My long awaited vacation has come......I am taking the better part of May off to meet up with my girlfriend Heidi and travel abit!!

Getting out of Banda Aceh is quite tedious and I needed a stop-over in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - so I arranged to spend a couple of nights there and explore this great city.
I was to be really impressed out how advance this city is!! It is a city with a blend of a hand full of distinct cultures - Tamil, Malay, Chinese, Indian and others. With the language being virtually the same as Bahasa Indonesian is was a neat stepping stone to travels beyond.

picture 1 - The Shimmering Silver Petronas Towers with the 41st floor connection bridge. I thought this pair of towers symbolized the Malaysia quite well.

picture 2 - Chinatown Market with vendors, who are determined to sell you something you don't need, yell - Hey!! look!! Cheep, Cheep, Cheep!! (Cheap, Cheap, Cheap!!)

picture 3 - Natural Hindu Shrine called the Batu Caves. 271 steps to the top (100 more to go!)

picture 4 - the elegant gateway bridge to Malaysia's new captial Putra Jaya 30km south of KL. This place was awesome architecturally, but not enought people had moved there yet to fill up the streets! Which made for a very strange visit.

picture 5 - Me in a pink robe at the Grande Mosque Putra jaya, feeling holy and hip!