Welcome to Malaysia

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Well well, Malaysia. What the balls is going on, I have no idea, but it's really cool. If you've been to Asia you have an idea what I'm talking about, but if not then no amount of writing can properly explain it. I'll try anyway.

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Photos

Wusup people
Cool little street kids in Kota Bharu.

Almost there
Bored on the plane from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur.

Welcome
The first sign I see in Malaysia after leaving the airport.

I have no clothes
But I have a sick hotel room.

Room service
This entire meal cost about $6.

Al has arrived
Right into the swing of things.

The pool at the Renaissance
Now this is the way to travel.

The infamous buffet
Unreal

The chocolate fountain
Pinch me, am I dreaming?

Malaysian meal in Chinatown
No more touristy hotel nonsense, this is the real deal.

It's a total crapshoot
The menu. Keep in mind 1 ringgit is about 27 US cents, do the math.

Lost again
Somewhere in downtown Kuala Lumpur.

Petaling Street
Where else can you get a Gucci watch for a dollar?

No clue
But cool.

Photo-worthy
Again, not sure what this is, but it looks important.

Melaka Square
Towers in the background.

Butterfly Conservatory
The admission was kinda steep - $4

A butterfly
Just in case anyone cares.

Alan's new buddy
He walked around like this for about 15 minutes.

Koi pond
No fishing allowed.

The Reggae Bar
Our nightly haunt, right below our hostel.

Comments

[Meredith]

Awesome!
Looks like you're living it up! And making the rounds! I'm so jealous. Oh, not sure if you know about it, but theres this thing called Hospitality Club (www.hospitalityclub.org) its kinda like couch surfing. You can contact people all over the world and try to either stay with them at their home or just have them hang out with you in their city. Its really cool and I had an amazing guy stay with me from Malaysia last week. Check it out if youre interested--good way to get an 'in' for a city...

[Mendrick]

Ka Blau
That place must have been like the movie "The Beach".... Sounds amazing. Those towers look soo cool. Pictures are awesome man.... great story.... Yeah we took cold showers camping but it wasn't that hot outside. no goody. I have a very funny story to tell you if you havn't heard already. ah yeah kid!

[Lloyd Christmas]

booster
Malik click flick flick flick blik sik malik click

[JJ]

At Long Last
I love how you only post once a month - I invent stories in my head about what the hell you're doing, then see what you post and compare. Invariably, the 2 stories are different because either you are not getting arrested or are just not including the jail time in your blog...Keep on rambling - i love the pics...

[Hi 5 Dave]

Island people rule!!
absolutely spot on about that comment (that where you met me - tee hee), completely jealous of you three (tan is looking good!), say hi to Al and Bryan (oh and say sorry on my behalf for missing him when he was in sydney), cherrio my ol' chaps, off to make some tea...

[Hijaz]

Kelantanese
U are lucky to have food in Kelantan. Some Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur would pay a lot for Kelantanse food which are hard to find and difficult to prepare. The picture with the hawker selling those long sausages are actually fish sausages..very healthy. The common food you'd seen in KB would have been Nasi Kerabu(colorful rice with spiced chicken,fish and vegetables). The things in the skewer are called Yong Tau Fu, a Chinese dish but very popular in SEA, the hawker only boils them in oordinary hot water..not some mysterious liquid. Kelantanese food are mostly fish and chicken and the ingredients are usually of spices and lots of coconut. So nothing strange about Kelantanese food actually. I hope u'll try the dishes in other Malaysian states each state have their own local dishes .

[AlanZ]

Ahhh hey dude
What up dude? Awesome pics, love the blog. Still here in Perhentian paradise. The pictures of this place look almost better than the place does in real life. Hope to see you guys in a couple of days...tell Y what up yo...

[Gianna]

Hey there. I love the pictures, true paradise. Take a monkey home for me, they are so cute. I always said I wanted to adopt a monkey instead of having kids.... You got dark. Tell Alan I love his farmer tan showering in the rain. Be safe. Oh and we are planning a lu-au that you're missing. We haven't had one in 3 years but we're back to planning them.