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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Almost a week in Kuala Lumpur
Somebody probably suspects me to be a terrorist - today I left two water bottles unattended at monorail ticket centres. Both were set down on the counters while I paid for my tickets, and forgotten when I left for the train platforms!
Yesterday I awoke sick-in-the-bowels, and I couldn't stray too far from my hostel. I've tried to avoid drinking tap water here, perhaps it was the laksa I ate the night before on "hawker street" in the Golden Triangle? I'll let it go as a mystery, and I think I am feeling a bit better today. "Hawker street" reeks of garbage, sewage, and clove cigarettes, and I have seen many speedy rats racing to and from the storm sewers.
Speaking of storm sewers, it is cool to watch water gush out of them and fill the street when it rains. Lately, when it rains, it pours! Every day I have ran to find cover from monsoon rain - and it has been humid everyday. My little umbrella, from Chinatown in Singapore, cannot withstand a monsoon downpour.
New Year's Eve was interesting - and fortunately dry. People filled the streets in the Golden Triangle to hear bands and DJ's. I also saw quite a party at the night clubs lining a street that leads to the Petronas Towers, which are a wonderful display of light at night. As the clock struck 2006, fireworks went off in at least two seperate sections of the city.
It feels great to have a new plan: tomorrow I fly to Phuket, Thailand. I am hoping to escape the monson rains and find some sun, beach, and hopefully less humidity so I can play my guitar more. There are some places near Phuket that I may go see, as well, such as Krabi and area. I am excited!
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Yesterday I awoke sick-in-the-bowels, and I couldn't stray too far from my hostel. I've tried to avoid drinking tap water here, perhaps it was the laksa I ate the night before on "hawker street" in the Golden Triangle? I'll let it go as a mystery, and I think I am feeling a bit better today. "Hawker street" reeks of garbage, sewage, and clove cigarettes, and I have seen many speedy rats racing to and from the storm sewers.
Speaking of storm sewers, it is cool to watch water gush out of them and fill the street when it rains. Lately, when it rains, it pours! Every day I have ran to find cover from monsoon rain - and it has been humid everyday. My little umbrella, from Chinatown in Singapore, cannot withstand a monsoon downpour.
New Year's Eve was interesting - and fortunately dry. People filled the streets in the Golden Triangle to hear bands and DJ's. I also saw quite a party at the night clubs lining a street that leads to the Petronas Towers, which are a wonderful display of light at night. As the clock struck 2006, fireworks went off in at least two seperate sections of the city.
It feels great to have a new plan: tomorrow I fly to Phuket, Thailand. I am hoping to escape the monson rains and find some sun, beach, and hopefully less humidity so I can play my guitar more. There are some places near Phuket that I may go see, as well, such as Krabi and area. I am excited!
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