Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I arrived in Kuala Lumpur around 9:10pm on August 1st after an 11 hour flight from Aukland, New Zealand. The flight zipped by, as I watched couple of movies and old Grey's Anatomy episodes, and caught up on a bit of sleep!

Going from New Zealand's dry winter to Kuala Lumpur's humidity was a bit of a shocker, but after a coupleof days here I can say I've adjusted - almost.

My time in KL has been short, as I depart this afternoon for Hanoi, Vietnam. I'm really excited about Vietnam and I'm hoping to spend 2-4 weeks there in total.

My time in KL has been spent mostly getting ready for Vietnam. I had to track down the Vietnam Embassy to get a visa, and I also had to arrange my flight there and find a universal adaptor for my camera. However, I did manage to check out the Petronas Towers, which were the world's tallest skyscraper up until 2004 when Taipei 101 took over the title. I also did quite a bit of walking throughout the city including a visit to the bustling streets of Chinatown.

KL is, quite surprisingly, a modern city. You don't have to run very far before running into a Starbucks, McDonalds, or KFC. Some of the malls are quite impressive, and all of them have air conditioning so they're a nice break from the heat. The people here are also very friendly, and any person that I have spoken with has had quite good english. So it was a good place to start my Asian travels, as I'm kinda being eased into things.