Kolya: It is so beautiful…
Alina: Do you know what color that shirt is?
Kolya: What?
Alina: Salmon.
Kolya: Salmon? There are different shades of salmon. It can turn brown if you fry it for too long.
Hello friends! This is Heads and Tails! The season with the most sea, beaches and heat! The finest season!
Alina: We came to one of the most advanced cities in Asia – we are in Kuala Lumpur.
Kolya: I have a favor to ask for. My arm has been off lately. I cannot seem to get a gold card.
Could you toss it this time?
Alina: Well, I have never done it, but I can try.
Kolya: All right, heads!
Alina: Tails.
Kolya: I think I found my lucky hand!
Alina: Better, you do it Kolya.
Kolya: This is terrific!
Alina: Are we even allowed to switch?
Kolya: Of course we are! Our show is life altering! Of course, we can change hands! Here you go!
Alina: Let me throw again!
Kolya: Keep practicing with a backpack on.
Alina: It all happened too fast!
Kolya: That's what the girls keep telling me.
Alina: Oh well, the city is very beautiful! I have to see it on foot.
We decided to spend this weekend in Malaysia's capital – Kuala Lumpur.
We could not ignore this city on our way to the sea…
…this is one of the most rapidly developing
and the most popular metropolises in the world because it provides so much contrast!
My $100 turned into 411 Malaysian ringgit.
Now I need to get to the city.
Kuala Lumpur is a capital so the cab fares are high.
Therefore, I am on my way to the bus.
All this time when I had $100 I thought about how we should not spend money on expensive flashy cars.
A car is not a luxury. It is a mode of transportation. Then I took this gold card and came back to my senses!
Mitsuoka Le-Seyde – an exclusive Japanese vehicle! There are only 500 of them in the world.
This glamorous stud looks like it is fresh off the museum floor!
Brutal modern tuning is everywhere.
I want to breathe in the rich life again.
The exterior of this car looks British circa 1950s-1960s.
Although, there is nothing retro about it.
Mitsuoka Le-Seyde is a modified car based on Nissan Silvia.
Malaysians pimped it out to their liking.
I am a king of the road!
This car is flashy and outrageous. Perfect ride from the airport to the city,
but it it was not built for long trips.
You begin to feel the discomfort. All of this is plastic, all these golden stickers are like a movie prop.
The ride feels rough and uncomfortable; like you are in a Lamborghini, but it does not drive like a Lambo.
It drives like Lada,
but makes loud motorcycle sounds.
This car was not designed for comfort. It was made for turning heads.
The price tag of such shock value is $40,000.
The rent for the weekend – $3,000.
I finally made it to Malaysian capital an hour later.
Kuala Lumpur is a huge metropolis with about two million residents.
I saw Muslim women wearing hijabs, emancipated Chinese and graceful Indian girls.
Over 9 million tourists come to Malaysian capital annually,
which makes it one of the most visited cities in the world.
Some people come here to see skyscrapers, take pictures with monkeys in the park,
while others come for work or education.
Terrific city.
Kuala Lumpur is known as the greenest Asian capital despite having hundreds of concrete skyscrapers.
There are trees next to every building and sometimes right on it too!
Kuala Lumpur does not know what the snow is like in the winter.
t is hot and humid here all year around. 28C is the average temperature – scorching!
There are three major landmarks in the city. Number one – the river.
Kuala Lumpur translates as "dirty river mouth".
This river is hardly a landmark.
Very dirty indeed,
but the locals cherish it and call it the river of life.
The city appeared here a long time ago after people discovered rare and expensive tin.
Landmark #2 – the Main Square.
British colonizers used to play cricket on this field,
nowadays it is a Malaysian Independence Square.
Last but not the least, landmark #3
– Kuala Lumpur is famous for having the tallest twin towers in the world – Petronas Towers.
Eighty-eight floors! Tada!
