My time in KL was short but sweet. After getting off my flight in the wee hours of the morning, I met an awesome girl called Nathalie who I ended up spending all my time with both in KL and Singapore. By the time we got off the big, yellow Aerobus (a one hour journey from the airport to KL Sentral) and made it to Wheeler's in Chinatown, it was about 7am and definitely time for breakfast! What I hadn't bargained on was raw egg. When I ordered egg and toast at a local food court, I was given two eggs which I thought were "boiling" in the tin vat they arrived in. After being told to wait a few minutes, I cracked open one of the eggs. It exploded into a sea of raw egg. Right, that one's a right off, I'll give it a few more minutes and just have the second. Minutes later, egg number two and another sea of raw and running white and yellow gloop. Note to self: stick to toast in future! The rest of the day was spent exploring Chinatown and Bukat Bintang whilst running on no sleep. We ended the night at the Reggae Bar across the road. It was nice, but the rum was not.
Our second day we were up at the "crack" of dawn (no egg pun intended!) which was especially difficult considering the lack of sleep from the previous day's travelling. We headed to the Petronas Towers to see the view from the sky bridge. Except, fail. We arrived at 8.50am, just 20 minutes after tickets for the day were released and they had already issued all of them out for that day. Right! KL Tower it is, then. This was actually a much better choice, it is higher and gives a detailed tour at the top of each window, telling you exactly what building you are looking at and giving you a brief history. That night we moved to Hotel Cosmopolitan in Chow Kit. I would highly recommend this place, it's a great hostel to meet people and the free internet and TV area was a massive bonus! That night me and Nat went out with an American guy called Rob and Shane, from Australia. We started the night at a quiet bar and ordered a beer tower. The night ended in "Rum Jungle" with Nat getting asked if she was a "Sexy Boy?". Enough said!
The following day a group of us from the hostel caught the bus to the Batu Caves, a 45 minute journey out of the city. Unfortunately, it started to rain when we got there, but it was still well worth it. The sight of the Cave entrance, with what must be a thousand steps leading up to the mouth of the cave, was an awesome sight and it was made even more incredible by the huge gold statue of Buddah that sat beside it, whilst a swarm of monkeys ran up and down the steps; and, if your as lucky as I am, try to attack you by the trousers! That evening we all decided to do "Lonely Planet's Number One Thing to Do In KL".. go to a restaurant called "Devi's Place" that was, wait for it... An Indian Restuarant!!! Haha! We didn't realise this until we got here, though. The food however, was really good, but we all agreed that it was an extremely odd choice for it to be number one in KL!
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