Kuala Lumpur is a real city. At the risk of being yelled at - and I'm used to that, so fiddle-de-dee! - I want to offer greatest kudos to the British Empire for the fine work they did building their colonies all around the third world.
Like HK, KL was built by the British from scratch on some empty land at the confluent between two rivers and thus the place is well laid out and fundamentally SANE. Here, the streets are clean and wide with nice wide pavements, the sewerage system works, there's good clean water supply, a nice range of very pretty parks, the services are all in place and still function to a high degree; trains, buses, ports, highly functioning communication networks, democracy, the people have good schools and universities, good health because the health system is great, and it is totally clear that the British Empire was amazing and isn't congratulated nearly enough.
Though kudos too must go to Malaysia for realising what a treasure they had inherited and thus kept the whole thing going for so long after the sun has set on the British Empire.
Naturally, there's much more to come but we're now off to book for the riverboat tour down to see the fireflies. Apparently it's amazing, but Baby Jane's place in North Queensland is frequently inundated with fireflies so I'm used to them - we don't even bother to turn off the lights for less than two dozen - so I sincerely hope that we get to see something rather more special than that.
Will let you know what happens!
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Are you going to watch the public caning of women who indulge in illicit sex?
That was really horrible. Have you read the backstory? A woman who was sentenced to be caned under Sharia Law took the Malaysian judicial system to court saying that they don't endorse sharia law so why are they using it ... and so, while the court is still out deliberating, they went in secretly and caned all the adulterers in their jails.
Malaysia has a real problem on their hands with this, and I just hope they deal with it wisely.
Great health system? U must be kidding me. Did u check in to a public hospital at all?
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