had about a day there so we saw the Petronas Twin Towers, which used to be the tallest buildings in the world before the Taipei 101. They are pretty awesome buildings with a suspension bridge in between them for viewing the city. I think they’re in the movie Entrapment or something. 

Not a whole lot happened that day actually; we walked all over town and saw some really nice architecture and the world’s tallest flagpole which we learned about in a video we watched for our Asian Business class! It’s not supposed to be a very good thing because the video was about how a lot of Asian countries wasted money when they could have been helping their people, but nevertheless it was fun to see. We went to an indoor market that I actually found interesting. Kind of overdid it with the tribal / jungle appeal though, and overpriced too, so we left.

KL has a definite feel to it which kind of comes out at night. It looks almost like Vegas without the casinos: big flashy buildings on a long road with palm trees. They had the biggest golden”M” I’ve ever seen so I decided it was time for Spicy Beef Foldover.

Okay I have to talk about this thing for a minute because it was so good. It was big and surprisingly spicy, more spicy than you’d expect from McDonald’s. Tasted like Taco Bell smothered with Fire Sauce. And it was packed with vegetables of a higher caliber than I’m used to here, like red onions and carrots and stuff. Damn it was good. Maybe the best McDonald’s I’ve ever had.

It doesn’t look like much but trust me it was good.

Now the Malaysians in Borneo are probably the chillest people I’ve ever met, and they don’t annoy foreigners at all, probably because tourism isn’t as huge there. Not so in Kuala Lumpur though. The bus station in particular felt almost like Shenzhen, with people jumping in your face and tugging your arm to try to get your business. I didn’t like it, but we had to get bus tickets.

That night we went to some club. Again all the clubs here happen to be jungle themed. It was all right, but nothing special. Too hot.