Is really friggin expensive. I should leave it at that, but I’ll give a little bit more I guess. For the past couple of days we’ve been wandering around the city trying to go to museums (many have been closed or remodeling or whatever makes them inaccessible) or certain areas of the city such as Chinatown and Little India but have had rotten luck. Every time we go nothing is there or is the opposite of what we’d thought it would be. We went to the Science center (best gift shop EVER!) and bought a ticket for the CSI exhibit too. We didn’t know it was geared towards children. It was a neat idea and set up well except for the fact that it gave you all of the answers to the mysteries! We decided not ... read more

This morning we headed to Melaka Sentral at around 9 and it took about an hour to get to the station. We were headed to Wonderland, a water park about 15 minutes away but decided to switch our plans and go ahead and buy a ticket for Singapore in the afternoon. All of the bus companies were the same basically, so we just picked one that left around 14:00 and went back to the apartment to gather our things and come back. We almost didn’t make it on time, but when we got there it was a few minutes before 2 pm and we hadn’t eaten yet so I asked the bus driver if I could run to the McDonald’s in the station before leaving. He said it wasn’t a problem so I ran there and ... read more

By 7:45 we'd taken the #30 bus and arrived at the Petronas Towers to secure a spot in the already substantial waiting line. I bought some sandwiches and drinks at the convenience store located conveniently across the way from the line and sat down to wait. We saw all kinds of people waiting there: Europeans, Americans, Asians, old, young, small, tall, clad in running shoes, sandals, high heels, dresses, suits, pants, shorts, headscarves, burqas (jubah), you name it. As a tangent, if anyone can explain the headscarf thing to me I’d appreciate it. What I’ve been taught is that women wear them as a means of protection from the lust of men. If that’s correct, then I don’t understand why there is so much fashion centered around this piece of clothing – it comes in any ... read more

We hopped on a bus to get to the Petronas Towers because it is the cheapest. The metro also goes there, but the bus is closer to where we are and just have to go to the end of the block across from The Chill Inn. So we asked the driver if it went to Ampang and he said yes, so we hopped on and waited for a few minutes before pulling out. It took ten minutes to get there and cost RM 1 each. This was our first indication that our map was not-so-trusty. When we arrived at the entrance we saw a sign indicating that the tickets had been sold out for the day but they were selling Package 1 (visit to the skybridge, RM 20 -- it was free but they are renovating ... read more

Today we went with Coco to explore the city, starting by having a nice little breakfast at W & O Cafe down the street (I had iced tea!). We started by going to Khoo Khongsi, an ornate temple, and from there sort of wandered around. We went to another small temple, a mosque (I had to wear a black robe because my knees were showing), the Pinanag Peranakan Mansion, Little India, and the Church pier (Ronald spotted a Komodo Dragon in the water as it was hopping up onto some steps!). It was extremely hot and I was glad to have a rest in the afternoon. We have decided to go to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, so hopefully we won't melt into puddles before then. Technical Details -people are really friendly here without trying to just get ... read more