Kuala Lumpur

We went down to breakfast (which was great), then back up to our room intending to send another e-mail about the stuff up yesterday. The front desk rang before we’d done it to let us know they had sorted it all out and had been paid. It certainly made us feel better. Looking back to day one I Langkawi, we wonder if the two rooms there was where the mistake happened.

The KL Cat Man

While we were walking around, we came across the KL Cat Man who rescues cats. He encourages you to stop, pat the cats and ask questions and then give a donation if you wish. We gave 5 RM which seemed to please him a lot and he was very happy to talk about his 72 cats and explain a few things to us. I had wondered why so many cats have bob tails and now know they are related to a Japanese breed.

KL Tower


After that we went and did a bit of shopping, then walked to the KL tower to take a look. As we headed up the hill to it, we spotted a Hop On Hop Off double decker bus and after visiting the tower we bought our tickets and off we went. The tower has fantastic views and as usual we got the audio to go along with it so it was really good. The bus ticket was so cheap (especially with Russ being so old) and they are valid for 24 hours. It's a great way to get around and we have used the buses in Rome, Paris and London. We like the bit of commentary you get along the way.

It was 1.15 when we got on the bus and around 5.15 when we got off and went and did some more shopping before dinner. Kuala Lumpur has some amazing shopping centres and there are 5 huge ones right near here (we visited three today). In the one we’ve been to twice, there are 100 new stores on level 6 alone. While we aren’t big shoppers, we really love window shopping and comparing prices to home, so find it very entertaining.

Russ and an Indian Blue Ringed Parrot


Along the bus route, we stopped for 1 ½ hours at the KL Bird Park. It was pretty good as it contained mostly Asian, Indian and Northern Australian birds in reasonable conditions mostly.

A Flock of Flamingos


We also stopped off at the KL twin towers but were too late to get a ticket-there is a big demand for the free tickets to the observation bridge that runs between the two towers.

KL Petronas Twin Towers


After shopping we found a Moroccan restaurant close to our hotel. It was really, really good. I especially loved the hommus, baba ganoush, tabbouleh and fattosh we had with warm flat bread for starters. We followed that with chicken biryani, lamb tajine, more bread, and lemon and mint juice. All this cost us $32. We haven't been to one since we were in NZ with Todd, Ryan and Blair and this was equally as good. It was pretty entertaining too when the gay Malaysian waiter threw a huge hissy fit, stripped off his waiting clothes, changed and flounced out! Our order got a bit mixed up after that and I had eaten a few mouthfuls of delicious lamb biryani before it clicked that I'd ordered the tajine.

KL Tower from Outside Our Hotel