Tourists often come to Kuala Lumpur just to take a picture with these two high-rises.
The look from above will give me the most complete view of the city.
Although my car looks like it belongs to a superhero, it cannot fly.
That does not mean that I cannot fly. I have my golden wing!
Let's fly!
Something is lacking. We are rich! We have a helicopter and a gold card,
but the mood is off.
Let us try the same in slow motion to a dope beat!
That is more like it!
We are flying!
Beautiful takeoff!
What a metropolis! It is hard to believe that this used to be just a miner village not that long ago!
The skyscrapers are impressive.
They are like the stalactites of the human progress.
Flying between them on a chopper is chilling.
I feel all this adrenaline!
Today Kuala Lumpur is one of the most rapidly developing cities in the world.
It already is one the most important metropolises in Asia.
It is striving to gain more influence on the planetary scale.
Kuala Lumpur offers more than soulless concrete-and-glass bricks.
There is so much green in such a developed city!
Gorgeous landscape!
A green mountain right in the middle of the city!
Should you fly a bit further
outside the city
ou will be able to see Strait of Malacca,
which connects Indian and Pacific Oceans.
This is where I will go.
I want to see the sea too, but the public transportation takes a lot of time
and renting a car is expensive – around $40.
Therefore, here is a heads-up tip – Kuala Lumpur is famous for having many car services.
People from all over the world bring their used cars here.
Locals restore and sell them.
A tourist can rent a clunker for cheap.
A 1988 BMW for $25 per day for example!
I think that's great!
I cannot help but sound like my dad – they used to know how to make cars!
This baby is from 1988.
We are practically the same age.
It looks and drives great!
At the end of the day, I am driving a sweet ride towards the sea!
The speedometer does not work.
It is stuck on twenty despite the fact I am driving on a highway.
I need to be careful not to get a speeding ticket.
Also, look at my steering wheel. It is tilted that way.
Must be a problem with suspension.
This is a perfect car for a weekend though.
Nice and leathery.
I swear it!
I arrived, while Alina is only on her way to the sea.
A tourist with a gold card should not reserve to lounging on the beach, so I decided to try something extreme.
Fly board is a floating platform that is attached to your feet.
It uses the water stream from a pump.
You glide above water like a superhero!
It is time for me to try it!
Instructors assured me that it is not difficult at all. I just need to move intuitively.
Your job is to maintain the balance.
I went in reverse.
It did not turn out to be simple.
This thing can lift you as high as nine meters above water!
A couple of meters is my limit for today.
The falls do not hurt as much.
I am okay! Too early for you to divide my gold card! I am still breathing!
Meanwhile I finally made it to the beach.
Morib Beach is the most popular and the closest one.
Let us have a look at it.
Density – there is not a lot of people and they are mostly locals who came from Kuala Lumpur.
People are pleasant and joyful.
The sea has that effect on people everywhere.
The sand is bright and very soft, but this entire beach is filled with offerings!
People believe that offerings to the Ocean prevent cataclysms.
You might be surprised, but the infrastructure exists here –
cafes, an improvised parking lot, showers and restrooms.
The sea or the strait to be exact
is muddy because of the current that brings sludge and groundwater from Sumatra Island.
The water is very warm!
Very pleasant! That is why everyone is in the water!
have to give this beach two stars.
This place needs a cleanup. This beach would be great.
I heard that there is a better beach nearby. I will be heading there.
I felt hungry so I stopped at a very interesting joint.
There is a café near the town of Port Dickson – Lucky King Bun.
This bun is the only dish they serve here.
It looks so cool!
A curry pie.
The dough with curry meat stuffing is a very popular dish in Malaysia.
It looks so unusual!
Try to imagine this – the smell of freshly baked bread with curry chicken.
It is right in front of me.
I wish you could get at least a small whiff!
Smells astonishing!
Time to taste it!
Tastes like Easter cake back home, but it does not have glazing or raisins inside.
