A(nother) Day in KL

After our marathon day in KL, normally we would take it easy for a day. But seeing as it was my birthday, we couldn’t just lay around all day. In the morning we made an effort to be more respectable tourists and went to see some of the sights. There was a big square with some museums and government buildings surrounding it. That kept us busy for about half an hour. After that, KL’s main draws are some rainforest (seen it), a big cave (seen it), and the Petronas Towers, which we somehow hadn’t seen the day before so we headed there. The Petronas Towers were once the tallest buildings in the world, but now eclipsed by something in Dubai. I remember them from some movie - maybe James Bond or Mission Impossible or something like that. They are pretty much as spectacular as you’d expect. We went and took our touristy photos, but I knew they really would shine, pun intended, at night, so we headed underneath for… wait for it… a big shopping mall. Hey, it’s my birthday so I can do what I want. We spent the day doing what we normally do in Asian malls - sampling lots of food, people-watching, and sometimes just a little shopping. The Avengers had just come out so we killed some time and went to watch that. We’re not into our superhero movies but thought it was good. The rest of the audience ate it up and would laugh histerically at every joke, the cheesier the better. Either they all know English or the person who did the subtitles worked wonders with the timing.

I normally don’t like to do much for my birthday, but used the excuse for us to visit a fancy rooftop bar at a nearby hotel for some amazing views of the Petronas Towers. We had our one drink and ordered up some nachos (why? I don’t know, maybe desperation? Mexican food is, no matter how much I hope it is, never good in Asia).

KL was awesome. Sort of in-between Bangkok and Singapore, though a lot closer to Bangkok. Bangkok is a bit cheaper, but the main thing it has going for it is it’s food - Malay food is pretty good but it’s nowhere as good as Thai! So we kept moving. It’s about time for another respite from the heat - this time to Cameron Highlands. Steph heard there’s tea plantations and it’s where Jim Thompson mysteriously disappeared - hey, let’s go there!