I haven't talked about Malaysia yet so I'll say what's got to be said. Malaysia is a diverse country, mainly occupied with Malay natives (50%), Chinese (23%), Indians (mostly tamilians) (7%), and others. Language is a problem because there's a distinct diversity compared to the U.S. Malaysia has four big languages to deal with: English (claimed as the official language of Malaysia), Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. The number of tourists that come in are quite a lot, so you'll see lots of them everywhere.
Malaysian economy is one of the best in Asia. It's the most competitive and the fastest growing in Asia. Malaysia is also a Muslim dominant country, something I never though of before!
Ok, despite all the Malaysian Airline mishaps that have been going on... we got to Malaysia, safely. We landed at the KL (Kuala Lumpur) airport and this airport is beautiful but absurdly huge.You walk at least a mile or two from your gate to the exit of the airport. Once we got out, we jumped in with our driver and drove to the city. The road to the city is stunning, at least the parts I saw before I slept. All you see is palm tree farms for miles and miles. And yes, palm tree farms are a thing.
This is Kuala Lumpur, the capitol city of Malaysia. Can you imagine seeing this amazing view on the way out of your house every time? My Uncle and his family live in this amazing modern apartment/hotel building. Half the building is an apartment and half is a hotel. So if you're living in an apartment, you can still access the pool/spa/restaurant/fitness and everything else that the hotel room offers. It feels like you're on vacation everyday!! This is the view from the outdoor pool on the sixth floor. You could stop on this floor every time you're getting out of the building. How awesome would that be? This is Kuala Lumpur for y'all.
This is the view in the other direction. Not as many buildings, but the platform is super modern. This could be the coolest pool I've ever seen, cause the edge of pool is glass, and it's right at the edge of the building... idk it just looked so cool.
The Petronas Towers, the 7th tallest building in the world. It's 129 floors high. This is what every tourist comes by to see and gets a magnet of. I was slightly disappointed when we couldn't go up to the sky bridge because you have to reserve in advance. Maybe next time?
This is the bottom of the tower, where the fancy stuff is. There is a mall called the Suria KLCC that's six floors high, and it's huge. It has every store and it's apparently the best mall in KL (Kuala Lumpur). The rest of the building is just offices I believe.
After spending more time in KL, we had to make a tough decision: whether go to Singapore for a day (only three hours away by car) or to go someplace else in Malaysia. We decided to go to Penang, another huge city in Malaysia, instead of going to Singapore. We're going to come back and spend more time in Singapore and the neighboring countries. ;)
It took us a few hours at night to get from KL to Penang. We found a really nice hotel to stay at for two nights. We checked in at night so we didn't see what the area looked like, but I was super surprised when I woke up to a beautiful view outside.
I mean, it can't get any better than this. This view beats a Florida or Virginia beach view, right? (There's a beach here too!) If you noticed, there's a lot of green in Malaysia. Lots of trees and shrubs, and it's all so clean.
Malaysia is also a mountainous area. The road from KL to Penang was basically mountains to the left and right. Here's another view, and I used the glass frames to make the picture look symmetrical.
Next up: a close look of the beautiful city, Penang.
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