Kuala Lumpur: Walking Around

I hate to sound like an asshole, but so far Kuala Lumpur seems very dirty. Most of where we've walked around has smelled like a toilet, buildings look rundown and deserted, and it seems like everyone is trying to sell us cheap knockoffs. We got in late last night and walked through Chinatown, which felt like walking through a black market. We ate some dubious Indian food and went to bed.

Today Raph and I walked around daylight Chinatown, which was nicer than at night.

Raph played with a snowman outside a mall. Yes, snowmen here are apparently yellow.

This guy was carrying trash bags down the sidewalk. I have no idea what was in them...

An electrical box was just sitting there open with its wires exposed.

This escalator was not moving. In Singapore that usually means when you walk up to it, a motion sensor will detect you and it will start moving. Here, that means it's dead.

Raph is on a constant quest for pork buns and we got some at a train station, but they turned out to be coconut buns. That was fine by us! Pretty delicious.

We went to the National Mosque, but as it's Friday and we weren't wearing long pants, we just admired it from the outside.

This is the flagpole on which the Malayan flag was hoisted for the first time at midnight on August 31, 1957, viewed through a waterfall.

While looking at a map, Raph hit his knee on the tailpipe of this motorcycle. I post this picture here as evidence of the enemy.

As it started pouring rain (it apparently rains between 2:00 to 4:00 every day) we escaped into a mall for dinner. I found a strange shirt in a clothing store. That seems odd right?

Raph bought a watch. We're pretty sure it's counterfeit, but maybe it's real? It was $6 and if it's real it normally goes for $200 or so.

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