Week 1 - Kuala Lumpur

Dear Ethel, family and friends,
The end of week one, already, although it feels like a couple of weeks, as we have packed so much into it. We left last Tuesday morning 1st April, from the Gold Coast... early, and had been up since 2am anyway. The Flight was an hour late leaving but we made up time, arriving Kuala Lumpur only 40 minutes late. We were picked up by Michael’s friend, Tony Yap from central station, and taken out to our hotel in Kapong, a suburb on the outskirts of the city.

After checking in, a shower and freshen up, Tony picked us up and took us out to dinner, the first of many, to a local Steam Boat restaurant, (steam boat is food cooked in boiling water at your table, noodles, dumplings, prawns, calamari, bockchoy eggs and lots more). The quality & quantity of food is amazing and very tasty and very cheap, about $3 per person.

The following day, Wednesday tony picked us up after the huge hotel breakfast, and did a quick tour of town and dropped into his house, followed by lunch and a trip to Batu Caves. The Cave is a Hindu Temple at the top of 272 odd steps. A giant 50 foot golden Buda stands in front of the caves (see photos and video when there posted). That evening we ate with Tony again at a place called Gluttons Paradise, (say no more).

Thursday we went into town to do some site seeing, doing a city walk and ending up in the shops. We were searching for a particular place, Pavilion Plaza. Louise & I saw a clip on TV in Australia about a Fish Foot Spa, hundreds of tiny fish that nibble your feet to get rid of the dead skin, leaving your feet silky smooth. We found the place ok and Louise & Joyce booked in for a half hour Spa, for about $10. The results were hilarious as you will see in the video. There are two tanks to choose from, Louise & Joyce went to the front one, mainly so I could get some video and photos. However, the staff did not tell them that this tank had the bigger fish in it. They had their feet in about 5 minutes shrieking with laughter, before someone told them that the other tank had smaller fish that would be a bit more gentle... sooo funny. See video below. Needless to say we had dinner with Tony.

Friday, went to the Petronas Twin Towers. The visit begins with a 3D movie about the towers, but is really propergander for the oil company Patronas, who built the complex. The views from the sky bridge, joining the two towers was great. More dinner with Tony.

Saturday and Sunday were spent shopping, resting and eating out with Tony. On the Saturday night we dined at the KL Tower revolving Restaurant overlooking the city with great views of the twin towers. We finished our dinning extravaganza with a final Steam Boat with Tony last night, Sunday.

We really enjoyed our stay in Kuala Lumpur, with thanks to Tony Yap and has been fun sharing it with our friends Michael & Joyce. Today we are all off on another adventure to Cambodia, to Siem Reap, to see the temples of Angkor Watt. Writing this post on the plane again as I just don’t seem to have the time on the ground. I have also only managed to do the one video so far, but I did manage to post it on youtube, will hopefully post a copy here too.
All the best till next time,
Ric & Louise