We arrived in Kuala Lumpur, after a rather rickety sleep train from Singapore, to the sights (and smells) of Malaysia. After being refused a taxi by a grumpy driver as it was 7am we eventually made it to our humble abode. Our most culture shocking moment was visiting the Petronas Twin Towers, we sat watching a 3-D presentation for what can only be described as 7 minutes of corporate brainwashing. By combining images of children and digging for oil the company tried it's hardest to convince it's captive audience (in 3-D of course) that digging for oil is great. We left stunned by the sheer propaganda produced, while the rest of the audience nodded in appreciation of this video and left feeling all fuzzy inside about how kind this oil company is. We did note there was no mention of their environmental policy - that would probably have taken the whole charade too far!
This aside I am enjoying Malaysia second time around and boldly showing my arms and bleach blonde head. A bold move. I shall keep you posted how it goes...
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