Hello Kuala Lumpur
Today we were up bright and early. We were all packed up and down for breakfast before they opened at 7:00 AM. We got a good shot of the sunrise over the bay and the swimming pool. Once we were done breakfast we brought our bags down and checked out. Our taxi driver was there at the the requested time. We had talked to him the night before to set a time. We ended up at the airport in good time and got checked in. Being a domestic flight within Malaysia we needed to check in one hour in advance. We had a quick one hour flight. It almost took longer to get from our gate to the luggage carousel. Gary’s bag was the second one up! That was the closest to number one he has ever been!
We took a taxi from the airport to the G-Tower hotel which is a very nice, it’s definitely on the higher end of our budget for this trip. We are on the 11th floor, the same floor as the lobby and swimming pool. The breakfast room is the 28th floor. Really though, hight is irrelevant here because we are in a forest of sky scrapers that are fancier and taller than the hotel.
We walked to the Petronas Twin Towers from our hotel and had a booster juice. We booked to go up the Petronas Towers tomorrow at 9:15 AM. We took a few pictures and then headed off to the eco park on foot. We climbed the stairs and did the canopy walk along the suspended bridges throughout the jungle in down town KL. We saw several monkeys up close and watched them jumping around in the trees10 plus metres ion the air. Kuala Lumpur is an amazing city with a huge amount of green space. There is a huge park behind the Petronas Towers as well, and all through the city there are huge, gigantic trees in amongst the sky scrapers. After the ecotours we stopped at the base of the KL Tower. It’s on another days agenda but we were just passing by.
Next we set out for Jalan Alor night street food market. It’s a block or two of restaurants along the street, in fact most of the dining is outside on the street with plastic tables and chairs. It’s a taste of the world there, anything you could imagine, they have it. After we ate, we were looking for some dessert treats but it started to spit rain. We decided to go for a foot massage, and during the 30 minutes there was an epic thunderstorm and lots of rain. We ended up calling a Grab (like Uber) to get back the 13 KM to our hotel. It cost $3.25 CAD. So cheap you almost feel guilty.
Back to our hotel we went for a swim but the water was too cold after the rain. Tomorrow we will take a swim before the heat of the day passes. The rain dropped the temperature to 28°C. Down a bit from the 34°C high when we walked 13 KM and 17 flights. Kuala Lumpur is a hilly city, lots of curved streets and many one way streets. They do have sunshades on many sidewalks and lots of indoor walkways that connect many buildings. We tried to stay outside and enjoy the weather.
One last thing, Barb asked what we used for suitcases. We each have wheeled suitcases. Linda’s is regulation carryon size, Garys is a bit bigger, just enough to not make the carry one class. We bought them years ago and solely on their actual empty weight, they are very light. They were the lightest and sturdiest bags we could find at the time, plus they have a lifetime guarantee!
