We caught a bus from Singapore to Kuala Lumpar the capital of Malaysia. It was an interesting trip taking four hours with us twice having to get off the bus, first to leave Singapore and then to enter Malaysia. The curious thing was there was a bridge in the middle and it’s not clear which country the land with floating houses belonged to.
We arrived in Kuala Lumpar the capital of Malaysia, to stifling heat and the familiar smell of petrol lingering in the air. We checked into our hostel ‘Backhome’ which provided us with free tea and coffee! With proper tea bags (although they were liptons). Then we headed out to explore the city. One of the most iconic places in KL is there art gallery. As they were hosting an special exhibit with a model of the city they had various illusions and sculptures of the city, with an interactive light show talking about Kuala Lumpur growing potential. We also ventured to the cafe where there speciality was a durian cake. Durian if you don’t already know is a very smelly cheese tasting fruit. Will and I decided not to try that cake as one spoonful of Durian ice cream in Singapore had been enough! That evening we ventured to Jalan Alor a popular tourist spot for ‘street food’ and bars. The food was yummy however the beer was expensive as it is heavily taxed in the Muslim country, Will wasn’t happy!
One thing that struck me about Kuala Lumpar was it’s vast mixture of architecture, with colonial buildings, traditional Chinese and Indian shop houses, alongside incredibly tall skyscrapers. It is a developing city trying to fling itself into the 21st century.
On our second day in the city we went on an hop on hop off bus tour of the city. Although it wasn’t the best bus tour I have ever been on. It was a good way to see all the sights including the petronas twin towers, The National Palace and Little India. We hopped off to escape the mid-day heat by venturing into the shopping malls. KL has recently been voted the fourth best place to shop in the world. With endless malls and shops, we even found a theme park inside one of them (the second largest indoor theme park in Asia apparently). That evening we ventured into China Town, with various stalls full of copy’s of high end brands and lots of sovaniers. We ventured again for some street food to fill our rumbling belly’s.
On our final day we woke up early to grab a Taxi to Batu caves, situated just outside of town the caves are decorated outside with four rainbow staircases and a ginormous gold Budda statue. It is also home to a lot of mischievous monkeys. After posing for several photos and walking around the cave we headed back into town and to the KL tower.
From the top of the tower you get a 360 view of the city and they even have several sky boxes in which you can pose for photographs. Although I was a bit apprehensive about this due to my rational fear of heights I walked on to the sea through floor with no issues. Will on the other hand felt uneasy and disliked the all glass container. I still forced him to pose for the photographs though!
We headed for lunch at the Petronas Towers, not their fancy resturant at the top but the food court in the mall below. After walking round hundreds of shops that we couldn’t afford in our wildest dreams we headed back to change for the evening.
In the evening we went to the ‘Helilounge’ a rooftop bar in the middle of the business district situated on a helipad. It was very nice to be sipping on a cocktail while surrounded by all these incredible sky scrapers. We witnessed a live drone show, advertising the new avengers film, with the drones taking the forms of several different shields of marvel Characters. With the perfect view of the Petronas towers it was the best way to finish off Kuala Lumpar.
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