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January 17, 2006More stuff around the cityCan you believe this is a train station? It was built in the 1930's I think and was designed by a British architect. Pretty nice! This is the train corporation's headquarters. I don't think Amtrak has anything this nice....Read this update January 16, 2006Batu CavesWe finally took the bus up to Batu Caves, a big tourist attraction around Kuala Lumpur. The caves are impressive in themselves, but this is a Hindu temple with really amazing statues inside (although real spelunkers would say it's a...Read this update Planning ahead - AfricaJust wanted to put a post up letting everyone know that Dave and I are planning our Africa trip for either September or October and if anyone is interested in joining us for any or all of the trip you...Read this update January 14, 2006Birds and butterfliesThey have a bird park and butterfly park here in KL so we visited them last weekend. Pretty nice, actually. These 'hornbill' birds they have in this part of the world sure are strange looking! Dave seems to make animal...Read this update
The street food vendors outside our hotel. Our hotel even bans durian from the premesis! Everything is decorated for Chinese New Year now....
Read this update January 12, 2006Malaysian Food!!!Many people have asked how the food here is. Well, the alternate title to this post is 'HOW TO GAIN 8 LBS WHILE SPENDING AN HOUR IN THE GYM EVERY DAY'. Seriously, the food here is that good. There is...Read this update January 11, 2006What's Next?It seems like lately a lot of people have asked 'what are you doing when you are done in KL?' Well, I'll just put our tentative plan up here so anyone interested can check it out. Just click below....Read this update A few more pictures from around the cityKuala Lumpur actually means 'muddy river' and I guess this is the river it is named for. Some really cool buildings in the background but so far we've been unable to figure out what they are. Hanging around Merdeca...Read this update It really is a small world, after allI was just thinking about all the coincidences that occur with seeing people you know in odd places. It was on my mind because a few weeks ago Dave and I were walking to the mall when I saw someone...Read this update January 02, 2006Take me to the riverWell, I guess it just doesn't matter where you are in the world people enjoy some of the same things. Now, in the Ozarks we don't do this the day after Christmas like we did here but it was very...Read this update More about holidays in MalaysiaYou know the gift exchange we always called 'white elephant' where the people who havn't opened a gift yet can steal the other people's gifts if they want...that just does not work over here. It's funny that I've even heard...Read this update |
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