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Modern Kuala Lumpur

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur and we were struck by just how modern the city was; it’s in stark contrast to Cambodia. The roads were smooth, not a single pot-hole to be found. The buses were comfortable and we were delighted to see the bus we were on actually cruised down the highway at the speed limit! We’ve noticed that the vitality of a city or country can fall apart if the infrastructure isn’t there to support it, poor roads can mean the downfall of the cities and country’s economy do to lost time because of trying to get around on terrible roads.

Kuala Lumpur reminded us of New York City, the skyline, which we got to view from the Menara Tower was spectacular. KL is also a very diverse city; being predominantly Muslim, we found it to be very tolerant of all the other cultures. Plus, all the other ethnic cultures, like the Indian and Chinese communities flourish. From what we could tell, they all live in relative harmony.

We found a wonderful Indian restaurant near our airport hotel. It was inexpensive and they gave out huge portions of the most delicious Indian food we’ve ever had. It was truly amazing. I think we managed to eat there at least once every day we were in KL. Besides eating our way through KL, we did a little bit of shopping. The malls seemed almost American except for all the veiled women. We actually bought a pair of jeans. We’ve read in all our travel books that jeans would be to cumbersome and too heavy for the hot weather, but we found most people there, wearing jeans!

We visited the Batu Caves, and just outside the caves is a 270 step staircase and the statue of Murugan, who was the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati according to Hindu mythology. The caves host Malaysia’s most precious Hindu shrines. Over 1.5 million people visit this site every year during the Thaipusam festival. This festival is where the devotees undertake extreme acts of self-mortification. What we liked the most was all the monkeys crawling on the staircase. They were so cute. We highly recommend seeing the Batu caves, it was the most fascinating part of our trip.

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