Malaysia

Aside from Singapore, Malaysia was the shortest amount of time we had in one country, so it difficult as it is such a lage country. Our time restrictions prevented us from seeing the best of it. So instead of rushing through Malaysia we decided to pick a place or two and enjoy them as much as possible (at least this was the plan). Kuala Lumpur was the first place. It was definitely a change from other major cities we have seen in South East Asia, seeming more like a western city with modern monorail, shopping centers, restaurants, hotels and anything else you could get in the western world (including over-priced everything). The city also offers an extensive amount of things to do for tourists and a wide variety of restaurants both of which we took advantage of.

I think both Jen and I had a great time in KL, but with a few different highlights and lowlights. For example, one of my highlights was the day that Jen got chased and then robbed of her ice cream cone by a monkey as we were just casually walking down the city street. This, on the other hand, was strongly one of her lowlights.

Another exciting experience for us was our visit to the KL Towers for which we woke up at 6am andraced our way to the Towers so we could line up at 7:30am for the 9am opening of the towers. Lucky for us the line was short. Unfortunately this was due to the fact that the towers are closed on Mondays for cleaning. So not really the outcome we hoped but we still made the best of the day and headed off to Singapore. (which Jen will tell you about later).

Our second place in Malaysia was Tioman Island about 6 hours out of KL on the East Coast in the South China Sea. It's a hotspot with locals for a weekend getaway, but not too popular with tourists. We had a lazy but good time on the island which was sleepy but friendly. There was a lot to explore, but we left all the good stuff til our last couple of days, but we had to jump on a boat back to KL as it was a holiday in Malaysia, and the boat was booked up. So it was back to KL for our remaining days in Malaysia enjoying Indian Curry, shopping and finally seeing the towers on a day they were open to the public