Much international coverage this past week has been given to the huge snowstorms in China that have hindered literally millions of people from traveling home from the big cities for Chinese New Year.
With considerably less international coverage, Nancy and I decided on Saturday morning, prior to Chinese New Year, to travel by "LRT" (the Metro) all the way from our condo to Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. So, we drove ten minutes to a nearby LRT station, parked our car for RM2 (all of 62 cents) and paid an additional RM4 for two tickets to the station nearest to Chinatown -- a journey of about 15 minutes. First we walked through the "City Market" -- a 2-story upscale maze of shops -- where I paid RM2.50 for a delicious hot waffle that was folded-over with chocolate and coconut filling. Now fortified for our journey into Chinatown, we proceeded on to wander through narrow streets, visit a temple, do some shopping and explore the "Wet Market" where fish, meat and assorted vegetables are all laid-out on counters on each side of narrow aisles.
All in all, it was a fun trip! - rw
3 comments:
wow, that fish looks......... great. very interesting... mom, did you buy a qipao for yourself to celebrate? and father ron, i thought i spotted a bit of a spare tire.... what happened to your work outs?
What! A posting on Feb 3rd without mentioning your 3rd born's birthday and all the fanfare that took place?
yeah, really!!! what's up with THAT> i really think that Feb. 3 is a world wide holiday, and can be called "Birthday of 3rd Born"
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