When I was seated on the plane to KL and was on my way to turn off my phone I saw that I had a sms from Sarah in KL where she told me that she would pick me up at the airport in KL. Great, made me really happy that she had found a way to meet up. Sarah and I met last year in Kota Kinabalu when we where diving, did not speak much, but have texted a bit on FB and she said one time that she could show me around to for me new places in KL, and off course I said yes thank you to that. I am a bit extra curious about hanging out with Sarah, since she not only is Muslim, but also religious and are practicing her religion. Met many Muslims, so that is not so strange, but I have not met anyone that takes it serious before. We could probably find many things to argue or disagree about if that should be the point, but for me it isn’t, I just want to learn more and get to know her better since she seam like a nice and decent person and to meet up with her was my main reason to stop in KL again this year, so it was good that it went in order.
And so she is. She picked me up at the airport and took me to my hostel, Red Palm, my home in KL, 3rd time I stay at this hostel in Bukit Bintang, KL. We agreed to met again the next day and go to
Putrajaya, the administrative center of Malaysia. It was just the 2 of us going to Putrajaya, so we got to talk and get to know each other a lot better, nice and I enjoyed the company and to see something new in KL, and I also got to visit the
Putra Mosque Putrajaya and get the history of the construction and building of the mosque and also a lot of information about Islam in it self from Sarah and a guide at the mosque, even got a private tour to the basement of the mosque, interesting. I can not remember visiting any mosque since I was in Istanbul back in 1989, and that is some time ago. Also looked around in more of the Putrajaya and got something to eat before we vent back to Bukit Bintang. Was a good afternoon, enjoyed it.
The rest of my stay in KL, I was just hanging around on the shopping malls in Bukit Bintang and killing time in airconditionated areas. Did some last minute shopping as well and had some good sushi lunches, just so good.
The flight back home, routine and tiring as always to fly home, but not any problems and got home in Stavanger on schedule and found my home as I left it, or a bit more dusty maybe. Have been a good trip most of the time, a bit bored in-between, but the main stops, Nepal and Flores, have been even better than I imagined, and I really enjoyed meeting the people I hiked with in Himalaya, dove with in Flores, to meet Heidi and Sarah again, to finally meet Maike.
Now it is just to plan some summer vacation, just home in Norway. Will most likely also look into and start plan an other trip further away. S. Korea and Japan is still on my list, wander when get there, Ireland is a bit closer and for some reason I also want to go there. We see what happens.
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