Saturday night

We met again in the lobby and this time headed out on foot. there were about 30 of us and our path led us through the Indian area where a night market was in progress. The most obvious difference was the number of head scarves on sale. These are worn by a large number of the women since it is predominantly a Muslim country. They were very colourful.

Next we walked passed one of the larger Mosques at the junction of 2 rivers  where KL was originally started. Nearby were some of the original buildings from the early colonial days.

From there we headed on to the a place I'd passed on my way from the train station. It is one of of the original Clubs from the early days for the English upper class with Elizabethan style buildings and a Cricket pitch in a large park. This was across the road from a building which was originally the courts but not used for that purpose any more - still a civic centre. It is light by constantly changing floodlights which cycle through the spectrum every few minutes.

From there we walked through the central markets which was a pleasant break from the heat and humidity since it was air-conditioned. It is now a craft centre. Some of the group stayed in that area for Indian food but 20 or so of us went on to Chinatown and ate in an air-conditioned restaurant. We had the top floor to ourselves with tables of 8. On ours we shared a number of dishes and had several  large bottles of Tiger beer, which I mixed with Sprite for a shandy. This was adopted by Matthais who sat next to me.

By this stage I had realised why I need a cart for my gold as my knee was getting very uncomfortable after so much walking.

The Indian diners had caught up to us by the time we had finished and we headed for the tube. again we split with some going to the hotel, some shopping but 20 of us finished at a karaoke place in a large shopping centre which was mostly closed by that time.

If you had told me I'd have gone to karaoke last week I would have expressed disbelief, let alone actually singing. Fortunately there were 4 Mikes so nobody had to carry a song on their own.Also some people who got up early set the bar sufficiently low that I didn't feel intimidated when I join in. It was surprisingly good fun and it was well after 2 before we were back at the hotel.