Travel Diary: Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, Malaysia

Jun 5

Another decision on a whim and another return back to a place I hadn’t been in years. Having not been to Kuala Lumpur outside of the airport in probably a decade, it was a nice little reacquaintance with the Malaysian capital. As per usual, I didn’t really have any agenda so lots of wandering and eating and snapping photos along the way. I also took a quick jaunt down to Melaka to check out some old colonial remnants which felt a bit like what I remembered of Georgetown in Penang except the addition of the most ridiculous bike taxis I’ve ever seen. A bit bizarro, but here we are.

Kuala Lumpur got skipped over the years for other locations as I remembered it being mainly a shopping destination and I’m not that guy. I didn’t want to be that old man stuck in his opinions, though so I gave it another shot. It’s still kind of one of those destinations…. That said, it has enough good food and cool vibes these days that made it more than another shopping destination.

Wandering through the streets and alleys, the smells of the hawker stalls and tasty treats made it difficult to focus on shooting, but definitely made for some great street photography with the throngs of people gravitating to these altars of goodness.

All shot with the Fuji x100v with the 2 little lens adapters giving the equivalent of 28, 35, and 50mm in a tiny little package.