KL provided a nice stopover. Other than the sketch hostel in Chinatown, that left my scratching at bites on my legs and eyeing my hostel sheet trying to decide whether it had picked up any bed bugs :S (I ended up soaking it in deet for a couple of hours before using it again), KL was a pleasant place to stop for a day and wander around. It's like many other big cities, it's busy and the streets are teeming with people in suits with briefcases rushing to work. Since it was threatening rain and I hadn't eaten since before my flight the night before I couldn't resist when I saw a KFC with free WIFI. Inside it was set up exactly like a KFC in NA (big surprise), but offered rice as a side dish, had a sign stating the food is hallah and the clientele was about half men and women in suits, half women in hijabs. Everyone was chatting away happily while waiting in the enormous line up. Probably looked exactly the way a downtown Toronto KFC would look at lunch hour, but maybe a little happier...?
The KL tower, which provides a great view of the city and the Patronas Towers, is the 5th tallest telecommunications tower in the world. On the viewing deck I was given an excellent audio guide that provided me with just enough detail to keep me interested in the view, but not so much as to bore me. The city has many unique features which were made all the more interesting thanks to the explanations. After the viewing deck I headed to a very sad attempt at an authentic Malay village. Essentially the tower wanted to triple its price and so thought that by adding this cheap addition they could justify it. I wasn't expecting much from it so I wasn;t very surprised or disappointed when it turned out to be a crappy strip of wood buildings selling cheap trinkets at ridiculous prices. Luckily, the dance performance that followed was much more impressive (see facebook for short video).
Overall not a bad way to spend an afternoon!
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