Midah Hotel Kuala Lumpur

... muy buena.<br>Ahora rumbo a Sri Lanka, donde nos espera un guia muy curioso, ya contaremos.<br><br><br>Malaysia is located in the heart of Southeast Asia. Due to its strategic location, Malaysia has been throughout history a meeting between traders and travelers to the east and west. Since 1500, has belonged to Portugal, then Holland and then England, and was in 1957 when they form the Federation of Malaya. Its capital, Kuala Lumpur (KL) is the ...

... in KL. I asked and was told, "Of course...it's two different states. Always customs control for two different states." <br><br>It would be like this back home...pretend Michigan is it's own country. You can fly within the Upper Peninsula without going through customs but to fly from the the UP to Detroit a quick trip past the border guards would be required in Sault Ste. Marie but not in Detroit. I guess this will just have to remain one of those travel ...

... to crawl around the perimeter and through a<br>tunnel till we found the door on the other end. Then in groups of 5 did<br>the same thing but walking hand on shoulder. I was my groups leader,<br>obvs. Then they made a gasoline fire in for us and one by one we walked<br>up to it with a fire extinguisher and blasted it. With safety glasses<br>of course. Then we were done and I'm certified to go offshore.<br><br>I took some random pics of KL on the ride home so I'll put those up ...

... side of the border) or a smattering of houses and people, people everywhere; people on motorbikes (we saw 3 and a pedestal fan on one bike), people wandering across the road, utes full of your whole extended family; ah Thailand certainly felt less restrictive than Malaysia and Cait and I were no longer illegal. Oh and the electrical wiring is a sight to behold - not quite Indian standards but certainly scary enough.<br><br>By the time we got to Hat Yai it was ...

... a long while in Malaysia eh?", "Yes" I smile coyly, flicking another tea stained page in the book, "Been at least 45 minutes so far." I love my battered new book; it's like a Prada bag for travelers, so much undeserved, but welcome street cred. I get some accommodation then head off to try local food, I find Blue Boys Vegetarian Restaurant and pop in for a cheap meal (3 dollars). Malaysians are super friendly, well the owner was who usurer me to a plastic seat. I sit ...

... ended up being a really fun 8 hours though.<br><br>When I finally got my luggage I decided it would be best to get a cab to a nearby hostel. I refered to a map to see what hostel was closest to the airport. One called the Trekker's Lounge was just over a mile away from the airport so I arranged for a cab to take me there at some sort of taxi reception desk. As I was walking out I was approached by this really nice English girl named Kate. She was on her ...

... little fishes will literally bite flakes of dead skin off your feetums for sustanance. How did it go?<br><br>See our feet getting nibbled on at the fish spa!<br><br>How did it feel? Very, VERY tickly. Not painful, but very unsettling (My exclaimations of things seeming &#8220;not right&#8221; were spot on) It also kind of felt like little jolts of electricity after a few minutes, which allowed you to relax just a bit ...

... from the previous water park. On our way around the lazy river we reached a waterfall which was hard to see through, after swimming to the other side of it there appeared to be two couples having sex? they might not have been, but these two young Chinese girls were definitely grinding away under the water against these two older Arabian looking men. The girls smiled, but the men looked slightly more embarrassed, haha! I just pretended I hadn't seen them ...

... rubber out of the parking lot and stayed fast the rest of the 50 kilometers swerving thru traffic, pedestrians, those pesky cars stopped at while waiting for the light to change and a sudden rain storm. Stopping only long enough to put on a plastic poncho. I had a white knuckle on the edge of the seat the whole trip. It is a good thing the driver wasn't a good looking woman because than I would have had a grip on her waist. We hit one bump that ...