No, nothing to do with atoms but the cars. Malaysian in case you didn’t know (although if you didn’t you probably didn’t care either). Having crossed the border many differences from Thailand and the previous countries we’ve been to were obvious. Apart from the afore mentioned increase in visible wealth the level of English here is much better (colonialism to blame again I fear) and I’ve spotted many Malaysians reading books (something not at all obvious in the countries further north).

Something that wasn’t immediately obvious though (probably as we were on a road less island), was the lack of motorbikes here. Such a refreshing change, as is the fact that people use the horn very rarely here. So pleasant. In place of the motorbikes, however, there are loads of pimped cars, and being Malaysia most of them are pimped Protons. Some are tastefully modified but as is often the case it’s the oldest bangers that are pimped the most / worst.

All of this reminded me of a Proton that Lotus worked there stuff on (did you know Proton own Lotus?) producing a decent hot hatch. A quick google search turned out that the model is the Satria GTI. Mental note to self, could be a nice choice for next car (along side my project Mini). Ah, just checked prices on Autotrader. Perhaps not. And before any of you abuse me for desiring a Proton, at least I don’t currently own one… (Yes Niki, I’m referring to you).

Next post will be interesting. Promise.