{"id":2937,"date":"2023-07-18T10:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:53:59","slug":"ook-kuala-lumpur-slaapt-nooit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/ook-kuala-lumpur-slaapt-nooit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuala Lumpur never sleeps either"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Rijden in Kuala Lumpur is een drama. Van \u2018s-morgens vroeg tot diep in de nacht staat al het verkeer vast. Gelukkig kunnen motoren er op de meeste plaatsen langs, maar ik doe er toch meer dan een uur over om de 30 km van de rand van de stad naar mijn hotel in het midden van het centrum af te leggen.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-810x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-810x1080.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9369-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, 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100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-810x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-810x1080.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9399-1260x1680.jpeg 1260w, 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Kuala Lumpur is een wereldstad waar je echt alle nationaliteiten tegenkomt. Heerlijk die diversiteit. Als je van winkelen houdt kom je hier helemaal aan je trekken in de vele shoppingmalls. Ook als je van achtbanen houd trouwens, niets is te gek. Het ene winkelcentrum is nog groter en luxer dan het andere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Het meest indrukwekkende voor mij zijn toch echt de prachtige wolkenkrabbers met de iconische Petronas Twin Towers als kers op de taart. In het park aan de voet van de Twin Towers is iedere avond een fontein show waar veel mensen op af komen. Zo ook een jong stel uit Jemen waar ik mijn bankje mee deel. We praten over Jemen, Europa, Maleisi\u00eb en reizen en voor ik het in de gaten heb is het al weer laat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-810x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-810x1080.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9403-1260x1680.jpeg 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Maar de Leffe Blond in het winkelcentrum smaakt ook prima.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Het valt me echt op hoe druk het in de stad is. Als ik rond middernacht weer terug loop naar mijn hotel staan er bij de grote kruispunten nog steeds honderden mensen te wachten om over te steken en staat het overige verkeer nog steeds vast alsof het spitsuur is. Deze stad slaapt echt nooit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eps.112 Melaka [MY] to Kuala Lumpur [MY] - Visiting KLCC, the Batu Cave and tasting durian fruit!\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JE3jFH15A5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving in Kuala Lumpur is a drama. All traffic is jammed from early in the morning until well into the night. Fortunately, motorbikes can get past it in most places, but it still takes me more than an hour to do the 30 km from the outskirts of the city to my hotel in the middle&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[24,158],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2960,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsmiletravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}