Goodbye Trip with Stacy to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Our hotel was part of an old train station....beautiful, but we were a bit scared of the elevator, since the building was built in 1910.

We had a great few days in Malaysia, with a good mix of Malaysian cultural things....

Like visiting the national forest reserve in the middle of the city. Louisa came with us too, she recently moved to Udon and joined our team. It's great to have her!!


And eating authentic Indian food with our hands, on huge banana leaves instead of plates. It felt so authentic and no one spoke English except the manager, who came over about halfway through our meal (unfortunately too late to help us order!) Wanting to be cultural to the end, we asked if he had any Indian coffee or tea that we could try. He hesitated, so we asked what everyone around us was drinking....he smiled and said "Nescafe! This is an international restaurant!!"


Feeling a bit like part of the Lord of the Rings cast, but dressed culturally appropriate to visit the National Mosque...


We went to see the Petronis Towers (the tallest twin buildings in the world). We waited in line for free tickets but all 1800 were given out before we got there at 8:30am


Since KL is such an international city, we also enjoyed some western treats, like dinner at Chili's, English bookstores, a trip to IKEA, an English movie.....and of course breakfast at Starbucks!!



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