Four months on the boat was a long time with too little physical activity. After walking around Singapore and waking up the following day with sore leg muscles I knew I needed to spend some time getting back into shape before attempting to trek Nepal for 7 days at an altitude of 16,000 feet. So I headed over to the more budget friendly Kuala Lumpur and made it my mission to search out a gym that would do weekly memberships. After visiting many fitness centers with no such luck I settled on paying for an entire month… but it was worth it.
For the next 18 days I had a fantastic time in Kuala Lumpur. I stayed in 3 different hostels, met loads of tourists (it’s amazing how friendly people become when you ask the simple question of “where are you from”); worked out daily next to 2 young German actors/stunt men filming a movie in Kuala Lumpur; tried to get use to the image of countless veiled Muslim women walking around covered from head to toe in black with only their eyes showing; was greeted every morning by a man with a scooter literally covered with numerous well behaved cats and a very naughty monkey; learned a few necessary Chinese words from the friendly lady running the hostel who also loved to feed me Malaysian fruits in the morning since she knew I was not a fan of the “free breakfast” of bread and butter; and enjoyed the daily ear piercing thunderstorms and less so the Malaysian singers attempting to sing American pop songs.
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