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My journey is coming to an end – I finally reached Kuala Lumpur. Actually I arrived here on Thursday afternoon – So I had Friday, Saturday and Sunday to explore the capital of Malaysia.

It seems to me, that Kuala Lumpur is the most uninteresting capital I have ever been to: Probably because it is a rather “young” boomtown with just a little more than 100 years of history. This capital is nice for shopping, but somehow it seems a little soul-less… Maybe because it is so sterile or so pedestrian-unfriendly…

Chinatown is even compared to Singapore pretty unspectacular. Besides that the financial and business district is rather nice to look at. Despite the fact, that I dislike shopping, I was impressed by shopping malls such as Berjaya Time Square, with its 900 shops on 13 floors and the other huge ones around Bukit Bintang.

The far most interesting places in KL had been Merdeka Square, the Lake Garden with the surrounding National Museum, National Mosque, … and finally the superb Petronas Twin Towers at KLCC.

While this is the end of my trip, it is also time to say good-bye to David, who was my fellow Traveler for the past two weeks. I really enjoyed the time with him and the fruitful discussion about life & the universe! David, I wish you all the best for your remaining 7 months in Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Iran and the Middle East – I appreciate the coincidence of meeting you!

Finally: I got my bus ticket for tomorrow morning which will bring me to Johor Bahru – From there I will proceed to Singapore. I just checked in for my long-haul flight back to Frankfurt (on Tuesday) having a good seat at an emergency exit door.