Kuala Lumpur or “KL” is the largest city in Malaysia and home to the iconic “Petronas Towers” – the largest twin tower structure in the world. We spent four nights in KL with Matt joining us for the final two. As tourists passing through, KL appeared to be a very livable city, albeit expensive. There is an established infrastructure, a nice public monorail system and a vibrant multi-cultural society. This view may have been biased by our hotels being located in the trendy and westernized “Bukit Bintang” district. Just outside our hotel door was a dense collection of posh shopping malls that attracted visitors and locals alike. Normally we find malls quite dull, but KL was oppressively hot and the air-conditioning beckoned.
KL, however, is not really a tourist destination and there were limited things to do. We did make it to the Petronas towers and enjoyed the views from the base while sipping cold coffee beverages. We also visited the Batu caves just outside KL city. The largest cave is a Hindu temple but the main attraction was the Macaque monkeys that live at the caves. Numerous mischievous monkeys roam the stairs that lead up to the caves and the cheeky buggers are continuously up to no good. They stole food from tourists and ran around like they owned the place. One even showed its teeth to Erika and charged her when she got to close. It was a bit scary but there was no harm done (we learned later that looking a male macaque in the eyes is perceived as a challenge). The cave and temple were also scenic and it was a good first day for in Asia for Matt.
Next stop: Borneo
KL, however, is not really a tourist destination and there were limited things to do. We did make it to the Petronas towers and enjoyed the views from the base while sipping cold coffee beverages. We also visited the Batu caves just outside KL city. The largest cave is a Hindu temple but the main attraction was the Macaque monkeys that live at the caves. Numerous mischievous monkeys roam the stairs that lead up to the caves and the cheeky buggers are continuously up to no good. They stole food from tourists and ran around like they owned the place. One even showed its teeth to Erika and charged her when she got to close. It was a bit scary but there was no harm done (we learned later that looking a male macaque in the eyes is perceived as a challenge). The cave and temple were also scenic and it was a good first day for in Asia for Matt.
Next stop: Borneo
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