Note: I'm on a slow connection right now so I'll put the pictures up when I get a chance. Alex has some excellent ones on his blog Shoppers delight. Coming in directly from Cambodia, Malyasia feels like more like New Jersey than Southeast Asia. Kuala Lumpur, their "futuristic" capital city, is, like most capitals, not really intended for tourism. Nonetheless, we were able to get a cheap flight out of Siem Reap to Kuala Lumpur that saved us from spend 20 hours in a cramped bus traveling back to Bangkok. As soon as we got through customs, we happily gorged ourselves on McDonald's, having spent the last week without any western food. Yes, we're soft. We decided to be adventurous and took a Gypsy cab from the airport, with a driver who called himself The
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