Amidst giant concrete

Links to KL pics

I entered the bus to get into town from the Kuala Lumpur airport and the driver spoke Tamil with the bus company escort. I told myself this is probably another Dubai.

It's not. Kuala Lumpur reminds me a lot of Singapore.

The Petronas twin towers along with the KL telecommunication tower overlook many other skyscrapers. I feel small when I walk around here. The people are a mix of Chinese, Malays, Indians and Muslims, and I find it hard to tell what a pure Malay looks like.

My hostel host sang me the entire song of Kuch Kuch hota hai… An Indian on the street stopped, looked at me and told me I’m a very lucky person. Then he asked me “you want to know why?”… I smiled, and said “Thank you” and continued walking. A hotel here is called Bollywood hotel…then again, there’s also Hollywood hotel…

There’s malls after shopping malls and food, food, food everywhere. It’s a city where you can walk in big boulevards, and you see many people on the streets, walking. I like such big cities. I like Kuala Lumpur.