Kuala Lumpur Part II

While walking through town one night we stumbled up this crazy event that was happening outside a shopping centre. We knew it was run by a local church, but we could really not figure out what was going on. There was just a random mixture of singing, dancing, beat boxing, magic and the odd Christmas carol thrown in. It was pretty much the most Asian thing you could imagine and was so awesome we stood and watched for hours!

The hostel we stayed in was pretty awesome. The free breakfast consisted of unlimited toast with pineapple jam (great) and some black tea. They also had this pair of 'communial' slippers to use in the bathroom, pretty stylish!

We made friends with some fellow travellers who were staying there and will tell you about one in particular. The guy on the far right of the photo below is Micky (or Miquel) from Spain and he is one of the most interesting guys we have met so far. He currently lives on the beach in Indonesia and was just in Kuala Lumpur for a few days to renew his visa. Micky is a full-time online poker player, and has spent the last five years travelling the world on his poker income.

He had some crazy travel stories to tell, like about the time he went to Mongolia and bought a meat horse. He then rode it around the most sparsely populated area in the world, only running into the odd nomad every few days who would take him in and give him some food. Or about the time he was in Burma and his visa expired. Instead of getting deported, he got the local guerilla paramilitaries to take him along on one of their armed night missions across the border into Thailand. It's safe to say he was a bit of a character.

Another funny incident was when I asked some French guys if there was anywhere good to eat nearby.

Ben: "'Je voudrais' to 'manger.'"

French guy: "You want to eat me?"