Back in Malaysia

Carlton and Harpreet from San Francisco met us in Kuala Lumpur for a whirlwind six-day tour of Malaysia. That’s Carlton on the left with Kuldip and Larry.

Back in Malaysia, we set out to visit Kluang, Kuldip’s hometown, which is about a four hour drive from Kuala Lumpur.

Kuldip channeled his former Malaysian-driving self to master a right-hand drive car on the left side of the road.

Nor too far from Kluang is Johor Bahru, on the southernmost tip of Malaysia.

While relaxing on the Johor Bahru waterfront, we watched the sun set over Singapore, which is just across the strait from JB.

Heading back to KL, we took a side trip to Melaka, an old Portuguese settlement on the West Coast of Malaysia.

Kuldip on the old main square of Melaka.

The original Portuguese church in Melaka.

Kuldip and Larry in Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) in the center of Kuala Lumpur, where you get a nice mix of modern, colonial and Islamic revival architecture.

It has been replaced with a massive Port Authority type structure now, but you can still catch a train at Kuala Lumpur’s old main train station.

Our view at night. That golden river of traffic down the middle is Jalan Ampang, one of the main streets in the city. Those white towers that dominate the shot are the Petronas Towers.

Rather than stay in a hotel for six weeks, we rented a serviced apartment in Kuala Lumpur’s Embassy Row district. This was our view by day.