The votes have been tallied. It’s official. Our team name is Rock-Awn!
After more than 30 hours of travel Rocky B and I arrived in Kuala Lumpur. It was 6 am in Malaysia so we knew we had a long day ahead of us.
We headed to the Batu Caves, a complex of huge limestone caves that houses Hindu temples.
On a long walk to find the entrance of KL Forest Eco Park, a large park in the city, we stumbled upon our first taste of Malaysia: a super busy local lunch spot of different food stalls. Yum!
We explored the park’s canopy walkway, then made our way to our Air BnB accommodation to have a (much needed) soak in the rooftop infinity pool.
Yep, it’s as awesome as it sounds (and looks).
We managed to soldier through the first day until collapsing into bed just before 8pm.
We woke up feeling much fresher today and crushed the city sites on foot. We started in Little India, exploring fabrics and Chai, then headed to Chinatown. RobO had challenged me to taste durian, so I checked it off of the ‘food bucket list’. (Un)fortunately it isn’t in season, so I found some (way too expensive) puréed durian, which I think made it much more palatable because there was less olfactory engagement.
We toured Masjid Jamek, a beautiful central mosque along the river. You’ll notice we’re wearing robes to cover our obviously sleazy attire.
We toured some street art and in a moment of exhaustion sat in a cool market area getting a fish pedicure. These fish were much more aggressive than those we had experienced before, which led to one of us nearly hyperventilating and the other flapping her hands rapidly like a child with autism. Any guesses on who’s who? My silky smooth feet are thanking me for calming down and persevering after the initial reaction.
After another soak in the infinity pool we fuelled up with Indian food and headed out for some shots of the Petronas towers at night. There are fountains outside similar to the Belaggio ones in Vegas. After all of today’s walking Rocky turned to me and said “my dawgs are barkin'”. Me too.
Tomorrow we’re flying again. Just a short hop over to the Eastern Island of Sarawak.
What an adventure! Love the blog, love the pics. Perjalanan selamat(which I hope truly means 'safe travels')��
Hi there! Such a great short article, thanks!