March 17, 2011 Tourists in KL, Malaysia

Walked and walked and walked in KL. Checked out Little India (had the best biriyani of my entire life), the KL Tower with the most amazing city views. We had tons of fun, a wonderful day together.

Nice cuppa chai after gorging ourselves

We just kept the Tower in view and
headed across the city toward it.
 It felt like we were on a quest for magical items.

Looking up

Gorgeous cityscape. Twin KL Towers behind me.

March 16, 2011 More KL

Walked around KL again. Found the UNIQLO store. They have an amazing screen saver clock that Christian loves so we stopped in. Turns out they have really cool clothing. When you walk in the staff shouts "Welcome to UNIQLO!" which made me feel so welcome. They had great t-shirts like one that said "I hate my skirt".  Christian bought a Kakashi (from Narudo anime) t-shirt.

For dinner we went back to the Chinese food stalls. All I wanted was some simple chicken broth with rice noodles, which the restaurant generously made for me even though it wasn't on the menu.

Christian just had a beer and then some Angry Birds. This little boy couldn't take his eyes off the game and even leaned into Christian's back at one point while watching so attentively. Think he pays such close attention to his teachers? Let's hope so.

March 15, 2011 Petronas Towers

Today we headed to the Petronas Towers, aka the Twin Towers. Weird to hear that term used. Discovered that they main part visitors can see is the gigantic mall. Tickets can get you up to the observation area and bridge linking the 2 at about floor 40 but we didn't get there in time for them. I had read there's a better view at the KL tower, which we'll see another day. The towers are stunning. The mall is just a mall.

The place we're staying is one block from one of the best areas for Chinese food stalls at night. We had a lovely steamed fish with garlic, lemon grass, chilis, etc. I don't normally eat much fish, but here it's hard to resist.

March 14, 2011 Day one in Kuala Lumpur

KL is awesome. The bus dropped us off in the middle of town at butt-early, which is sometime between 4:30AM-5:30AM if I'm not mistaken. Thank goodness there was a small diner-type restaurant open for us to loiter at.

Once it reached about 8 AM, I headed out with a man named Conny from Sweden, to find a place. He wanted to check out Chinatown, the usual backpacker area. The places were expensive dumps. He picked a clean one. I headed to a different area and found very tiny but funky place called Tropical. We got settled in then walked toward the malls, which KL has LOTS of. Malls are comforting for us while we're out of the country, which is weird since we don't care much for them at home.

On the way we had our first spectacular meal at a Pakistani buffet. Christian was insanely happy. So was I. The food here - I can't wait to eat it ALL (or as much as my limited, high-maintenance GI system will let me).

We wandered around the mall amazed at the cost of everything, which was just the usual mall prices so it shouldn't surprise us. They had a cool superhero store with some great Wonder Woman t-shirts but they were almost $50!  I stopped in to help Batman keep an eye on the city.

March 13, 2011 Thailand, bye bye! Hello, Malaysia!

Left Krabi and Thailand today. Did I mention the place we stayed at in Krabi was bubblegum pink inside and out? (No commenting on how full the bag is getting, please. I'm well aware of it.)

We were supposed to have an early morning departure to get us to Kuala Lumpur at night, but due to a screw-up of the travel agent we wound up on a later bus which meant an arrival in KL in the early morning. What can you do - it's just the way things shake out.

Late on the Krabi bus

First stop in Malaysia, first meal in Malaysia. Not sure what
made the restaurant "eco" other than the name. 

March 12, 2011 Getting lost in Krabi

We're not really near anything, surely not the ocean. Christian and I decided to just start walking and see what happens. Surprisingly, we didn't get lost. It's cool seeing the residential area instead of the tourist area. Still, wouldn't mind being closer to the water.

Where are we? Who cares!

After our walk, we settled back at the "resort" beside the swamp to avail ourselves of the wi-fi.

I loved the sounds of the swamp at night. Spectacular!

March 11, 2011 Krabi

We're staying in Krabi faaar from the shore, which is why we went there. (NOTE: never buy a package deal from TAT in Bangkok. They have a habit of screwing people over.) The place is by a "lake" which is really a dirty pond. The other side of the place is a swamp, one of the noisiest bits of nature I've ever heard, which I actually liked. Bug spray used liberally.

We walked up to the main road to find a place for dinner. We found a little place that had some tables so we figured they were probably a restaurant. They made us 2 delicious dishes, not what we ordered but who cares when it's so tasty.

Delicious and unassuming - we watched some toads eating
bugs, which was really cool.

Me, happy to be out and eating.

Mr. Big Hands