I've got a long weekend. Thursday was Indonesia Independence Day (61 years!) and Monday's the Ascension of Muhammad. I took the opportunity and skipped town for a much needed mental break. I arrived in KL last night. What a lovely city! I love how the people here speak pretty good English, Malay (which is 80% similar to Indonesian) and Chinese...so I can get around with no problems at all!
I found a great deal online for a 5-star hotel for about $70 per night and decided to pamper myself. The hotel is located about 2 min away from one of KL's monorail lines, so it's super easy to get around. However, the Monorail/subway systems are owned by several different companies, so transitting between lines is kind of a pain and you have to buy separate tickets. Oh well. It's still nice to be able to take public transit though.
I went shopping at the mall that's at the base of the Patronas Towers this morning. Caught a movie - Mistress of Spices...thumbs down. Then, walked over to the Bukit Bintang area of town and just bought myself a 100GB harddrive for about $100. Not bad! Tonight I'm going to hit up the Chinatown night market.
Sunday is the opening day of the Malaysia Philaharmonic Orchestra, so I'm hoping to catch one of the four free concerts that will be going on during the day. Gotta soak in all that cultural stuff!!!
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