We made it to Kuala Lumpur and went on the crosswalk between the the Petronas Towers. Will supply pictures shortly.
It has been a whirlwind visit, with a train ride that took 4 more hours than the estimate. It was a total of 10 hours to get to Kuala Lumpur. One part of the delay was when we stopped in the middle of nowhere for 90 minutes due to an unexplained issue. During that time the boys and I went into a village on the edge of the tracks and scared up lunch. It was actually really good, purchased in something that amounted to a lean-to. It was tofu, hard boiled egg, cucumber, and chili sauce. We were way, way off the grid in that place! Consistent with Malaysia itself, the clientele was a combination of Malays, ethnic Indians and Chinese. Even in the rural areas all three groups are there. Evidence of all three cultures was very visible and distinct from each other in the village. There was a mosque, a Hindu temple and many of the shops had Chinese characters all around them. But they all spoke Malay, which is almost exactly like Indonesian.
A neat adventure this has been.
Malaysia is less structured and clean than Singapore, but it is still very nice and surprisingly developed.
