Day 3
22:00 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
Falling asleep in small fan cooled room was as easy as to wake up approximately 20 times during a night.
You can't escape humidity and heat, just get used to it :)
The night stretched till almost midday and that meant we experience proper tropical monsoon rain within first 30 mins on the street :)
Visit to couple of temples and quick Indian breakfast provided us with enough roofed shelter and as fast as the rain came, the rain was gone.
Humidity reached 99 % and we started to sweat as during hiking in Himalayas.
We headed north east from Chinatown without a clear direction, just following the sight of Menara Tower.
We would go up that 421 meters but the cost of one lift ride is pretty steep (23 Euros), so maybe next time.
There are many ways to get to Petronas Twin Towers and we followed the jungle one. Right in the middle of Bukit Nanas area is a small forest reserve to give you a taster of how it feels like in tropical rainforest.
At the end of 10 minute lasting trail we had a quick chat with two beautiful Aras Macao (which are to this area as local as 2 white rastas)
After couple of crossroads with some gentle Asian traffic
we finally reached famous highest twin building in the world - Petronas Twins Towers
Quick walk around this crazily developed business centre got us into shopping mall full of high street shops you can see in European capitals. From Versace to Louis Vuitton and other brands we'll never buy :) Just when we're up to leave second monsoon shower started pouring down and trapped us in for hour. So we hid ourselves in massive 2 floor book shop and were scouting for inspiration.
Finally the rain was gone again !
One of the biggest surprises discovered today was the old quarter of Kampung Bahru where one can still witness original Malay houses retaining village character, heritage and tradition. The contrast of mango trees and little houses all around with backdrop of business centre is astonishing.
We had just a little time left before the final rain of the day arrived, which was accompanied by black clouds, lightning and thunder in plenty !
Luckily we found local hawker with spicy food, metal roof and staff speaking no English ! We ate and drunk what was given to us and after an hour the storm vanished so we walked to monorail station and caught a ride home to Chinatown !
22:00 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
Falling asleep in small fan cooled room was as easy as to wake up approximately 20 times during a night.
You can't escape humidity and heat, just get used to it :)
The night stretched till almost midday and that meant we experience proper tropical monsoon rain within first 30 mins on the street :)
Visit to couple of temples and quick Indian breakfast provided us with enough roofed shelter and as fast as the rain came, the rain was gone.
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| Shiva's full family in Sri Maha Mariamman Temple |
We headed north east from Chinatown without a clear direction, just following the sight of Menara Tower.
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| KL Menara Tower |
There are many ways to get to Petronas Twin Towers and we followed the jungle one. Right in the middle of Bukit Nanas area is a small forest reserve to give you a taster of how it feels like in tropical rainforest.
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| Tati entering "city jungle" |
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| Rasta & Ara Macao |
we finally reached famous highest twin building in the world - Petronas Twins Towers
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| Doesn't feel like almost half kilometer high |
Finally the rain was gone again !
One of the biggest surprises discovered today was the old quarter of Kampung Bahru where one can still witness original Malay houses retaining village character, heritage and tradition. The contrast of mango trees and little houses all around with backdrop of business centre is astonishing.
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| Kampung Bahru with Petronas towers in background |
We had just a little time left before the final rain of the day arrived, which was accompanied by black clouds, lightning and thunder in plenty !
Luckily we found local hawker with spicy food, metal roof and staff speaking no English ! We ate and drunk what was given to us and after an hour the storm vanished so we walked to monorail station and caught a ride home to Chinatown !
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