Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is everything Rachel and I love in a city. It’s seeped in culture and history but offers an exciting, cosmopolitan vibe for the modern-day traveler. Its monorail makes getting around the city a breeze. And we were almost never bothered by touts selling everything but the kitchen sink. As a keen photographer, I craved the idea of getting a decent picture of the sleek city skyline. Like many before me, I was especially interested in getting a shot with the spectacular Petronas Towers in. The first stop we made was the Kuala Lumpur tower. According to the reviews on tripadvisor, a site whose reviews I’m losing more and more respect for, the KL tower was the best spot in all of KL to get a good picture of the city – a ‘must...

We’re in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, right now – just a quick trip. We’ll be back in Indonesia on Tuesday. Immediately after I published last week’s collection of pictures, we went to Prambanan. Here’s the post with most of the shots, if you haven’t already seen it – Candi Prambanan. On Monday we experienced our first earthquake – a 4.2, apparently. I found it quite exciting until I turned around to look at Rachel, whose face was as white as a sheet. 20 minutes later she was investigating earthquake survival methods. I thought it was a little bit extreme but she assured me it was necessary. We also went apartment hunting again. The place we’re staying in is fine, but we realised we could find a better one for...

We’ve been rather busy lately. Not only have we been on holiday and done four winter camps between us, we’ve also been studying two hours of Indonesian a day, and I’ve got a new ipod touch to occupy my time. Going to Malaysia (which was sweet!), I lost my mp3 player. I was pissed off for all of 10 minutes and then I realised I could get an ipod. When we went to Kuala Lumpur I saw one for a reasonable price. I haven’t stopped playing on it since. I’ve got some very addictive games and some pretty useful applications as well. The most useful apps are language learning ones, especially the srs French and Indonesian flashcard stuff. We spent most of our holiday on the island of Langkwai. It was great, exactly what we wanted. We had a...