Bit off the ball but these are my reflections on KL:
FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! Seriously, FOOD! It’s pretty much all good and dirt cheap. They have a whole bunch of cuisines and cater to any tastes. To put it into persepctive, I stuffed myself silly with three meals for significantly less than a fiver every day. Absolutely incredible, so cheap in fact apparently no-one cooks…
Other than that, I found KL to have more (cliche alert) soul than SG. There were hobos, litter and chaotic traffic – a far cry from my previous stop. Was not the friendliest place to in terms of walking around due to the fact every Malaysian household has like three cars thus negating the need for a sidewalk. An interesting aside, all foreign cars are taxed at 300% (to boost local car maker, Proton’s sales). However the car you drive is a massive status symbol in the social hierarchy of KL and so often people will buy a Merc instead of a more practical house!
KL was caught in Grand Prix fever so I did a lot of that, meeting Christian Klien, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber and seeing Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikonnen! Which was cool… The Grand Prix itself was really good bar the shortened race due to torrential downpours! On Friday I sat on the main straight and hearing the cars scream by at 200 mph at 18,000 RPM sent a shiver down my spine. Absolutely incredible to watch…
Didn’t get a chance to do too much bar walk around and see the old Colonial buildings, go to a history museum and the definite highlight, visit the Petronas Towers. An absolutely stunning piece of engineering that look incredible at night. Pictures will follow…
So in closing, KL was good, probably better than Singapore but I only scratched the surface due to the GP taking up most of my time… Everyone I spoke to said the beaches & islands are where it’s at, so I’m sure a future visit will ensue…
