Hello Kuala Lumpur
Okey Dokey family and friends
are you ready for the latest instalment of the ‘Clarks Crazy Adventures’? I
wasn’t going to do a blog for this trip, however I have succumbed to peer
pressure and will endeavour to keep you all abreast of our latest fauxpas while
travelling through another part of South East Asia. Also I can’t figure out how
to change the heading of the tab on my blog – so it’s “where next” LOL.
We flew to Kuala Lumpur on
Tuesday……. Although it’s only a 9 hour flight it seems like 29 hours. I’m sure
the Wright brothers back in 1903 never pictured myself sitting at 30 thousand
feet eating Pringles from a tiny can like some demented forest animal while
reading the in-flight magazine. Oh, I forgot to mention for those of you have
haven’t had the pleasure of reading my ramblings before - I can’t spell, I’m
politically incorrect and I love swear words, although Ian constantly keeps
asking me to refrain from bad language, so I am trying. We ditched the kids
this time and instead dragged an old friend along, Steve. He has been slightly
hesitant about almost everything I’ve mentioned, but really what could go
wrong………… J
I have flown through KL six
times so on this journey we decided to venture out of the airport and explore
the local surrounds. We only had one day to explore so I kinda went overboard
trying to incorporate everything we wanted to see and do. This resulted in us
leaving the hotel at 7am and not returning to 11.40pm, opps… 17 hour days
aren’t that hard unless it’s a ga-zillion degrees with 94% humidity!
Our first stop was Batu Caves.
A Hindu shrine located up a million stairs in a big arse cave. From there we navigated the streets of down
town KL. Museums and gallery’s bore me, however the KL City Gallery was a
highlight due to the wonderful air conditioning, comfy seats and very cold
drinks. In fact when a lovely Malaysian girl bought over our drinks which
included a huge glass of ice and an icy cold can of Dt Coke I could have kissed
her.
Notice all the stairs in the back ground.... Why are all religious sites 'up-hill'?
Good to know - there is no exercising whilst ascending these stairs...... ha ha ha
From there we continued on our
journey exploring the surface of the sun, sorry, I meant KL. We eventually
arrived at the Petronas Twin Towers where we caught the lift to the 86th
floor. From the viewing platform 360 degree views of KL and the surrounding
country can be seen. Except when a big Asian thunder storm arrives right on Q
and millions of litres of water suddenly pour from the heavens. Luckily the
posters adorning the walls showed us what the view normally looks like! Much to
the amusement of Ian and Steve I became some-what of a celebrity while at the
towers as a group of Indian men all wanted their photo taken with me. At first
I thought they were asking me to take a photo of them until one of them put his
arms around my waist and politely asked me to smile! One by one they lined up
and asked for various poses…. So if you have any Indian friends look out for my
amazingly stylish photos on social media, I’ll be the one that looks like a
blond amazon woman!
Mederka Square
Central Market
Petaling Street
Petronas Twin Towers
View on a sunny afternoon......
Our view.....
Although the weather did start to clear as we were leaving......
After leaving the Petronas
Towers we meet up with a local lady called Farah. She guided us through the
streets of KL for the next 4 hours where we were able to try a myriad of local
street food……
OMG - this thing was amazing. Roti covered with butter, condensed milk, sugar and salt!
