I woke to the sound of torrential rain and grabbed my coat out of my bag as I packed up the last of my belongings. The hostel were kind enough to allow me to leave my bags in the hall until I finished work so I braved the rain to reach the hospital. Despite all the water outside I arrived to find all operations postponed due to a failure in the water supply. Once it was restored a busy day began. I spent the morning moving from theatre to theatre as patients came...

Sunday, we (meaning I) decided it might be nice to visit the Batu Caves. We got a train from Sentral Station north of KL and were greeted by a 42m gold Hindu god. The caves have been home to Hindu temples for hundreds of years with a massive celebration at the caves every year still. We climbed the 270 plus stairs to the entrance where the caves tunnel through to an opening in the roof. The place is home to long tailed macaques who are keen to steal anything you ...

The rest of the week went well. Generally I start early, do a few cases and finish early. Wednesday morning has teaching 7.30-8.30 and on Thursday mornings there is a CME (continuing medical education) meeting. The theatres here are all very organised and all notes for anaesthetists are electronic saved with all the monitoring data. The staff are all helpful, they don't mind me hanging around and let me do practical bits and pieces. Most afternoons I head back ...

Not feeling great Sunday morning, Fairoz, Chee and I decided to postpone leaving the hostel until after lunch. This gave us time to pop out to the market and pick up ingredients for spaghetti bolognese! With Fairoz cooking we had a delicious meal that set us up well for an afternoon walking around the gardens and parks. We got a taxi to the butterfly park but as it was quite pricey we decided to explore the gardens instead. The orchid garden had flowers of e...

After a leisurely start and a self-service breakfast I spent the morning exploring Chow Kit. The local area is a mixture of run down flats, nice hotels, side street markets and lots of traffic. Its strange, being a country girl, KL has everything I don't like about living in a city, its hot, busy, and polluted, but there is something I like about it. Moped zoom along the pavements dodging pedestrians as the monorail glides overhead. The wet market sells everythin...