We visited a mangrove forest where we could walk through this unique ecosystem without destroying it even more than we humans already have 🪾

It looked interesting at first glance but the really interesting stuff we found when having a closer look 😳

There was a river bed to observe as well 🙂

And there were a lot of monkeys …

… chilling and socializing on the paths …

… watching over his gang and getting tired 😴

But the most interesting creatures we could observe after having a closer look at the ground 😀

They looked pretty alien …

… and were jumping in and out of there mud holes 🏠

And the crabs had very different colors ….

… nice blue …

… big claws …

… some had dates …

… and some happy time together 😁

Oh, and there were reptiles too 🦎

Some were fighting …

… and others were just strolling around. Warans were my favorite ❤️!

Racki’s brother came from Germany and joined us for two and a half weeks 🥳

Together we moved into a very nice apartment on the 18th floor of one of the many high buildings in Kuala Lumpur 🌆

Because of the off-season it was only 15€ a night for two bedrooms, a kitchen, and we had free access to a pool and the rooftop which had an awesome view 🥳

The skyscrapers, and of course especially the Petronas Towers and the Maybank Tower, were beautiful in the night as well. And sometimes the reflections looked astonishing 🪞

We were mostly taking the buses and trains and mostly they were not overcrowded. Only once we had to wait in a queue. And that queue was pretty British: perfect line, no pushing 😀

Even though it was the rainy season, we had not too much rain. But sometimes the clouds were swallowing the towers 🌫️

We did a lot of sight seeing and showed Tom (Racki’s brother) the biggest mall we have ever seen: the Pavillon. This thing was crazy! The shops had house numbers. There was an app just to find your way and they had the craziest Christmas decorations 🤶🏼

Instead of the typical German Kaufmannsladen, there were miniature versions of street shops and …

… street kitchens 😁

And interesting services like this ear cleaning service. They had a couple of treatment chairs and above every chair there was a monitor showing live what got removed from the ear of the patient 👂🏼

I liked the graffiti street a lot. Two or three streets with big paintings in the walls and …

… the streets 🎊

There we went to one of my favorite restaurants and paid only 3,5€ for two dishes and a coke which was very cheap, even for Kuala Lumpur prices 🏷️

The contrast between the old and mouldy buildings and the new shiny one was very interesting. One of the locals (a taxi driver) told us, he paid about 40.000€ for an apartment in one of the older two story houses and was paying it off for 30 years 💵

There were the restaurant streets all over the place 🥣

And markets for everything 🌺

And Little India looked very colorful. Especially at night 🏮

And the towers were the most illuminated 🌆

One day, we went to the Batu Caves 🏯

And met a lot of monkeys hanging around, stealing food 😄

The temples were beautiful and colorful 🎊

Some 372 steps up to the main cave 🚀

We got some blessings …

… and walked through …

… this magnificent cave 😍

The other day we went to another colorful temple 🎊

This one had the most lanterns 🏮

And …

… crazy figures, …

… mosaics, …

… dragons, …

… and some love ♥️

Of course we went to a bar as well and had a great night with a funny local band 🎸