The hidden tower of Bukit Nanas.
Meanwhile I have made my way up to Kuala Lumpur, spending five hours in a bus next to some Chinese lady who was either reading sports car magazines or snoring like hell. I will write more about the guesthouse I'm staying at later. Let me tell you about my trip to Bukit Nanas, the city forest of KL, or whatever is left of it. Right in the middle of the thing they built an enormous tower overlooking the whole city. That was where I was heading.
I thought it was a nice idea to have a stroll in the park. The sign indicated that there was a passage into the woods, so I followed it. The sky was heavy with all kinds of fumes, several layers of pollution would only let through faint ideas of sun light. After some ten to fifteen minutes I got slightly discouraged, figuring out that I was actually going around the park without ever making my way into it. Big rocks and some barb wire kept me from getting too adventurous. About that time the sun came out and my pores opened, making me sweat like a suckling pig over charcoal.
Another ten or so minutes later, getting rather unpatient, I spotted a few uniformed school children. Hang on - kids like parks. And so do teachers, because they can dump the kiddies and don't have to teach. I followed the little creepers and came to a couple of stone stairs leading up into the darkness of the old trees. Yes, I found the gateway... Some 50 odd steps uphill a grim builing ready to fall apart caught my attention. It bore the sign: "Home for disabled women". The thought of all those disabled women being locked up in this prison like edificio made me shiver. I was just about to picture the scenes taking place in there when a uniformed muslim woman started shouting at me from up the stairs. My Malay (or was it English) wasn't good enough to understand what she meant, but as far I know I was about to enter school premises and thus was to be ushered out. No want ang mo in school lah.
I thought of Frodo trying to make his way into Mordor. Somewhere there just had to be a way in. Please. I was getting discouraged. For about five minutes, then I gave up. Just as I wanted to wander off I came past a sign saying 'Jalan Bukit Nanas' (Bukit Nanas Street). That sign was a sign. I was sure. But instead of in a forest I ended up in a maze of cathedrals and convent schools. With kids hovering everywhere. (At that point I gave the thought of asking the Lord for his help a brief consideration, but since Him and I have been on very bad terms for the last 20 years I left it at that). Funny, I thought. Whenever some Muslim community tries to put up a mosque in Switzerland the whole neighbourhood rises in protest. And what have we got here, in one of the largest Muslim countries in the world? Churches and Christian religious schools.
The thoughts about this matter distracted me for a while, which was good since there was no sign of any bloody forest. I felt sympathy for Frodo again. My road led me to yet another school gate that was guarded by a funny old man. A dead end. Just as I cursed the whole world some other guard (they kept popping up, just like the orcs of Mordor) pointed at a tiny iron gate between some trees. It was it. The gate into the secret forest. I had found it after all.
The Lord of the Rings thing got even more intense when I saw a big sign warning me of scorpions and snakes as I walked up the path through the patch of rain forest. Will there be a giant creature up there somewhere waiting to suck my juices out (if ever, I prefer a cute male human creature doing so).
My forest walk lasted roughly four minutes. After that I was already at the parking lot in front of the tower. And how nice of the rain forest to demonstrate its full capabilities to me, as it had just started pissing it down. I hurried to the entrance of the tower and after taking one of the elevators, was rewarded with the shittiest view possible. Thanks to the heavy rain. But at least there was aircon. And funnily the crap view didn't keep the tshador'd Arab women from putting money into the telescopes.
That trip had made me hungry, so I opted for the food court at the mall downstairs from the Petronas towers a few blocks away. Unfortunately I couldn't find my way in, so I went hungry.
2 Comments:
ach komm, Du standest ohnehin schon turmhoch über Deiner Umgebung...
11:11 PM
I am glad you are having a good time!
11:47 AM
Post a Comment
<< Home