Sunday, December 16, 2007

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The KL baby! This spot is so tight; I'm a big fan after hitting Malaysia



Had to hit up Chinatown, which was quite a bustling area



I really dug the various buildings in this area, and you could walk freely inside



After walking inside one of the temples, I can honestly say I didn't want to leave, but then I got hungry



Walked into this hole in the wall restaurant (literally) and took a big step to order some food; for as nervous as I was it turned out to be really good (the brown stuff is water...........kidding, it's tea)



Headed back out to the market area, but couldn't find anything worth exercising my bargaining skills on



I had been waiting all day for it to rain, but damn when it did it was like a monsoon



After heading outside of the city, there were awesome palm tree forests for as far as the eye could see



Stumbled upon this really really old Chinese cemetery just underneath one of the forests



Eventually ventured into one section of a palm tree forest: fresh air, peace and quiet.



I hit up a monkey sanctuary too, which was so baller. I really was this close, no zoom.



This guy was my favorite; I was ready to pack him up and take him home with me



Spent some time feeding this mama monkey and her little baby



This dude straight up tried to jack my wallet (or the green beans I had in my pocket)



I really want a pet monkey - it was so cool being so close to these guys



Went to a little crab shack down on the river, and the food was banging



Pimp view of the river while I was stuffing my face



From the top of this mountain I could see where the sky met the water met the forest, Malaysia is beautiful like this everywhere you go



Also went up to the top of the KL Tower



There was quite a nice 360* view of the city from up top



Shot of the Petronas Towers from the top of the KL Tower, these things looked so cool at night



One more shot from just out front of the Petronas Towers



And as fate would have it: found an A&W just as I was leaving. Beautiful.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Golconda Fort and the Tombs

These tombs were close to 700 years old, so I'm told



Just to give some scale as to how big these things were, and they were deep in a forest area



Really cool architecture, the closer you got the more detail that appeared



The deeper I got into this forest, the more this place started to look like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie



The sky was a bizarre color here, but for some reason my camera made it look really weird



Same thing in this picture, I think maybe my camera is starting to feel it's age



It also seemed that the deeper I got, the more elaborate the designs for each tomb became



Inside of the above tomb, where some of the royal families are buried



Golconda Fort off in the distance. I know I shouldn't be comparing, but seeing this really made me miss Scotland......a lot.



Headed up to the fort from the tombs, this thing was like a thousand years old.



Really cool religious paintings within the fort



Ariel view of one section of the fort left in ruins. Needless to say, this place was big



Just outside the walls of the fort, the sun disappearing in the distance



There were actually layers of outer walls for additional defense when this place was functional



When I finally got to the very top of the fort, the call for 6:30pm prayer began and I could hear it from all angles of the city. While it was not in sync, it was pretty amazing to witness.



Highest point from within the fort, lookout area for approaching enemies



Nightfall coming over the fort, this place looked really cool lit up at night



From inside the bottom of the fort at night