Crazy KL

On our way over to London we stopped in Kuala Lumpur for three days.  Let me tell you, this city is CRAZY! Crazy shopping, crazy driving and crazy heat. 

No matter how many times I visit an Asian country nothing prepares me for their way of driving.  I lost track of the amount of near misses we had with other cars.  There is basically a no lane, no give way system in KL.  This also makes it very dangerous to cross the road (I may nearly have been hit by a car a few times.  Woops).

The people were so so friendly.  Especially the staff at the Park Royal who upgraded us to a Deluxe Room. It was music to our ears after a long and uncomfortable flight from Brisbane.

KL and Malaysia is such an amazing place.  The country is a combination of Malays, Indians and Chinese.  With this comes different religions all living under one roof harmoniously - Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists.  It seriously is a mish mash of Asian culture.  You can just imagine the choice of food.

These are the Petronas "twin" Towers.  The tallest twin buildings in the world.  They are also home to an amazing shopping mall and are pretty much the icon of KL.

One night we had dinner at the Menara Tower Revolving Restaurant.  The restaurant is 300 metres high and revolves to give you a 360 degree view of the entire city.  We were literally on top of the city.  It was a very romantic evening.

 

We also visited the Batu Caves which contain various Hindu shrines, temples and stalagmite formations.  The Batu Caves are the second most important Hindu shrine outside of India.  To get into the caves, we had to walk up 282 very steep stairs.  The trip up was made even more difficult by the cheeky little monkeys chasing each other up and down the stairs. 

One of the highlights of our stay was a visit to the Islamic Arts Museum.  The museum had a very impressive collection of artistic Islamic artifacts. We were stunned by the elaborateness of the jewellery, kitchenware, armory and even the decoration of the Koran.  There was an entire section dedicated to mini models of mosques and important Islamic buildings all over the world (like Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia).  We soon realised that our Catholic churches don't even compare to the size and architecture involved in an Islamic mosque.

  



Because of the heat in KL (roughly 35 most times of the day) we spent a lot of time relaxing by the rooftop pool, sipping cocktails and having massages.  We also enjoyed a visit to the Bird Park which houses roughly 3000 different types of birds. 

All in all, we had a wonderful time in KL.

xoxo

E & S