Delicious!
The chicken is mildly spicy, smells like curry
and melts in my mouth.
This is genius!
This is how you can bake seafood, vegetables, cheese
and nothing will spill over because of this
special baking bag and foil.
The dough rises while everything stews inside.
Very tasty!
It is worth coming to Kuala Lumpur just to try this.
You should also take notice at home. There is no reason we cannot prepare this!
Delicious!
I feel kinda hungry. Good thing that a gold card can provide me with a dinner up high!
I am not exaggerating
because I will eat on a special platform attached to a crane at a 40-meter altitude.
This gastronomical attraction has a fitting name – Dinner in the Sky.
They are strapping me in
so I do not fall off!
If my grandma strapped me like this, I would always finish her borscht.
We just began rising.
It feels kinda scary at first.
I did not think I would be able to swallow food,
but a 40-meter altitude is not much on a scale of local skyscrapers.
You would not be able to turn your back to the table because it is not polite
and because it is physically impossible.
How far does it lean back?
On one hand, I am curious. On the other hand – forty meters!
Okay. This is good enough.
Chef in the middle is the only reminder that you are in a restaurant.
He serves dinner from premade ingredients.
The Sky Dinner begins with an entrée.
This is a salad – squash, cherry tomatoes, salad leaves and brynza cheese.
Nothing special.
Let us check out the main course.
This is a seabass topped with cream sauce.
Vegetables – carrots, zucchini, an egg…
wait this is not an egg!
This is a potato with squash stuffing.
Also a small sprinkle of foie gras.
The dishes are exquisite, but do not taste well.
The seabass is overcooked. Foie gras tastes bitter.
They do not offer high-end cuisine up high.
You should not order a Dinner in the Sky for the sake of culinary wonders.
It is pretty basic.
In case you want to feel a full specter of emotions and joy – then yes!
The height, the friendly staff and beautiful Kuala Lumpur in panoramic mode.
Therefore, I do not regret spending this money. Which is not mine anyway!
I finally made it to another beach called The Blue Lagoon Beach.
The name is fully fitting.
There are not many people here.
Fine white sand
and warm clear water of The Strait of Malacca.
This beach is picture perfect compared to the other ones in Malaysia.
It gets a firm four-star grade from me.
I came back to Kuala Lumpur at the end of the first day just in time to find a place to stay for the night.
I cannot afford a hotel because I already spent a lot today,
so I will have to stay at a hostel.
You need to take off your shoes here.
Okay. Just like home.
Cool birds.
The name of this hostel is Natalie Guesthouse.
It looks like a dormitory with children's drawings on the walls.
You got a nice room for the one night.
Receptionist: We have a double room.
Alina: Okay, show me or give me a key.
Receptionist: Here is the key for 108.
Alina: I rented a room for $6 per day.
Let us see what I got.
Listen, this is luxurious considering that I am in a hostel.
I am here by myself and do not have to bunk with fifteen other people.
I got a twin bed for six bucks!
I think this is a success. Six dollars? It is a triumph!
Kinda hot in here.
Let me turn the fan on.
This room has a down part though.
It would be difficult to stay in this room for a while.
I feel the tension coming from these red walls.
I picked one of the best hotels in Kuala Lumpur.
The hall is so huge!
There is luxury dripping everywhere.
Lexis Hibiscus Hotel is a destination for the rich.
I want buy the best suite in your hotel.
How much it cost?
Receptionist: We have The Presidential Suite.
Kolya: President Suite. Yeah.
Receptionist: Five thousand…
Kolya: Five thousand?
Receptionist: Best one.
Kolya: I'm joking. I have all the money in the world
on this card.
Want to touch it?
Of course.
The most expensive Presidential Suite just like that!
Like waving a magic wand! Abra-kadabra!
Just so you understand the scale, my suite is 1.5 kilometers away from here.
Let's go.
Bye-bye!
It was nice standing next to you!
