Big Smile, No Teeth: Daring to drive to Kuala Lumpur

Our directionally challenged columnist discovers the 'magic' traffic jams in and around Kuala Lumpur, and the power of that one card. — 123rf

For those who don’t know, I’m a Canadian who lives in Singapore, and who hasn’t been to Malaysia since before the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020. But that changed this March, 2025.

Our show is shooting here, it’s a time travel plot and we needed some of the beautiful heritage buildings Malaysia has to offer; in Singapore those sorts of buildings are largely gone, or renovated so that we can’t rent them on our budget.