The Colonial Romance of Malacca: Kuala Lumpur to Singapore Overland

Something is troubling me as I land at Kuala Lumpur late at night. It’s not nervousness at being in a new city, or wondering how I’m going to get from the airport to my hotel. I’m worried about how I’m going to get to Malacca. By the time we my driver Roger and I stop at the 2-and-a-half hour mark, palm trees all around, Roger again asking “you need piss?”, I’m beginning to wonder if we will ever arrive in Malacca. Because Malacca is where I really want to be.

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2 Days in Kuala Lumpur

Last work trip to Singapore, I thought “this time I am going somewhere I have never been before”. So I let my eyes trail north of Singapore and began Malaysia dreaming. The romance of the Malacca Straits. The Orient of yesteryear. But to get there I’d have to first fly to Kuala Lumpur- the Oriental megalopolis of today.

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