Lost in Kuala Lumpur Night Life
Wow, what an evening in the Kuala Lumpur Nightlife.
At 8PM I met up with a British lady I met in Krabi, she had 3 Aussie ladies she met at the hostel with her. We proceed to a Reggae Bar and began drinking. I was going to leave until the Tequila came, then suddenly I turned into “Robocop”, once again. The nightlife in Kuala Lumpur is great, but you need to know where your hotel is!
We partied with arguably the most international crowd I’ve ever had the pleasure of drinking with. I’m talking, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Israel, Jordan, Thailand and others that elude me right now. The music was good and the dancing was great.
Being the gentleman that I am, I escorted the women home, had a drink then went on my way. The ladies lived somewhat off the beaten path, I mistook a landmark for something I knew and proceed onwards.
I walked, and walked and walked. I walked until I knew I was totally lost, I backtracked, I went by my landmarks and kept going. At this point I ONLY KNEW 1 road so I went there and began walking. Suddenly I was near the place we partied but still hopelessly lost. When lost in strange cities, late at night is VITAL you look like you know where you’re going, even when totally and completely lost, if not, you become an easy mark.
Finally I went into a hotel and asked for a map, it was different then the one I had. I went to another hotel and got another map. The lady showed me somewhat were to go, again I took a wrong turn until I saw a sign I recognized from today when I bought the adapter. Finally I was on my way home.
I just spent 2 hours walking around the side roads of Kuala Lumpur without the slightest idea where I was. I saw roaches, rats and all sorts of other vermin feasting on the left overs of the day.
For what it’s worth, outside the MacDonald’s, I saw a swarm of maybe 60 roaches, all big enough to well, I dunno but they were LARGE. I also saw rats the size of my sneakers fighting over pieces of food before retreating to the sewers as I walked by.
Strangers whispered “Hey Friend…” and what not, I just kept walking. I walked like I knew where I was going despite being hopelessly lost. It was a learning experience. ALWAYS write down the hotel name and address when going out in a strange city. This reminds me of my bed bugs incident… I’m glad it happened but while I was lost, it was quite stressful, this won’t happen again.
The night life in Kuala Lumpur is great, the drinks are quite pricey compared to Thailand yet still reasonable compared to back home and a bargain compared to Las Vegas.
I am now retiring at 1:41am, still exhausted from the bus ride but glad I went out. Seriously, write down your hotel, when lost and you don’t even know the street or hotel, it’s horrible… I’m just glad I remembered a major hotel nearby or I’d still be wandering the streets aimlessly.
1 love,
P.S there is a big mold conglomeration on my ceiling, should I be worried? What’s a bigger risk, some mold or smoking? Undecided but both isn’t good.
Heh! Sounds like you had an interesting end to your evening.
Yeah, alcohol tends to be a bit more expensive in Malaysia unfortunately. But hey, it’s still good, isn’t it. You can save money some places by buying a big bottle of something and having them put whatever you don’t consume that evening away for you until next time. I like that. It’s a nice feeling to go to back to the bar the next day knowing that you kinda own a little bit of it lol.
I’ve done that at the Planet Hollywood in the Bukit Bintang area a couple of times, but don’t know how common it is other places.
BTW, while in KL you should do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LrEDfw8Lp4&feature=fvw
Looks like fun. And total madness and idiocy.
That sounds cool about the `buying a bottle`, may have to look into that, especially if with a big crew.
The 2nd thing is absolutely mental video. I used to be a dare-devil, but that is beyond me. That said, never say never right?
Thanks for tipping me off about KL, I was on a bus going to Singapore and driver gave me the “if you want to stay on, I won’t care” when I told him I was staying in KL for only a day or so.
So is it safe if girl will go out alone and walk back to the hotel alone also. But do you have any recommend club or pub? I’m going there on new year eve so just want to have some fun.
Fon – I’d recommend taking a cab and being with other people to be honest. Also I only really went to Reggae bar then just hung out.
Good luck.