Malaysia · 4.21° N, 101.98° E · 2025

Malaysia

The first photos are from Kuala Lumpur. Thai, Malay, Indian and Chinese food on the same street. Mosques next to Buddhist temples. A real mix of cultures, and that's what gives the city its own rhythm.

We spent almost a week here. Apart from walking the city, there wasn't much to do. The food was the highlight, especially nasi lemak. Try it. Kuey teow came later, on Penang and the islands.

Three weeks in Malaysia in total. After KL came a week on Penang and a week on Langkawi. I preferred Langkawi's nature. People smile here, and the coconut seller is genuinely glad you stopped. Coming from Europe, you notice the bubble you live in.

Maybe we keep looking for answers outside instead of inside. It sounds like the opposite of travelling, but it isn't, once you drop the habit of judging everything. Not chasing the future, not holding on to the past. Just being there: the sunset, the traffic jam. Ironically, that's the opposite of how this trip went. Without it, I might never have noticed.

Does the man in the photo below have Instagram? We measure and calculate everything and think we know it all. So where did the calm go? We call people crazy for meditating or praying, yet they are the calm ones. So who's crazy?