Southeast Asia '24

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24

Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season.  (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

Ticket to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur...one way. Oo-er...
Well, and here we go again. 10 days and counting. Still can’t find me flip-flops…
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We've arrived in Blade Runner!
Coming into Kuala Lumpur from the airport feels like travelling into the future. Every building is vast, super-high, and about a week and a half old. None of the frenzy of Vietnamese...
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Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Top o' the world to yiz!
A day dominated by jet-lag, in truth. Though we did make it up the KL Tower, with amazing views over this weird, futuristic landscape, and paid a visit to Chinatown and its market –...
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Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
All due apologies for the repetition but...
…it really is the most astonishing building. Approached at ground level, Petronas Towers are enormous. If it were three or four stories it would be a huge building, with a footprint...
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KL Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur
Watch the birdie, say torrential rain
“Excuse me, do you know how we get to the bird park?” “We have a bird park?” It was that kind of day.  Excellent start, when we visited what’s become our...
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Malacca, Malaysia
You say Malacca, I say Melaka
I was getting baffled: is it an a or an e? Google of course knows the answer: the more familiar Malacca dates back to colonial times; nowadays, Melaka is the more acceptable form. Though...
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