If you're young in KL....

24 July 2010
We arrived in Kuala Lumpur (KL) amidst preparations for a multi-block outdoor fashion show, with one of the main stages outside our 3rd story hotel room (so much for getting some sleep before our 7am flight tomorrow morning). The city is alive with young people!! If you're young and living in KL you might be hanging out with your friends amongst the hundreds of motorbikes parked along the streets, your hair gelled into a faux-hawk and hoping for a cute girl to walk by who isn't wearing a head scarf and might actually talk to you. If you're a really cool dude, you might be break dancing or Tecktonik dancing it up on the sidewalk while hundreds of people watch in awe.

We've noticed today, more than any other day here in Malaysia, the extremes of this very diverse country. We started our day in a cool climate high in the hills and wound our way down a river valley to steamy KL. While the break dancers dance and the models walk the runway, women clad in full burka-style garments watch next to girls in short see-through skirts, and both wear dizzingly high platform shoes. The woman in this country love their shoes!

We depart early tomorrow morning to Sabah, Borneo to enjoy the flora and fauna of another extreme in this delightful country.

But for now, as Lady Gaga says,

Oh oh la la la
We love designer
I need, some new stilettos
Can't walk, down the street in those
You are, who you wear it's true
A girl's just as hot as the shoes she choose