Final stop in SE-Asia: KL

15-19.2.2012

Forgive me for not having whole lot to write about the Malaysian Capital. Due to certain monkey juice induced island trip, most of the time we spent there recovering. I swear it used to be easier and a lot faster five years ago. Also, my heart was filled with certain sadness because this was the last stop on the road for me and Antti togheter. After this Antti would head to New Zeland to find work and I would continue to Nagpur, India for my friend Krutikas wedding. Then meet my buddies Udai and Anshumaan in Delhi, continuing on, as most of you already know, to China to teach english. So, once again, we took it slow, I mean really slow :). Anyhow. I do have some pictures.

KL is more or less just another big asian city. I guess I have seen enough of them for now. No special vibes here for me. Lots of tall buildings. Excellent food though! We are still in Malaysia after all.

I was a little anxious as we got here because I had orderd a big box of Swedish snus from Sweden and was pretty sure I would never see it, OR the money I spent. Also, not a big fan of smoking. So, after a long day of hunting down the parcel around the city you can imagine my relief when I finally found it! All set for a while!

Again, the architecture is unsurprisingly european, which I don’t mind at all. Love the narrow type buildings with a great colour palette.

As per usual, it had come to the question: Where to find affordable booze in Malaysia. Where there is will, there is a way. I won’t reveal the location of the “tax-free” shop here, but I do have the geo-location for it in case someone needs it. Just hit me on email.

BTW at this point Bombay Gin & Tonic had to be downgraded to lemon “gin” and 100 plus (Asian Gatorade). Jani, I don’t suppose you could absolve me for this sin?

Food! (and beer as expensive as the food)

Need. More. Water features.

Sci-fi towers and a sad face.

Pretty pretty!

I don’t remember the name of this bar/lounge (warehouse?) but I did like it very much! More for the atmosphere and musical jammers (the owner of our hostel playing guitar on the picture below) than the price-range of drinks.

Wine is mine, not the empty case of fries. It came with the table.

View from the roof terrace of our hostel (the name escapes me again, Antti, a little help here?). The hostel was awesome! Great location, cheap rooms and a very relaxed atmosphere. Also they are due for renovation, which should set the rooms straigth too :). The owner was great. On the last night played some texas hold ’em with him and some other giest at the reception. Won my bus fare to the airport. Also, met this Swedish guy, Povel, who arrived the same time as we but was running the reception by the second night. Impressive! Povel, you still work there?

Local tourist street.

Once again, Antti, I would like to thank you for excellent company on the road, your tour-services as well as the mutual alcohol abuse. No-one does it better! 😉

Take care and hope to see you soon enough!