KL In Brief

It is late and I am heading to bed, but I wanted to briefly post some of the highlights from my weekend trip to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It was a really fun trip and a nice break from Phnom Penh for a few days:

- On our first day, we stumbled across an IMAX theatre in a giant mall which was showing the new Harry Potter movie on its first day in Malaysia. Not only was it our first movie in a proper theatre in quite a while, but it was Harry Potter, so that was pretty great.

- Taking over the Mikado karaoke bar on successive nights.

- Climbing the KL Tower, the 4th tallest telecommunications tower in the world (#1 is CN Tower) and getting a good look around the city.

- Getting a free guided tour of a small rainforest sanctuary at the base of the KL Tower. Unfortunately we didn't spot any monkeys but it was pretty awesome to escape into the rainforest in the middle of the city.

- Checking out the Petronas Towers, the 2nd and 3rd tallest buildings in the world (I get a little confused about the distinctions in tallest world towers between KL and Petronas, but I trust their claims). Unfortunately all the tickets for going up the Petronas Towers were sold out, but the view from KL is apparently better.

- Making it to an Asian Cup soccer match between Malaysia and Uzbekistan. Better yet, tickets were just over $3 and we were able to sit wherever we wanted in the stadium. Uzbekistan killed Malaysia 5-0, but it was still a fun night out.

Those were the big highlights. I will try to post some pictures soon. Meanwhile, we are in the second last week of the internship here. It looks like I will be teaching some of our HIV/AIDS lessons next week to a couple of groups. This weekend I am also headed to Bokor Hill National Park in southern Cambodia with a few other interns for a quick getaway. June 30th I am off to Bangkok and then some of the Thai islands for about 10 days, and then I fly home on August 9th!