Thank you very much.
Driver: My pleasure.
Kolya: Friends it is late and I am tired. I want to sleep.
Why don't I give you the tour of my suite tomorrow?
Deal?
You are so easy to agree with! Thank you so much.
The morning will come before you can blink an eye. Bye.
I walked through the entire city today. There was so much contrast!
There is a thousand colorful images stuck in my head.
I need to get some rest because I am spent.
Good night. Bye.
Can you give me five minutes to dry my hair?
Good morning!
Good morning! I told it would come before you can blink.
Follow me. I'll show you the suite.
Lexis Hibiscus
is a five-star resort.
It features its own restaurant and 639 suites.
The structure is shaped as a hibiscus flower that grows right in the sea.
All of its petals are villas.
Each one has a sauna and a swimming pool.
I have the best one in the hotel all to myself!
A luxurious, spacious two-story Presidential Suite that spans over 382 square meters.
Let us see what I have here.
Three huge bedrooms equipped with Jacuzzis and swimming pools.
An enormous hall with rest area and a plasma.
There is a small room for help in case you are not traveling by yourself.
The main feature is a glorious sea view in every window.
People who visit this hotel rarely leave its premises for the entire stay.
That is exactly what I will do as well.
I decided to leave Kuala Lumpur on the second day and visit another interesting place nearby.
I will pay $4 for a ride that will get me there in 30 minutes.
I came to the Ketam Island AKA Crab Island.
Garage-looking houses on stills cover practically an entire island.
Fishermen who live here have been fishing for crabs for their entire lives.
They even worship them!
A voyage from Kuala Lumpur here is like a trip to the village.
People want to get away from the hassle of the metropolis and taste cheap freshly caught crabs.
Two of these glowing lookers would cost at least $40 in Kuala Lumpur.
All I had to pay here was $15!
Shall we?
Tasty!
Why shouldn't it be? Freshly caught crabs!
Tastes a bit sweet.
It tastes as if surimi sticks were very fresh and tasty.
The meat has more fibers. A bit sweet. Not juicy. It is a bit dry even. I could use a sauce on it.
I stepped on my dress!
That had to be because Kolya thought about me.
What is happening?
I decided to end my weekend on top of one of the tallest and most beautiful sites in Kuala Lumpur.
Wowzer!
It looks like the stars have fallen on the ground!
As if everything turned around! The starry sky is in front of me.
A ticket to the best sky deck, Menara Kuala Lumpur TV Tower costs $24.
This money gets you an insane view of a gigantic metropolis from 300 meters above!
A thousand of lights! Literally a thousand!
That is not all!
There is a glass cube hanging above the city.
Amazeballs!
No bird could reach this height.
Feels scary but it is so thrilling!
I wanted to hold on to handlebars when I looked down.
A humongous metropolis is at my feet.
Kuala Lumpur can scare a tourist with its magnitude.
What a megalopolis!
I am a king of the road!
Luxury dripping from everywhere.
Get a hold of yourself.
$100 can provide plenty of excitement!
Perfect car for the weekend.
You should come to Kuala Lumpur just to try this.
How far does it lean?
Six dollars? It is a triumph!
A megalopolis is at my feet.
Alina: How should I break it down to him? I was just getting back from the beach with my BMW. Wrong.
Kolya: See you later fellas. Look me up on Facebook. Hello Alinka!
Alina: Hello!
Kolya: I see you got the bread and salt out!
Alina: This is a surprise bread!
Kolya: What is this? A game show?
Alina: I just thought you might be hungry.
Kolya: I have a gold card. I cannot be hungry.
Alina: When I had a gold card, I had to eat worms and drink blood from a glass. I went hungry for days!
Kolya: That was your rookie hazing. You are done with that!
Just look at the little fella struggling on Reloaded.
Alina: Hazing what? I am a sole provider!
Kolya: That is how it works. You got the bread, I got the truth.
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