Kuala Lumpur II

Munkin, munkin?

As there is not too much to do in KL but eat, that's what we've done.

The dinner on Tuesday with the Malay girls was entertaining. By ordering food 'Family style' you'll get the orders on big plates in the middle of the table and a separate plate with rice for everybody around the table.  I'm a bit confused on what we ate, but the meal consisted of meat with coconut, fish with coconut and vegetables.. with coconut.

I've orientated myself to select a task for each day and then concentrate the whole day for fulfilling the task at hand (as advised by Henriikka). Yesterdays task was to find dried Bael-fruits. As they were sold at the chinese superstore next door to our hostel the task was completed in less than 10 minutes. So the rest of the day we just wondered. During dinner I found my favourite dish from a street kitchen: Sate Ayam. Peanut sauce and chicken on a stick (0,70 ringgits or 17 cents per stick).

Todays task was a bit more challenging. I was supposed to find trekking pants and a mosquito net. As people in Kuala Lumpur seem to dislike trekking and tend to hang out in air conditioned shopping malls instead the supply for trekking equipment is really limited. We met the first female taxi driver when travelling from Bukit Bintang to KLCC. She automatically used the meter (really unlikely here) and told that that's how the men here are, they "want to catch the fish immediately because they never see the same fish again". Her taxi was filled with hearts, plastic flowers and other pretty and pink stuff. Cute.

Tomorrows task could be to find out something more about my possible travel itenary in Sumatra. I'm tempted to stay there the majority of my two month visa, but I have to look into that more.

That's about it. I'll head out to the hagglers heaven in China Town to find a head torch.

Selamat Malam!
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