Excited to be back in Asia. Exiting the plane, a wall of humidity hits me. After the 73km taxi ride into the central business area (KLCC), I stay one night at any guesthouse. In the middle of the night, it all comes back to me. Bed bugs. How could I forget? ‘In the morning, I’ll head straight to China Town.’ Pet Shops can be confronting in Asia. Turtles, snakes, parrots, galagos and baby rhesus monkeys, are all for sale here. Along with hundreds of birds kept in small cages. At another pet store, around the corner, my suggestion of giving water to the three giant rabbits panting in a tiny cage is obliged. And after pointing to a dead guinea pig; the shop assistant grabs it, wraps it in a newspaper, and throws it in the
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