Kuala Lumpur... as much as possible in a day
Trip Start
Aug 04, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 21, 2008
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Thursday, August 14, 2008
This morning, we were up early and ready to go. We had big plans today... first stop, Petronas Towers.
Quick skytrain ride, short walk, a stop in for an overly-priced ice-coffee, and we were there. I'm not too sure the historical significance of the Petronas towers (if there is any), but they were enormous... and pretty impressive. The upper floors were all office buildings for the Petronas gas company, but the bottom 6 floors were all shopping mall... with a luxurious store from probably every single big name in fashion on the main floor. It was sort of funny, because all the "other" stores (i.e. not Gucci, Tiffany's, Prada, etc.) were stuck up on the other floors.
After we found out that they were out of tickets to go up and walk across the skybridge that connects that two towers, we made our way down to the aquarium below the towers. We must've arrived on summer school field-trip day, because there were groups of little kids running around everywhere. After plenty of pictures, we stopped in at the food fair for lunch before heading back to the hotel for a rest stop.
Next stop was the walking tour of Chinatown detailed in the Lonely Planet. Half way through the walk, we came across the indoor Central Market. Lots of unique souvenir and jewelry shops. But the high light for me, was definitely the Cute Fish Spa. The sign and video says it all. Little fishes swarming your feet, nibbling in between your toes! It was hilarious... well worth the 5 ringgits ($1.50) for 10 minutes. We finished the walk, but not after witnessing a small high-rise fire being put out by 3 firetrucks.
Back at the hotel, we showered up and headed out to find a good open-air street restaurant, which we found just a few blocks away. We ordered some toad... which seriously tasted like chicken meat. Anyone know what bilitongs are? I didn't either until I ordered it... some sort of sea snail.
We passed through several of the many shopping centres, and we were back in the hotel before 11.
Bed time
