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Getting a Taste of KL (May 2nd)

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We stayed busy after arriving in Kuala Lumpur!  ¡Nos mantuvimos ocupados tras llegar a Kuala Lumpur! The city is a maze of elevated concrete highways, and so on the first day we left home and merged into traffic heading towards Malaysia's National Museum. There are lots of small motorcycles which split lanes, cutting through traffic, and the cars are different shapes and sizes, stamped with unusual brands. A group of police trainees throttled past us all on their own motorcycle/scooter.  Hay carreteras elevadas de concreto por todo la ciudad, así que cuando salimos de la casa conducimos por coche y partimos hasta el museo national de Malasia. Se encuentra muchos motos pequeños en las calles que cortan los carriles entorno de los coches, y me di cuenta de la variedad de autos de tamaños y marcas inusuales. Me acuerdo un grupo de aprendices en la policía que pasaron manejando sus propios motos. The building was quite empty early in the morning, but there was lots to see from roc...

Leaving Toronto, Arriving in KL (April 30-May 2nd)

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Hello friends and family, This summer I am lucky to be spending one month in Malaysia and Indonesia; and three months in Bilbao, Spain. I've never set foot in any of these countries, but for the next month I have my girlfriend, Zoë, and her family to guide me to and fro.  Este verano tengo suerte de poder pasar un mes en Malasia e Indonesia; y luego tres meses en Bilbao, España. Nunca he visitado ninguno de estos países, pero por el proximo mes tendré mi pareja, Zoë, y su familia para guiarme.  Before I get to our itinerary, you will have likely noticed that I am translating my blog posts into Spanish in order to practice my writing and build my vocabulary before I arrive in Spain on June 1st. I will attach a Spanish paragraph right after the English one, and I'm liking the color purple for the text. Antes de hablar de nuestra agenda, habrás notado que traduzco mis posts del inglés al español para practicar mi escritura y aumentar mi vocabulario antes de mi llegada a España el...