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We spent a good 2 weeks in Chaing Mai, and it was time to say good bye.
Our first day in Kuala Lumpur was awesome. Our friend Jodi had recomended an amazing area, right in the heart of the city. Found a really cheap room that was clean and had air con.! Found great street food (BBQ and tandori chicken), wandered the streets and settled down in an Egyptian cafe, smoking a hookah and did a little people watching. Spent most of the next day searching for the bus station to buy a bus ticket to the Perhentians. So stinkin hot and humid. We must have stopped for icecream and iced tea tareks about 3 times. We were figuring out the local area and train system pretty good!! We also did a good walking tour and saw some fantastic old British-style buildings, went into a mosque (yup, I had to wear a scarf on my head and wear a full robe!) and toured to Chinatown. Oh, Chinatown!!! Still makes me smile as it reminds me of our time in China, all the little shops, red lanterns, temples with incense burning and FOOD! Headed back to our place for much needed air-con and a nap.
Later on we went up the Menara tower (254m high!) and it took 56 seconds to reach the top (ears popping the whole way). We had a great night view of the city. We headed over to the Petronas Towers to get a night picture. The city reminded me of Hong Kong a bit; quite clean and it had lots of trees and green space. Not as crowded and crazy as Bangkok.
The next day, we went to the Petronas twin towers. They are HUGE! You can't go up them very far. they only let you up 140m, that's why we went up the Menara. The towers have a huge mall attached which was nice and cold compared to outside. We did some window shopping, and stopped at a sushi restaurant. It had a conveyer belt with the sushi on it, and all you did was grab what you wanted, no ordering, the plates were color coded for price. We were leaving on a night bus to get to the Islands so we continued to wander the streets, eat chicken and iced teas.
Headed to the bus station and had a pretty decent bus to the ferry stop to the Perrhentian Isl. Arrived at 5am so we slept on some benches before the 8am ferry. Took a boat to the islands and the ride was CRAZY!! Waves were up to 8 feet high and when you ride one up and then slam down the other side well, lets say it was like a roller coaster. 45 minutes later we arrived at Mama's Place, got a great little bungalow and saw the white, white sand and gorgeous water. Just what we wanted!!! For being in Asia so long we had not been on the beaches for a while and this is hte perfect spot to do nothing but 'change color' (that is what a Malay man in KL told me would happen!). We were planning on staying a week, and here we are 11 days later! This place is amazing. Now i know why so many of our friends loved it here. We snorkelled with black tip reef sharks, turtles and sting rays. kinda freaky seeing a shark 20 feet from shore.
The plan is to stay a bit longer, then head straight to Singapore. Universal studios just opened up there, so we might go if we can. Got a plane to catch March 30th leaving for LA!! Got our hotel booked in Vegas. TI on the 4-7th of April. Then after that we meet everyone in Mexico for the WEDDING. YEEEEHAWWWW.
Miss you all
steve and monique
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