Shop until you drop

Oh yes. That is exactly what you can do in Kuala Lumpur. 

I'm as I said before not a fan of big cities, but if you need or want to do some good shopping this is the right place to do it.

Either you visit one of the many markets around town where you can make nice bargains by negotiate the price. Or visit the gigantic KLCC with the twin towers for some more exclusive shopping. 

Floor after floor with shops like Dior, Gucci, LV, Marc Jacobs...

One of the many markets around town.

Picures from Penang

 The bridge between mainland and Penang. I choosed to take the ferry across the strait to Penang.

 The biggest buddhist temple in Penang.

 I don't know why but they had a large pond filled to the brim with turtles. Poor animals... 

The beach was nice and I was ready to jump in to the water to cool down a bit, but when I saw the water and all the dead fishes I decided that to stay on the beach for the sake of my health...

Break...

Haven't updated my blog in a while and haven't really felt for it either....  I was just tired of everything after all the hassles with my lost passport.

So what have happened so far? Well, not much...
I got my emergency passport and left Brisbane for Kuala Lumpur. 
In Kuala Lumpur I went straight a way to the Swedish Embassy to apply for a new passport. But since I arrived on a Thursday and they only have authorized staff for passport applications there on Wednesday I had to wait a week with the application...

So I took my backpack and bought a train ticket to Penang Island. I had been recommended to go there since they have fabulous food  which could be combined with some beach time... me like! 
The food was truly fabulous but the beach or rather the water wasn't that nice. Nevertheless it was nice just to relax a few days. 
Back in Kuala Lumpur I went to the embassy to submit my application, after a few minutes of photographing and leaving some fingerprints I was done. 

We agreed on that the passport would be sent to the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok so I could continue my trip. 

Relieved that things seemed to resolve itself I took the first flight from KL to Phuket to get some proper beach time :-)