41. Kuala Lumpur

I flew from Vientiane into Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.... Suddenly I'm in a country with a completely different feel to it. It took ages to get through immigration, and then the airport is a long way out of town, but they have a train to take you there. All very modern and so different from the chilled laid back atmosphere of Laos.... 

I wanted to stay in Chinatown, Jalan Petaling.... Petaling Street.... so headed there on the train and looked at a few guest houses before I found one that I liked... This was Chinatown....

And the night market there

The next day I set off on a busy day sightseeing... Merdeka Square and the beautiful buildings around it... A mixture of Muslim and colonial style.... 

These were the street lights...

The Anglican cathedral...

Just round the corner I visited the oldest mosque in KL... It was stunningly beautiful

I went for lunch to a very local place just round the corner from the mosque.... At the recommendation of a lady who was welcoming visitors to the mosque. I had Malay noodle soup and watermelon juice..... which was really good! And very cheap.... Malaysia is much more expensive than anywhere I've been so far....

Then I went to the Museum of Islamic Arts.... 

And the old colonial railway station

Then I got the metro to the Petronas Towers

And the Telecom museum and tower where I could view the Petronas Towers and skyline from afar.... 

Then it was back to Little India and a bit of shopping in the market, then a fabulous Hindu temple in Chinatown.... 

Where people were worshipping...

So after a really busy day.... that evening I went to dance lindyhop...! I went to Sid's Bar where I was made very welcome, and where there were quite a lot of people having great fun! It was a fab night and great to get my dancing feet on again! 

One day and two nights in KL... Then off on the bus the next day to meet my friends in Penang.....