Oct 23 KL

Woke up early had from breakfast and got ready to head to Kuala Lumpur (KL) on a SAS trip with my roommate! We were traveling via bus (thank god) so I  could pack more for going out in KL and sleep the whole way there. In order to get off the island we crossed the famous bridge that take like 15 min long to cross…don’t know why that is so special? Stopped at Chinese restaurant for lunch and ate family style. The bus ride took a total of 9 hrs because for some reason they drive like 10 mph here and make 3 stops on the way ( the drive is supposed to take 4 hrs). At last arrived at our hotel the Swiss Garden ( Lauren and I were roommates but the group was split into 2 buses and hotels. Casey and Jonah were in the other hotel down the street). We only had time for a quick shower and changed because we were going out to dinner. The place we ate dinner was called Saloma and they had a huge buffet and provided entertainment. The dancers performed many traditional dances of Malaysia, India and China. They had very elaborate costumes and moves. At one point they called people up to learn a dance and of course I couldn’t resist. The dance involved these huge bamboo looking sticks that they clashed on the floor and together, it simulated a hopscotch like move. After we learned another dance with one of the dancers. My guys was so cute, his English was very poor but had a smile on her face the whole time and asked simple questions. The last song was a tribute to Malaysia “the essence of asia”. Most ridiculous song I have ever heard. It was so corny and there was a video to go with it and subtitles to sing along. Ryan filed most of it ( and proceeded to play it at random times throughout the trip) lol. When it was over we booked it out to the Golden Triangle area where all the bars and clubs are. First stop was Rum Jungle. It seemed like a cool place and came highly recommended but the band was playing all slows songs for some reason. So we left and went to a bar called the Beach Club. The band was great and couldn’t stop dancing the moment we set foot in it. But when we actually looked around and noticed who was actually in the club our perception changed a little bit. There were a ton of people but when you looked closer we realized that most of the crowd was made up of businessmen from 35 yrs and older with all their asian escorts, dancers, and hookers all hanging out. Our group was the youngest by a good 10 yrs and got some looks and it was not ok. We stayed together and had a good time for a couple of hours. Eventually we got over it and headed to a bar called Luna. It was on top of a 34 floor building with a pool and overhanging balcony with a gorgeous view of the city. A lot more SAS kids were here and it was a lot of fun. Surprisingly no one made it into the pool but one kid I think was getting close because he was stumbling around in his boxers mumbling something about swimming but security was about to throw him out.  Ran into Devyn, Ali T, Darby, Kelly and a bunch of the guys. Our group had a long day ahead of us so we headed back to the hotel and had a sleep over with Ryan and Jonah. Jonah is gay and Ryan has a girlfriend but they are two of the funniest people I have ever met. We stayed up much to late watching tv but totally worth the laughs.