Last night I was traveling with two colleagues from Vienna. We wanted to look at even the Petronas Towers from above. Like from above? The highest twin towers in the world from above? Yes it can. From the second-tallest building in the city, the television tower, one can look down on the tower. Sounds kind of stupid is mathematically, but possible. Why, I will tell later.
So we are gone off of Hotel, only have once again taken the Komuter to the central station and then switch to another line. Is something similar like the Berlin U-Bahn, ie partially above and below ground. Putra LRT is called. There is only one small difference: this train runs leaderless. Moreover, the Monorail and the Aero Train at the airport. Yes, yes! Germany's largest technology company, take note! So what works! So we have this Putra LRT and direction are KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre) is run. But not quite up, but got off two stops before (Dang Wangi). From the station there was only out once a magnificent view of the Twin Towers and on the television tower. Then we tried to get to the TV tower. Was not that easy. Finally, we have found the way. A lot of stairs, a few liters of sweat less (95% humidity, 32 degrees Celsius) and a rapid drive to lift it was probably the best view of the city. The shooting turned out to be somewhat difficult. There is no observation deck on the entire area where you can just put up a small mini tripod to get to the night shots. So you need some ingenuity, or an extremely steady hand. Well, I got it at least gets executed. Back downstairs, we were hungry. We have therefore sought to grub. Downtown KL is not really a problem. An open-air restaurant next to the other. We are so pure in one and have ordered. Was on the menu: with extra garlic. That's right! It's can still smell No sooner was the food on the table, it started to rain. As I said, we sat outside. The operation has tried to salvage what and umbrellas set up. That was after about 2 minutes, even worthless. It poured out like cans. We then switched to the more generous roofed bar and have eaten there are the. The operation has kept us on the way the sun umbrellas. Nevertheless, the beer is then tasted a little thinner. Since it was raining so hard, nothing remains to us no alternative but to await the end with the help of a few beers.
Oh, why you see the tower from the top of a smaller building? The TV tower stands on a hill.

Everyone knows surely the debate in Germany about the far too frequent holidays. This affects all know, the German economy in particular. There are already brilliant politicians come up with the idea, not the national holiday on 3 more To be held in October, but as always on 1 Sunday in October. This saves one a day. The many days off we can not compete with the Asian competition.
Now I have found a calendar with the holidays in Malaysia. Not only that, there are very many of them, no! For each of the official holiday falls on a Sunday (2006 eg New Year) there is an extra day free. The Malays come to 24 holidays per year, which averages almost every second Weeks, an additional day off. The logic of our political and economic leadership following, we will probably have soon taken down hopelessly.

I was in Jakarta at the weekend. Is not far from here and there I had to visit someone in person. Flight time is about 2 hours. Return flight at just over 100 €. So you can make. This time I'm using public transportation to the airport and driven back. Went wonderfully. The hotel is situated, as I have already written, in Mid Valley. Directly at the same station. The lines are called Komuter and are comparable to the Berlin S-Bahn. Only a little cleaner. You drive a station to station Sentral, which is the central railway station, and then advance to the KLIA Express (Kuala Lumpur International Airport Express). This is a very handy feature. When one Malaysian Airlines, you can check in at the station. On the return flight you can take here against his luggage. For all other airlines, it is just a quick airport access road. For slightly more than 10 € you get comfortable, quick and without airport congestion.
The actual experience I had but on the return trip. From plane through passport control and customs so everything here is pretty straightforward. Then the train. No problem. It can be seen everywhere in the airport, how much time you still have, go down to the next train. So one knows whether one needs to run or not. I was lucky. It has, without rushing too, fit the bill perfectly. Hardly on the platform, the train came. Then towards the central station. There change in the Komuter. Now the problems start. First time to find out which line I should take since. In the other direction, it was easy, because there was only one. Looking for a bit I got it. So grab the bar and slid the ticket into the machine. Smart as I am, I had the same ticket for round-trip ticket purchased. Tröööööt! No entrance! Well, was just on Friday and now Sunday. This is true only for the same day. So to the vending machine and buy a new ticket. Costs about 0.30 €, is to get over So. Then through the gate and down the escalator. Here is the next practical setting. A display panel on the platform indicates when the next train in the desired direction. The inscription is in Malay, so to interpret immediately. Because what was of 5.36. Could also mean something like 5 ½ minutes. The platform was deserted, not to say I was alone. Shortly after eleven. Well, you need not fear. On every platform there is a corner with a chair and a television series before. So, you can also sell the few minutes. Worse than the superstars in the German television can indeed will not. After a few minutes indicated that stupid board is still 5.36 and I was still alone on the platform. Slowly it dawned on me that this was 5:36 something like an absolute time specification. Which means: "Today, no train". Oh, great. World City shortly after 11 Since then come back memories of the Berlin S-Bahn. Timetable sought and actually, the last train left five minutes before my arrival. Now I am sure I can not be far away from Berlin. Oh well. Do I just get out and take a taxi. So back to the ticket barrier and slid into the slot. Trööööt! No continuity. Well, sort of bad luck. The ticket is valid only for output at the destination station and that is not here. What to do? Follow the tracks to the station on foot Mid Valley? Well. Stay at the station? It is clean, there are television and is warm. But it is still not really enticing. Climb over the barrier? No idea where you have to stay overnight. I was looking for someone to help me, but at the platform and the Surrounding tickets and keeper's cottage was nobody around. Finally, the staff saw me but someone desperate to hang around the bar. The read me a short apology out of my hand. I then searched the taxi rank and also found relatively quickly. Jump into the first taxi and said "please Boulevard Hotel". The answer: "Do you have a coupon". I probably have looked something stupid. The driver then said, if I give him 10 ringgit, you go that way. Yet to find a taxi counter, I was a bit too goofy. It is common here, in fact, not to pay the taxi. You buy a coupon at taxi counters. That certainly has some advantages, as it degenerates into a taxi ride is not a city tour. Anyway, 10 minutes later I was in the hotel room. Was almost at the station: Clean, with television, but cool.

