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Kuala Selangor
I was shaken by the bus for a little over two hours.
I think I’m going a little too fast. This is the bus that flies so fast.
As I got closer to my destination, the landscape shifted to palm trees.
The seemingly endless plantation of palms lit up by the sun gave me goose bumps at the thought. (I shuttered my mind.)
Kuala Selangor is just a tourist attraction, it was a city with so much activity.
It was just after noon.
I was hungry, so I looked for a restaurant.
I walked into a Malay restaurant that was closing down, and I said, “I’d like to have some nasi goreng.
She looked puzzled and said she couldn’t do it right now, so I reluctantly went to the curry shop.
When I was self-service and I was freaking out because I didn’t understand the system of the store, the old guy at the store asked me which one is better. He listened to me and did the serving as well.
It was good.
Having filled my stomach, I decided to head to the mangroves.
It was a bit of a distance, but I wandered around.
Dangerous Zone
No.1
A stray monkey appeared.
He is looking at us covetously.
I walked away quietly.
No.2
An old man in a scooters approached me.
“Hey.”
“Hi.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Oh, nice to meet you.”
“Me and you are friends.”
“Huh. I’m Japanese.”
“Hi, I’m glad to hear it. By the way, I don’t have any money and I’m running out of gas so I can’t go home.”
‘Oh, I see.”
“So can you give me five ringgit?”
I wondered what he was talking about, but I thought he must be in trouble too, so I gave him 5 ringgit.
“Thank you, bro”.
The old man walked away.
I made a mental vow not to become an old man who is attracted to young man.
To be continued…
