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“As another fun perk, it has co-ed common bathrooms” |
After our relaxing stay in Melaka, gettin' cultured up, we decided we were prime for some Capital City. We were pretty confident that we now knew enough of Malay history and customs to not offend anyone too badly.
Kuala Lumpur (called KL by everyone except Michelle), turned out to be much easier to navigate that we originally expected. The bus deposits you directly into the local backpackers' ghetto, and you have to work pretty hard to get yourself lost before you find a hostel. We tried out three pretty...questionable.. .accomodations before settling on a monstrous homestay that seems to have at one time been a luxury hotel. It has definitely come crashing down since the glory days, but it does have air conditioning. As another fun perk, it has co-ed common bathrooms, which Susan had quite an adventure in on the first night, but you'll have to ask her about that in person (yes, there are gestures).
We wandered around Chinatown and then hopped a train to the World Famous Petronas towers. They were the tallest buildings in the world for about a week, then someone built something bigger in Taipei. Tallest or not, they were glitzy and impressive. Susan was so impressed that she stumbled into traffic a few times craning her neck toward the astronomical spires at the top. Michelle compared the towers favorably to Tomorrowland at Disney World, and we spent quite a while photographing and wandering in awe. Then we found out that there was a Mall inside! Unfortunately, unlike Chinatown, ACTUAL Gucci products are for sale in the mall...the most we could afford was a coffee...then we had to skip dinner to make up for it. Still, it was neat.
We headed back to the hostel, now totally confident with our mass transit navigating skillz and made the snap decision to go to Borneo. Within two hours we had cheap flights booked and a plan to kill the next four days before our flight left.
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Writer says:
Well this is an exotic right turn--to Borneo, I mean. Was it the co-ed bathroom that set you two off? You could always take pictures of Susan's gestures and include her story. On the other hand, you do have to save some stories for your return. Sail on, girls. (or walk or fly).