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Kuala Lumpur is a friendly and tolerant city filled with interesting meetings, contrasts and differences.
Malaysia gained independence as late as 1957 and has since gone from being a poor developing country to become a middle income country with a greater well-being. The government has been working strategically to achieve the level as a bridge between the Muslim and non-Muslim world. It is recognized that the country can not be controlled by a two thousand year-old Koran written on it will become a welfare country.

It is one of the reasons garment as burkas and Nikab are absent. Malay Muslims dress more colorfully in long dresses and headscarves (hijab) that is secured by the jewelry. Recent trends presented at the Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week along with more Western fashion shows.

The U.S. food journalist Robyn Eckhardt, whose blog Eating Asia has been named one of the world’s best food blog by Britain’s The Times, says that the street food in Kuala Lumpur is a world-class. On the go, you can munch on a few bucks in the spicy rice dishes wrapped in green leaf packages or so to settle down on a plastic chair and ladle in the curry-scented Indian food on a banana leaf.
The kitchen is a glorious mix of Indian, Chinese and Malay tradition. Flavoring is strong and tasty, chilli, curry sauces and different strengths.

It is not just food that is cheap. Here you can stay in luxury hotels for the price of a youth hostel, buy clothes for a few bucks and enjoy royal with both one and two drinks on the city’s clubs and bars. But unlike neighboring Thailand is no street to fill, no sex clubs and no visible prostitution. The Muslim Malaysia is lenient and allow pubs and bars run by non-Muslims to have a varied selection of wines, beers and other alcohol.

Will you not dizzy at the city’s wine bars so you get the guarantee of the multi-ethnic shopping. The range is huge! From exclusive branded gadgets to expensive clothing. Pavilions shopping center floors is with the Centre KLCC, at the foot of the Petronas Twin Towers.

A few blocks away, on the street Jalan Bukit Bintang, is commerce, and the crowds of a different nature. The street is crowded with shops and small shopping center, but also by restaurants and hole in the wall where you can get the traditional foot massage and acupressure for a few bucks.

A few blocks away, Chinatown Night Market and Petaling Street, a street with red rislampor, golden characters, reeking food stand and a position with counterfeit designer clothes. If the heat and the chaotic night market becomes too overwhelming to take a taxi to the city’s more fashionable clubs and rooftop terraces. This is where you can find models and the beautiful people that surround us at Pavilion shopping center.

Panasonic’s were among the first compact cameras with video capability in HD. I have previously tested another Lumix with very good results. The build quality of the camera seems sturdy, and there is no cracking or failure in the camera body.

If you have used a Panasonic compact camera before, you should not run into any problems here. Most options can be set via the Quick menu, so you can easily open with the press of a button on the back. The rest of the settings can be found in the main menu.

Lumix ZX3 shoots movies in 720p, and the recordings are stored in AVCHD format so that you can play them on a Blu-ray player. The recordings are good quality, low grain and noise if you only have enough light during shoots. Another positive is that you can zoom during recording.

The resolution of the ZX3 is of 14.1 megapixels, and without the sensor it is made somewhat larger than at lower resolution cameras. It may be the reason that there is evidence of noise in the images even at low ISO values, but not much.

Not unexpectedly detail rendering falls somewhat when you’re shooting at full telephoto. The camera has an optical zoom of 8x and provides a wide-angle 25 mm. It’s a good combination, and many will probably appreciate having such a powerful zoom in a camera that is not too large. 8x optical zoom may not compete with the mega-zoom cameras, but is certainly good for a compact camera like this.

It’s starting to get very many good cameras in the price range Lumix ZX3 has settled in, making the competition tougher. It delivers good, crisp images and video function is both useful and provide good shooting. This is a good choice for those who want a little extra in a small camera housing.

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