Kuala Lumpur is such a modern city, unlike any others we've been to in SE Asia, except perhaps Bangkok but without the millions of motos and tuk-tuks belching out noxious black smoke. As a result KL is astoundingly clean, well appears to apart from when you look at the horizon to a haze of beige yellow smog, but the streets are litter free and the pavement sewer covers relatively intact, thus avoiding the daily danger of a warm sewage bath that is such a hazard in many other asian towns. Added to this Sophie and I checked into a really smart designer 5-star hotel thanks to a Christmas present for Sophie, so we were properly set up for a few days. No more roaches, cold showers, skanky beds and bedding and hello - air conditioning, room
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