I braved the fish

Braving the street fish was a big mistake! Oh lovely food poisoning, how you make me feel like death… and having to call out sick from work yesterday, horrible! But no matter, I opted for reading a bit here and there while I managed to stay awake and in between bouts of being sick. Today however, I was only able to manage to sit long enough to read the rest of my book and do some paintings for the site, which I have uploaded, as well as some video from last night’s monsoon. There have been massive thunderstorms each day here, yet I still get out despite the weather. For now though, I must hang around and try to overcome the fits I have been stricken with.

“A door onbust is always open to bustin’, but ye can’t onbust a door once you’ve busted en.”

“The fact is, I’m all here: head, hands, legs, and all the rest of it, but it happens I’m invisible. It’s a confounded nuisance, but I am.”

“I had never realized it before, but the nose is to the mind of a dog what the eye is to the mind of a seeing man. Dogs perceive the scent of a man moving as men perceive his vision.”

– H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man

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Watch out for the monkeys

Waking up a bit later than I ever have before on this trip, I decided it was a good day to venture over to the Batu caves. A fellow traveler – Hannah – also wanted to go which made for an even better day. Figuring out the train system was a bit of fun as we often had to get on and off the commuter line several times before we figured out how to get there. Two hours later we arrived, only to be attacked right inside the gates.

We had brought lychees with us for a snack and this did not go over well with the horde of monkeys that waited for unsuspecting travelers. No matter though, it made for wonderful pictures! No wonder the guy at the front desk told Hannah to watch out for the monkeys (which I was not privy to) – we didn’t even see them until our bag was ripped half open!

Now it was time to make our way up the massive amount of stairs, which was a feat in itself, only to be thrust into awe at the top with the beautiful shrines that were built into the walls and the décor that the earth so gracefully made. It was magical and left us feeling very fulfilled. The ride back however was much easier and much less dramatic, making our way through the China Town markets to grab some fruit. I tried a new one I haven’t had the pleasure to until now – Jack Fruit – which is simply divine in my opinion!

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You stole my photo!

Making my way to Subway sandwiches I passed on the way here (OK it’s not the only thing I eat but heck, I haven’t been around many things that remind me of home and I thought a bit of greens would do me good) I met another nice American! I’m starting to think that if I want to find some travel friends quickly, I just go to the nearest subway – this theory continues to hold true.

So of course we did the one thing you must do in a new location – explore! Off we went, to visit the Petronas Twin Towers and Kuala Lumpur’s Space Needle. We took a tour of the space needle to photograph the city and then realized we pretty much did all that the city has to offer…

It was growing dark and we were still trying to figure what to do with the night as we grabbed some awesome Malaysian food nearby when we figured we would take a bit of a tour of our own. Making our way across town again, we felt it a good idea to visit the parks at night – although they were most likely closed at this time.

We had to cross a very busy freeway, routing around a huge post office complex, sneaking up a darkened street that leads to the parks and outrunning a group of adorable kittens that were determined to follow us. Once we got to the parks we did indeed find that they are closed, but no matter, a bit further on we found the one gate that was seemingly left open by accident. It was so inviting we could not resist. Circling around and around we toured the park at night, completely alone except for the horde of bats in the air. After a few hours we felt it time to begin the journey home. Upon discovery however, we had found we were locked in from all sides of the park! Nothing left to do but climb the fence, we did so, only to find later on that were were as well locked in from the path we originally came. No matter however, it was a simple yet treacherous trek through overgrown train tracks, climbing up walls to platforms, finally making out way back to the freeway and onward home. Being a lovely adventure, we had to finish it off with a few celebratory tequila shots and a romp around the local area for good measure.

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