Greg here.
Often simply referred to as KL, Malaysia's capital and largest city serves as a hub for air transport for the region and offered us a chance to enjoy some of the perks of a modern city.
While in KL we booked tickets for Siem Reap and Vietnam and obtained visas at the Vietnam embassy. On the more fun side, we checked out some of the malls. We were surprised by size of some of the malls and by the extravagance of their Christmas displays.
Despite the fact we didn't have much of a shopping agenda, we enjoyed the spectacle around us managed to take in two movies (Skyfall and The Hobbit) and an indoor amusement park.
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| Max and Thomas taking in the view of KL from the Mederka tower. |
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| This man repaired Max's sandals, |
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| Our favourite food stall in Little India, close to our hotel. |
Last, before our departure we ventured just out of KL to see the Batu Caves. These impressive caves etched out of limestone cliffs house a major Hindu religious site as well as a thriving monkey population.
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| Hard to capture on "film"; the caves were inspiring. |
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| Thomas staring down a gang of Macaus, aka "cheeky monkeys". |
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| This monkey literally chased Thomas threateningly until Thomas tossed his cone to the ground. ( Cynthia hates these monkeys.) |
From KL we flew to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Tune in next week to find out who we bumped into!
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very cool! we will always think of those monkeys as the 'regular' monkeys....i know who you bumped into in Cambodia - Anjelina Jolie!
ReplyDeleteWell we didn't actually see her but we did watch as a guide tried to re-enact one of her Angkor Wat scenes. He was not as easy on the eyes and carried far fewer weapons.
ReplyDeleteThough he was a menace and Cynthia hates his kind, that last monkey shot with the cone is AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteThe shot is memorable and stirs deep seated resentment from core of my being. Just after that monkey went after Thomas cone another one started chasing Max with fangs showing-- but he didn't even have any food to toss away! I immediately went into mother bear mode, to Greg!s consternation, and put my hands in the air with fingers like claws and bared my teeth back at him, heart a pounding....the homo sapien won the round and the wild primate backed off. I really don't want to do that again.
DeletePs we're back in the peg on jan 16th at 1754.
Merry Xmas gf
Xoxo
wow its such a big world
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