Condor Kristen: Kuala Lumpur and my Endless, Profound, Love Affair with Southeast Asia

I had a hard time getting to Malaysia – delayed/cancelled flights throughout Australia were to blame (Tiger Airways stole a few years of my life). I was also nervous to explore Kuala Lumpur on my own. However after finally getting there and examining, walking around, and exploring - all that fear subsided and I felt at home. Southeast Asian countries have been very good to me and no matter how different they all are, I feel at ease and comfortable in each of them. I love the vibes, culture, attitude, history, food, everything.

I was so enthralled with Kuala Lumpur I almost missed my flight to India – literally. I showed up to the airport 40 minutes before my international flight. I felt like I was spiritually regressing because I whipped out the waterworks and talk of the fear of being stuck in a foreign country alone in order to get my way. And with a great amount of tears and persistence I did get my way and was escorted through immigration, security, and my gate and onto the runway to make my flight to Delhi. I felt bad but I had to meet my friend in India and had no way of getting ahold of her!

I made sure to be extremely positive and help-out anyone in my path to ensure I had enough good Karma to exempt my bad behavior. :)