Malaysia is a very different experience from what I have gone through the last past two months. It is like a combination of all countries in south-east asia with a (big) touch of the western world.

One moment we are standing in the middle of central city, Chinatown, watching chinese citizens prepare dim sum, just a few minutes walking later we pass by dozens of indian restaurants and shops. Adding another five minutes walk ends us up in a huge shopping center called Berjaya Times Square where both malays, chinese and indian people are competing with the very best special prices for me! Just next to that lies a more glamorous shopping district for designer clothes, jewelry and watches… but their booze was fairly cheap at least!

Berjaya Times Square, very good for cheap shopping even though it looks

Great city view from KL tower

Lurking around in the city at night taking pictures

Somehow I feel more comfortable here just walking down the streets, the people here are not as pushy here as in Thailand. The hotels have higher standards, you can flush the toilet paper and drink tap water… We even have a guy opening the door for us, for the same price as we barely got a air-conditioned room in some parts of Thailand!

Oh by the way, it’s apparantly christmas now… Merry x-mas everyone!!!
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