Matrix: Reloaded

Up about 8:00AM, showered, had breakfast, then just sat around until about 10:00, then walked down to the bus station and hopped on our bus.

Bus ride to KL uneventful, and we got to KL about 3:30, the bus stopped at the Puduraya bus station, which was perfect for us, it's right across the street from the Pudu Guest House, where we stayed the first time around. We checked into the Pudu G.H., twin room for 40 ringget (kind of expensive, but oh well, it's our last nights in SE Asia). The guy working there looked as us funny for a minute or two, then said, "You came back!" He remebered us from four and a half months ago!!!

We got our stuff in our room, showered, then went shopping for a while, at the markets and a mall that's close by. We're shopping for "real" clothes we can wear in Sydney (in wintertime).

About 6:45, we took the subway to the Petronas Towers (I love subways, they are amazing!) and went up the theatre and bought tickets for the 9:10 showing of "Matrix: Reloaded", then we walked around the mall for a while, ate at the food court, and shared a fresh waffle with two big scoops of ice cream and honey and chocolate sauce for dessert. We've been pigs today, especially me, I've had lots and lots of chocolate. The mall here is very high end, and out of our price range, with all the brand name stores (Guess, Tommy Hilfilger, ARmani Exchange, etc., etc., etc.), but it's fun to walk around. All this shopping is depressing Court, because she's wearing XL clothes over here in SE Asia, and she doesn't like it!

We went back to the theatre about 9:00, and watched the movie. Holy commercials before the movie starts, Batman. Tons of them. The movie was in english, with Malay and Chinese (?) subtitles. It was pretty confusing, and not as good as the original. It's very hard to follow, and the enough with the slow motion fighting scenes...I mean, it was really cool in the original Matrix, but we've seen it a million times over since then, and there's too much of it here. I'm not sure whether I'd give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down, but it really doesn't matter, because it's the Matrix...everyone and their dog is gonna go see it anyway.

The movie finished about 11:30, and we got lost in the mall trying to find our way back to the subway, so we asked a security guard, and he pointed us in the right direction, we got on the train, and were back in bed by midnight.

I like KL. Of all the big cities we've visited in SE Asia (Bangkok, Vientiane (if that can be considered a big city), Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh and Kuala Lumpur), KL is my favorite. It's ultra modern, and the Malaysian gov't is making a HUGE investment in technology, building a digital city between the airport and the Petronas Towers. It's an aggressive project that won't be completed until the year 2020. It's a very clean city, the transportation (LRT, subway, buses, etc.) are amazingly nice and sophistacted, and the city just feels "new".