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June 12th 2012
Published: June 17th 2012
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Whenever I arrive in a new part of Asia I keep waiting for it to assault my westernized senses with dirt and poverty. Malaysia being a predominately Muslim country I was also expecting to not see another female except for eyes peaking out from holes in a black sheet. Kuala Lumpur was a nice surprise. I have to say other than a confusing lack of pedestrian crossings, this city is quite nice. It is ... Read Full Entry



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Jennifer
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In my normal life I work at Wal-mart and help customers find the aisle with the raisins. But that is just what I do to finance my dream of world travel. In this life I am commencing part II of my world journey, in which I will be starting by seeing parts of the US. Then I will be moving on to Australia and South East Asia. I will be home after 15 months, and it still isn't enough time.... full info
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Arch wood carvingsArch wood carvings
Arch wood carvings
Royal PalaceRoyal Palace
Royal Palace
National MonumentNational Monument
National Monument
apparently it is a replica of the statue designed for Iwo Jima
Lunch for $2Lunch for $2
Lunch for $2
Clothing shopClothing shop
Clothing shop
Hindu templeHindu temple
Hindu temple
artisitic graffitiartisitic graffiti
artisitic graffiti
representation of rubber farmingrepresentation of rubber farming
representation of rubber farming
fountain in the Botanical Gardensfountain in the Botanical Gardens
fountain in the Botanical Gardens
Botanical GardensBotanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens
National MuseumNational Museum
National Museum
Masad JamekMasad Jamek
Masad Jamek
Petronas towers from the bottomPetronas towers from the bottom
Petronas towers from the bottom
the towers from the insidethe towers from the inside
the towers from the inside
Central MarketCentral Market
Central Market



17th June 2012

Denise
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Lunch for $2
Pardon my foodie ignorance, but just what WAS that you were eating? Lov that you can wash it down with a diet coke!
18th June 2012

jawilso
Jennifer

food
I am not sure what it was actually. I just pointed at a picture on the menu. It tasted like spicy pad thai. It was yummy. And I am happy to report that Diet Coke is everywhere.
18th June 2012

mom
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turtle pond
You mean all those rocks are turtles? wow. Did they move around alot while you were there? is that how you knew they were actually turtles?
4th July 2012

Ramu Kancheti
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Big Fan
Became a big fan of you just by reading your info.. it great of you, a normal woman who works and saves money for a world trip like this. it nice reading your blogs. keep going and see the world.
4th July 2012

Ramu Kancheti
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correction
its not a golden Buddha statue its a Hindu god, called subrahmanyeswara swamy. son of lord siva. the one dancing on death, as you named it. he is also called nataraj god of dance, and a destroyer, one who decide the death of any living thing.( it just a belief in India)

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