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Kuala Lumpur Cocoa Boutique

My tour guide took me to the tour vehicle, which was a car. It appeared that I was the only one on the tour, which was not a bad thing. Our first stop was at the Cocoa Boutique, the largest chocolate boutique in Malaysia.

There were more than 300 varieties of chocolate or chocolate-made art works. Some of them were really big, like a big dragon made of chocolate.

The personal chocolate guide there gave me a tour of the store, providing details on the history of chocolate and even how some specialty chocolates were made. Everything seemed to be overpriced and I didn’t buy anything. That place was crowded even in the early morning.

National Mosque

The next itinerary on the list was the National Mosque. This place was huge. I had to enter my name and country of origin and remove my shoes before entering the mosque. All of a sudden a man came out of nowhere, running towards me and trying to tell me something. I eventually discerned that he was saying Justin Trudeau was a very, very good man. He saw Canada next my name and came running to me just to tell me that.

The National Mosque architecture reflects contemporary traditional Islamic art with the help of calligraphy, ornamentation, and other past and present art works.

The roof of the mosque was the most strikingly designed and unique. It looked like a multi-fold umbrella that symbolizes the aspirations of Malaysia as an independent nation. The minaret is 73 metres high (240 ft) and the main roof has a 16-pointed star. 15,000 people can pray in the mosque together and it is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2) of gardens in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.