Welcome to Yellow House in Kuala Lumpur

It was already after midnight when we arrived in Kuala Lumpur by bus. There was no public transport at this time and so we had to take the taxi to Ampang. Don’t use a taxi after 12 p.m. because it’s damn expensive. Our only aim was the cosy bed in the hostel. The last kilometres we had to lead the taxi driver to our destination. He asked us 3 times if it would be the right address and we agreed all the time. Maybe he wasn’t used to drive European to this part of the city at this time. We said thank you and tried to find the hostel. A few steps later, we weren’t sure anymore if we are in the right place. Suddenly we heard some chatter and laughing which made us happy again. They welcomed us very friend and we did our first steps in the Yellow House where we will stay to weeks.
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The Yellow House isn’t just a normal hostel. It’s more a community of backpackers who are helping out in the house and the garden. Next to daily tasked like housekeeping, there were also special projects. Our was it to built a new wall made from recycled material such as glass bottles and used bricks. This project turned into something big. Much bigger than expected. Our time schedule was very small but everybody gave a hand. We dug a big hole, removed the old shitty wall, set up new columns, placed the bricks and concreted all over. We didn’t finished the project but the most was done.
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KL Tower
Waiting for the bus
On the move to refugee school
On our free days off, we visited the inner city from Kuala Lumpur. It took a while to find orientation. We wandered along the streets and our necks got stiff from looking up to the skyscrapers. The KL Tower and the Petronas Towers represents Kuala Lumpur. Especially at night, these buildings are worth a look. We also visited China Town. Loads of people walked from left to right through the narrow alleys and we had to pay attention not to be caught by salespersons. They are a little bit more aggressive here. Even if you don’t buy what you looked at, the salesperson would follow you the next 50 meters to try to sell it. After a long day spending hours walking around, our feet got tired. We liked to go home but the police officer didn’t agreed with our idea. Why? Because of J-Walking (Crossing the road not at the traffic light) which was really ridiculous. Everybody is doing this in Asia. He wanted to fine us with 300 MYR each but this time we did’t agreed either. We starred discussing for the next 20 minutes. We never used “PLEASE” so many times. He asked us if we are married and so we said “No”. And suddenly he asked us to invite him for a beer at midnight to forget the ticket. What the hell!!! We didn’t give up and discussed a few minutes and finally he released us without a fine. What did we learn from it? “Talking can make you tired.”
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Skyline from Kuala Lumpur
Nice wooden faces
Mosque from KL
In the Yellow House, we got the opportunity to give some magic to other people. In the soup kitchen we chopped vegetables, fried chicken and cooked noodles for homeless people. This isn’t normal for these people. Every single “Thank you” made us feel much better. In the swimming pool we had a lot fun with these awesome disabled people. Fun was priority and also a good refreshment during the hot day. With refugees from Afghanistan we did a little bit more sport. These kids got a lot of energy which made us feel like old fellows. At last, we pretended to be hairdressers for homeless people. Cutting, washing and drying till after midnight. I think that Yellow House is an awesome idea to make the world a little bit better. Thanks to Shyam who showed us these side.
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How much time will you spend?
Food stall
China Town
Also 2 weeks will end in some point. We met in this time so many nice people, got a lot of fun, learned much about culture and food and gave some people something back. Our experience during that time increased and we are so thankful for that. Everyone who will go to Kuala Lumpur should visit the Yellow House. You will be welcome as volunteer or just as a guest.
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Petronas Towers
Project WALL
Little butt on the wall

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