Pearl International Hotel Kuala Lumpur

... and threaten me with police action. Call the po po. Do it...please! I want this to make an international headline to expose this so called "tolerance" of others they say they have. All this in what is supposed to be a sanctuary of peace, mediation, and prayer! I seriously love the irony of it. <br><br>Since their Allah most obviously didn't want me, mine finally guided me to the real mens room and then four gate changes by Air Asia later to the proper ...

... last time I had ate was on the plane, I fell asleep without knowing it last night, and I had to fast before the doc appointment, it was my first meal in over 24 hours. Anyway, I'm about to go meet my boss for the first time, then they said I have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. I have no idea what that will be, I don't think a beach is very close. Plus, its pouring. Wellp, that's it!

... any foreign woman who comes here alone, for she has balls of steel. <br><br>We stayed here for around three days and realized all there really is to do here is shop and eat. The Petronas Towers are just a huge marketing fix for the oil company of the same name and the city is just too huge and the weather is just too humid to be able to enjoy. The society is quite interesting because the three ethnic groups here truly live in their own bubbles right ...

... seen before, and are taller than any building I have ever seen. Our first meals in Kuala Lumpur were at food courts because we were not sure which authentic food restaurants would be good (we saw none with English menus near our hostel) and the American restaurants were out of our price range (they have a CPK but it is the same price as in America which I cannot justify when I can get a meal for $3-5 here). <br><br>Thursday we accidentally slept in until 10;30 ...

... etc. You get the idea.)<br><br>We finally arrived at the hotel around 1:00 AM, and instantly felt better. Thanks to the poor economy, Hilton continues to offer &#8220;buy one get one free&#8221; hotel nights throughout Asia. Thanks to three years of staying at Hampton Inns while working for Six Flags, Hilton thinks I&#8217;m a &#8220;Diamond&#8221; VIP and upgraded us to the executive floor. Comp breakfast, lunch, dinner ...

Admittedly we knew little about Malaysia and "KL" before we arrived in the sprawling modern metropolis. We knew Malaysia was a Muslim country, that KL had the seconds tallest building in the world, and we knew the country has nice beaches - but we knew little else.<br><br>Our flight into town landed and after the usual travel formalities - immigration, swine flu quarantine, taxi - we were checking into our ...

... mall. I opted to get some sandwiches, whilst Tom got something from the food court. Keeping up with our SE Asia tradition, a gay Malaysian check-out guy took quite a shining to me, haha. After dinner we headed home. On the bus back the guy in front of us suffered from what appeared to be tourettes, and it was the worst case of tourettes I've ever seen. Poor guy. He was sitting on a 2 person seat by himself, until he saw a large group of people ...

... Next and the only full day in KL I had a single goal, to continue my skyscraper hunt and get into the twin towers. Admission is free so you can imagine how popular it is with tourists. Tickets are issued in limited numbers only in the morning so I couldn't get a long sleep I was looking forward to. After around an hour spent in the queue I was assigned a ticket for late afternoon. You are allowed to spend ...

... roughly a million people. Not only is the cave colossal, but there's a giant golden statue outside (as well as an excellent vegetarian curry house...). Well worth the hour on the bus and the sweaty climb up 272 steps, not to mention the rather aggressive monkeys.<br><br>Highlight of course was the crick in the neck caused by the Petronas Towers, still the tallest twin buildings in the world and only topped by something in Taipei. We ...

... Washington Monument and was very good, and then to Merdeka Square where independence was proclaimed, and saw the Malaysian cricket ground, and old British buildings which are now the Supreme Court. <br><br><br>Dropped off at the Petronas Towers at the end of the tour, but to our disappointment all the tickets had been given out for the day. Back to the hotel to check in and get organised. Down to the light rail ...