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Day 5: Of markets and malls
Today was a day of shopping fails. Today, I have to say, I hate the shopping in KL. Remember yesterday’s coffeeshop power outage? Turns out this got me twice, as the laundry I dropped off yesterday wasn’t ready due to the same power issues. And while we’re talking about power issues, I discovered my room’s mini-fridge didn’t work, forcing me to sadly throw out the cooking class leftovers as they were at the wrong temperature for who knows how long. I headed out this morning for the Amcorp mall flea market, a place where all manner of weird and wonderful trinkets and knick knacks and second hand things and gifts…
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Day 4: KL, All about the food
I know every day, heck, the biggest reason I’m here in KL is the food, but today was all about food. If you ignore the minutes I spent organising my laundry (15MYR/kg, the most expensive I’ve encountered in SE Asia, but I just went with the nearest without shopping around) literally everything I did today was about the food. In planning this trip, I was looking at doing a cooking class, but was a little put off at some of the prices, upwards of 300MYR, which in perspective is two nights in my hotel, or all the streetfood I could ever possibly eat here. So I baulked, until L prodded…
