Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We arrived in Malaysia by bus on Wednesday. The drive was quite pretty. We alighted at the bus station, and well, who can judge anyplace by the bus station? We are hoping to grow into the city. We enjoy the architecture and the tall buildings.

Foot is supposedly the best way to see the town, so on Thursday and Friday, off we went. Let's just say our lives have flashed before our eyes numerous times. The sidewalks themselves are more than precarious even without the buses and cars zooming past--regardless of the color on the lights. They start and stop randomly and make mountain hiking look like a breeze. Mix in motorcycles everywhere, especially sidewalks and medians, and it makes for excitement to say the least. Jaywalking is essential and often we are forced into the game of "chicken." However, we do feel that we've seen a lot of sights this way.

Chinatown was fun for a walk-through. Really good fruit and all kinds of amazing DVDs, Tiffany, Prada, and such there. "Genuine imitation!" We settled for some shirts instead.

We looked for software for our mac, but it is definitely a PC kind of place. The prices were actually a little higher than online in the US. Check out this electronic, techno, gadget/gizmo mall.

Petronas towers were the tallest buildings in the world for a while. The architecture is quite stunning. Its design is based on an Islamic symbol. A lot of the architecture has Muslim influence and makes for beautiful buildings and a really neat feel.Side note--Some one emailed a question about Christian houses of worship. Numerous churches were scattered everywhere in Singapore, and we noticed a lot of Methodist and Baptist. There was a Catholic Cathedral, but we never made it by there. We did see the oldest Catholic church for Indians in Singapore. They were not invited to attend mass in the church located in what in now the Colonial District, so they built their own on the outskirts of what now is Little India. It looked just like a small Catholic church you would find in Houston Heights. The only noticeable difference was the statue of Mary wearing fresh flowers as the Indians do and the worshipers were dressed in saris. The Baptist churches were in all sorts of smaller buildings without much adornment, as they tend to be in Houston.We have only seen two Christian churches here in KL as it is predominately Muslim. Islam came here peacefully as early as the 13th century.

We have found Malay food to have a lot of meat in it, but there is some of the best Indian food we've had as well as Thai. Our favorite stop has been the reflexology row for treatments on our feet. It was a darn good 1/2 hour foot massage, and it couldn't have come at a better time than at the end of a long day. Our dogs were barkin'!

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