Malaysia: Terima kasih

This is a tumblelog serving up images and quotes as seen and heard by a first-time visitor to Malaysia (predominantly Kuala Lumpur). Scroll down a bit to see what I saw in reverse chronological order. Click on any image to view in detail. While a few are off my iPhone, most are taken with my Nikon D5000 See this post for background on the name of this blog. Other Photo Blogs China | Cambodia | Rome

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Um, yeah, well same to you.

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Surprise and delight. This is an airline check-in counter. But this is not the airport. This is Kuala Lumpur Sentral, the new downtown train station. Before boarding the KLIA express train to the airport, you can check in to your flight and check your bag at your airline's desk. Than you just get on the train for a rapid 28 minute ride and proceed to your gate.

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Standing just off from our dinner table, a woman sells photocopies of today's lottery results to anyone who played today and has no other means of determining if they won or not. She was doing pretty good business. 

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Here's 15 seconds of video to give a sense of the height of the Petronas towers.

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Views from the 86th floor of one of the twin Petronas Towers.

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Shopkeeper in Little India.

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Lunch in Little India. With a banana leaf for a plate and wonderful vegetables, sauces and some of the spiciest chicken I've ever eaten, it was fantastic. 

All without utensils. 

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A young couple has their engagement photos taken in central Kuala Lumpur.

I seem to have a knack for stumbling upon people getting their wedding pictures taken.

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At Kuala Lumpur Train Station a train with a coach for women only passes by.

Malaysia introduced women-only coaches in 2010 to prevent sexual harassment and allow Muslim women the option of travelling separately from men.  

Women are not required to ride in these coaches, however men are never allowed in them. 

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Faces among the seven depicted in the Malaysian National Monument, commemorating those who died in Malaysia's struggles for freedom. It's the world's tallest freestanding sculpture grouping. 

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After our seminar, Sathia surprised us by showing us the banner for our event which had been placed at the university's entrance.

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I don't know what they're more serious about here, their noodles or their o-umlauts.

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The courtyard of the building containing the Institute for Educational Leadership at the Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.

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The main gate at the Universiti Malaya.

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You never know how fate is going to show its hands.

Graduate student at Universiti Malaya

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Statue of Murugan as seen in front of the limestone mountain containing the Batu Caves outside Kuala Lumpur.