The world according to me....

Ok, the Legend Hotel is a huge complex, towering 33 floors above the bustling streets of Kuala Lumpur. At least, they look bustling from my hotel room window. I haven't yet left the hotel, despite the fact that I arrived here at 23:30 on Friday night. Many minor tasks and to-do lists have kept me busy, and when I have a few spare moments I usually find myself chatting with Brendan, Lisa, Kartik, Michael or Bob Prince, in a valiant attempt to catch up on everything since I last saw these folks.

A positive attribute of this hotel complex is the great food court they have in the bottom floor of the shopping mall. The culinary culture is largely panmictic, and you can get just about whatever you want, from Mediterranean kebabs to sushi to Indian curry to pad Thai and beyond. There is even a Starbucks for those of us feeling a little caffeine (or North American Culture) deprived - and they serve their coffee in ceramic mugs by default!

Tomorrow I have promised myself to at least cruise around the nearby streets to experience a bit of KL, perhaps I will see some of those mudskippers that Jeanette keeps urging me to find. I lent my guidebook to Neca and Cecilia from Projeto TAMAR, but I think they need it more than I do: they are going to make a day trip to the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, in search of coastline. "We can't travel all that way here and NOT visit their beaches," Neca told me. She is completely correct, of course.