KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 -- Two friends recently took to the streets - quite literally - walking 150km from KLCC to Port Dickson, and their journey has sparked smiles and conversations on Malaysian social media.

A 2.57-minute video by Bryson Lew posted on YouTube earlier this month shows the young man and a friend interacting with passers-by along the way.

Hawkers waved them on, children cheered, and curious strangers stopped to ask how many hours or days it took, and if if they planned to walk back.

Some encounters were incredulous.

One man the duo met in a Mantin shack asked if the two Chinese Malaysian men had footed it all the way, while gesturing with his fingers.

Two boys on the road who walked alongside the men asked politely: "...