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Xin Nian Kuai Le (happy Chinese New Year): It is now the year of the Dragon! woop x
I have left Indonesia and I am now exploring Malaysia!!! I have been situated in Kuala Lumpur (K.L) for 4 days and have made friends with 3 fellow brits. After the mammoth journeys it has been nice to just chill and stay in one place for a few days. Although saying that, I have had really bad bed bugs for the last four days - and complete with my bad sunburnt legs and mosquito bites - I really look like I've been through the wars.
I stayed longer in K.L as I wanted to experience Chinese New Year in the centre of Chinatown. I was told that there would be little celebration however, and everyone travelled out to spend time with their families. What I wasn't expecting then, was that a sea of Malaysian people would flood the city as it was a national holiday!! The Chinese people left, and were replaced by thousands of migrant workers, living in Malaysia.. for them, tourists are a rare sight - so I had millions more stares than before!!!
After navigating the city, and seeing my first Nandos for 5 months (of course... i ate there twice.. you dont even need to ask. lol) I wandered towards my hostel in the centre of Chinatown! I had been told to watch my bag at all times... but for the most part I felt very safe in KL. Except when I first arrived I walked into a foreigner getting accosted by a salesman, who had him up against a wall - and as I was walking away i heard him slap him :S
For this reason, I was glad to meet such good friends in K.L - and we had a great time at the classic "Reggae Bar" in K.L. I got HIDEOUSLY drunk whilst playing Kings - I dont remember anything of the night at all... except Sheriic tells me I rang him 20 times.. just professing that I was drunk!. ha..I was soooo horrendously drunk that I overslept and missed my pre-paid tour of the Petronas Towers (see picture) .. aparently the view from the top is incredible.. but I will have to take others word for it ... oh dear! lol.
After K.L I am headed for the rainforest in Taman Negara!!!
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