Since leaving the Cameron Highlands, our time in Asia has been rapidly accelerating towards completion. Upon stepping down from the coach in Kuala Lumpur's central bus station, we were immediately swallowed up by the whirlwind of "KL". At the southern tip of Malaysia, it is another city of contrasts. A city which scorches during the day and roars with tropical rainstorms by night. Chinese style shop fronts hug the sidewalks, the kitsch statues of Hindu temples hide behind clouds of incense smoke, street-food vendors huddle beneath frayed tarpaulins and futuristic shopping malls sprawl out from the feet of futuristic sky scrapers. Other than that, there isn't much more to say - It's modern, it's traditional, it's loud and it's hot!
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| Downtown KL |
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| Night streetfood |
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| The famous Petronas Twin Towers - once the tallest in the world. |
We have now moved to the tiny island republic of Singapore where we are spending just four nights before we fly to Australia to begin our great outback campervan adventure. Like KL, Singapore is an uber modern metropolis, except much, much richer - the place reminds me of the
Sims games - a country built from scratch in just a century, with every modern day amenity planned and provided for its five million inhabitants. Also like KL, it is a city of immigrants - made up of mainly Chinese, Indian and Malay, which has meant some very good food (although we're still hooked on the tandoori chicken and naan combination). Yet, with so much wealth, particularly among the expat population, a pint of local beer will set you back upwards of twelve Singapore dollars (£6)! As the temperature in our non-airconned guesthouse is soaring, I must end there and will try and upload some photos from Australia.
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