KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Not much to report in the past few days; I think the most exciting thing for me was going to the movies a couple of days ago in Kota Kinabalu and seeing X-Men 3 (subtitled in Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia). I actually thought it was pretty good, although they keep killing off or neutering all the characters! I can't even imagine what the next sequel will be like, if they make one. But at least Colossus made it through this one unscathed--maybe he'll be the star of the next movie. Yes, I'd definitely see that one. :-)
Anyway, last night we flew from KK to KL, and took a long taxi ride to our downtown hostel, a slightly dodgy little place above a little restaurant right across from Planet Hollywood, and in the shadow of titanic hotels like the Marriott and the Regent. We didn't make it in until about 1am, and I immediately crashed.
Our original plan was to catch a bus to Kuala Besut today, then take the ferry to the Perhentian Islands. But all the buses were booked for days, so we instead reserved a flight there on Saturday--only about 50 bucks each, which wasn't much more than the bus, anyway.
In the meantime, we have a couple of days to kill in KL. I spent most of this afternoon walking around the city and bought a few books at Borders. Later on, the guy that runs the hostel, a personable chap named Pete, took Chris, myself, and a nice Irish lass named Selena who's staying at our hostel to a good local restaurant near his home. He then drove us by the Batu Caves, an impressive Hindu temple/cave complex on the side of a limestone mountain, with 272 numbered steps leading up to it. Outside is a HUGE golden statue of Lord Murugan (who he?), which was only completed in January of this year. When we got close to the statue, we saw that there were a bunch of macaques climbing all over its base! (What is it with monkeys and temples, anyway?) I would have liked to climb the steps to see the caves themselves, but we didn't really have the time. (Maybe tomorrow....)
Not much to report in the past few days; I think the most exciting thing for me was going to the movies a couple of days ago in Kota Kinabalu and seeing X-Men 3 (subtitled in Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia). I actually thought it was pretty good, although they keep killing off or neutering all the characters! I can't even imagine what the next sequel will be like, if they make one. But at least Colossus made it through this one unscathed--maybe he'll be the star of the next movie. Yes, I'd definitely see that one. :-)
Anyway, last night we flew from KK to KL, and took a long taxi ride to our downtown hostel, a slightly dodgy little place above a little restaurant right across from Planet Hollywood, and in the shadow of titanic hotels like the Marriott and the Regent. We didn't make it in until about 1am, and I immediately crashed.
Our original plan was to catch a bus to Kuala Besut today, then take the ferry to the Perhentian Islands. But all the buses were booked for days, so we instead reserved a flight there on Saturday--only about 50 bucks each, which wasn't much more than the bus, anyway.
In the meantime, we have a couple of days to kill in KL. I spent most of this afternoon walking around the city and bought a few books at Borders. Later on, the guy that runs the hostel, a personable chap named Pete, took Chris, myself, and a nice Irish lass named Selena who's staying at our hostel to a good local restaurant near his home. He then drove us by the Batu Caves, an impressive Hindu temple/cave complex on the side of a limestone mountain, with 272 numbered steps leading up to it. Outside is a HUGE golden statue of Lord Murugan (who he?), which was only completed in January of this year. When we got close to the statue, we saw that there were a bunch of macaques climbing all over its base! (What is it with monkeys and temples, anyway?) I would have liked to climb the steps to see the caves themselves, but we didn't really have the time. (Maybe tomorrow....)
posted by John Kuge at 9:32 PM
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Hmmmm i suspect no access to the Internet. Its been a long time with no posts....
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