Around Kuala Lumpur

Well this hotel is definitely a few steps down from the one in Kuching, which is disappointing. When we went back to our room after breakfast, the power wouldnt work in our room, so we had to call maintenance. Then when we arrived back after our day out, it wasnt working again, and there werent any bath towels. Took a bit to get things working, but seems to be all OK now (with a few work arounds). The breakfast was so good at Kuching, this one is a let down as well, but on the positives, the beds are comfortable, the hotel is really central, and we are having a great time!

This morning we went to the Cultural Village in Kuching, to try our hand at batik painting. It was great fun, all sorts of animals and flowers had been drawn on the silk in wax, and the colors of the dye's are so beautiful. We had time to look around the village, which was hosting a bridal exhibition - some lovely dresses and jewellery!


After finishing here, we went to the Menara Communications Tower = the 4th highest communications tower in the world. Up in the lift that took 58 seconds to go up 300+ meters - very fast. From here, although it was a really cloudy day, we could still see quite a way, and it would have been such a lovely view if it was clear.

Next it was over to the Petronis Twin Towers, although we didnt have time to go on the skywalk, we did get some great photos of the towers, and went in to the shopping centre for lunch. After a quick lunch, we went on a city tour, which took in the National Mosque, which was fantastic, although we had to wear an interesting 'cloak' to cover ourselves (including covering our head) which was quite warm, we had the opportunity to hear one of the people from the mosque speak about Islam, and ask a few questions (although none of us asked the hard ones we really wanted to...).


Next we went to the National Monument, commemorating the two world wars and independence(I think thats what it was), it was a beautiful, peaceful place with some lovely statues.

We finished the city tour passing lots of wonderful buildings, there is such lovely architecture. When we were back at the hotel, we didnt have long before heading out to the monorail for a ride to the markets. First it was central market, with such great batik, sarongs, wall hangings, and other bits and pieces - I could have spent a lot there!!!

Next it was on to the Chinese market, which was more like the markets I had experienced at Hong Kong. It was packed! Everyone got such great bargains, and had such a great time negotiating prices - A great experience for all of us!