Day 4
20:30 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
We're still not used to KL timezone. Last night we both woke up around 5 AM and tried hard to fall asleep again. After hour and half we gave up and witnessed first really blue sky in this part of the world.
By 7 AM we set off for a walk "down the road" to Brickfields - Little India, quarter close to KL Sentral station, where we were supposed to meet free guided tour through the borough.
Down the road literally meant crossing couple of highways in both directions, as we went down the wrong road almost from the beginning :)
Interesting experience and good training for busier parts of Asia - specially Vietnam. Look right, look right again and run as fast as u can :) stop in the middle of the highway, switch sight direction to the left and run again !
From 30 minutes walk was good hour and we still had hour to spare on Indian breakfast - paratha, samosas, chicken curry and tarka dal ( how we missed Indian breakfast in Europe :)
Headlines of Malaysian newspaper Sun explained the yesterday's strong army presence (6000 troops) in the center - Mr Obama is in da town for couple of days - better not to go too close to business centre till Monday then.
Sat on the doorstep of Vivekananda Ashram we were patiently waiting for some other people and city guide to appear around 9 AM.
We gave up at 9:15 as no one appeared - Little Indian experience per se :)
Off we went to explore on our own and except
it was not that breath taking experience.
By 11 AM the sky was still blueish and the heat was becoming unbearable. Air conditioned shopping mall in Sentral station provided great sanctuary to cool down our blood streams. No shopping though :) refilled the water bottle, purified with UV filter, chat with local tourism office and back to midday heat !
Not daring to cross highway traffic during noon we jumped on free bus and got out close to Masjid Negara - National mosque.
Real surprise came when we reached Butterfly park. I'll let pictures to talk instead of me :)
Right at the end there was a bonus waiting for us - other inhabitants of Malaysian tropical rainforest
Our legs were becoming weaker and our bellies started screaming louder so the rest of the afternoon we spent walking through Taman Tasik Perdana park.
Until we discovered Bamboo play house where we fell down to the bamboo floor for deserved rest !
20:30 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
We're still not used to KL timezone. Last night we both woke up around 5 AM and tried hard to fall asleep again. After hour and half we gave up and witnessed first really blue sky in this part of the world.
By 7 AM we set off for a walk "down the road" to Brickfields - Little India, quarter close to KL Sentral station, where we were supposed to meet free guided tour through the borough.
Down the road literally meant crossing couple of highways in both directions, as we went down the wrong road almost from the beginning :)
Interesting experience and good training for busier parts of Asia - specially Vietnam. Look right, look right again and run as fast as u can :) stop in the middle of the highway, switch sight direction to the left and run again !
From 30 minutes walk was good hour and we still had hour to spare on Indian breakfast - paratha, samosas, chicken curry and tarka dal ( how we missed Indian breakfast in Europe :)
Sat on the doorstep of Vivekananda Ashram we were patiently waiting for some other people and city guide to appear around 9 AM.
We gave up at 9:15 as no one appeared - Little Indian experience per se :)
Off we went to explore on our own and except
- crazy Indian deities shop
- really detailed Buddhist stupa describing a lot of different aspects of Buddhism
- and couple of random market streets
By 11 AM the sky was still blueish and the heat was becoming unbearable. Air conditioned shopping mall in Sentral station provided great sanctuary to cool down our blood streams. No shopping though :) refilled the water bottle, purified with UV filter, chat with local tourism office and back to midday heat !
Not daring to cross highway traffic during noon we jumped on free bus and got out close to Masjid Negara - National mosque.
Real surprise came when we reached Butterfly park. I'll let pictures to talk instead of me :)
Right at the end there was a bonus waiting for us - other inhabitants of Malaysian tropical rainforest
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| The Frog King |
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| Pig Nosed Turtle |
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| Long Necked Turtle |
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| Gecko and us |
Until we discovered Bamboo play house where we fell down to the bamboo floor for deserved rest !
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