So, the first working day is over. Have not had time to look around the city. But the first impression is, as I have already written, not bad. Although it is a lot of traffic on the roads, but not nearly as chaotic as in Jakarta. Even otherwise makes the city a much cleaner appearance. However, I also had the same experience here again, as in Indonesia: no electricity. This time the cause is probably different. Somehow is a part of the power supply on the long road from here to Germany lost. Could be that I again have some free time here. Well, just about enough for today. The jet lag a little exhausting. 'm Pretty tired. So, until the days.

This time I'm not in Indonesia but in Malaysia. But since this is "next door" is and know a lot of this blog. I just sit here on. Arrived here yesterday evening in Kuala Lumpur. It takes some time from the airport into the city. Those are about 50 km. The people in the office wrote me that I should take a taxi. This has subsequently proved to be but not so clever idea. There is an express train every 15 minutes to Central Station and Kuala Lumpur as I found on arrival at the hotel provided, this is right outside the hotel. That would have been a lot of time can save time and money.
Otherwise, the first impression is very good. Everything not as chaotic as in Jakarta. The hotel is brand new and located in the city center (Mid Valley). Not far from the Petronas Twin Towers. So now I have to work. Tomorrow there's more.

So! Only now is a break in the blog. I am flying today back to D-land. Here in Indonesia, one wishes that I return in mid-November. How the Berlin see, I do not Nocht. I would have come back very happy. Wenns blog continues, it will learn them all. See you soon.

My friend Micah will think again, "writes the always over eat," but I must get rid of anyway. Ramadan has some interesting side effects. I had already written that many of the Warang ("takeaways") during this time are closed during the day. But this is like everything else. In the first week are all busy. Then the leaves a bit to. In the fourth week is then almost everything as always. Ramadan is approaching the end and "Idul Fitri" seam. This is one of the most important holidays in Islam. Just as is done here in Indonesia, it is somewhat similar to our Christmas party. The families come together. It will be distributed gifts. The consumerism is, I think even a little worse than ours. Everyone who goes outside the house for the occasion, be it to visit the mosque or to the neighbors, must clothe itself again. The matching prices for the corresponding period in the traditional clothing of up to 300%. Generously given way but pretty much every dealer willingly 20% discount. Since many people from Jakarta as home to their families, happens to the tickets for buses, trains and planes about the same. If you get any at all. All roads from Jakarta are hopelessly overcrowded. This is similar to the holiday traffic jams on German roads. Here, however, it may even happen that the road is blocked only by thousands of motorcycles. The pleasant is: In Jakarta, the streets are pretty empty right then.
What to do now with the headline? It can sometimes happen that the food tastes a little funny in the day, because the cook fast. Taste is nich. Since Allah is above.