UIt feels like ages ago we were in Kuala Lumpur, we have been to Singapore and we are currently in Bali so its going to be a bit of a memory jog to write this post.
I remember getting the coach from that odd town called jeruntut. We arrived at about 10pm and checked into a very cheap hostel. It was in China town so in the heart of the backpacker area. The hostel was interesting. At first look it reminded us of a prison with grey painted walls, no windows throughout the building at all and no luxuries like aircon, loo roll and space. But, settling into this hostel it was actually ok, the lady cooking our breakfast on the roof was really friendly and the hostel was in a very good location.
The first day, as always, was an exploring day. We looked around central market and china town. We ended up cheating and ate in Nandos.
The second day was full on. We visited Batu caves in the morning. This is a temple in the caves and involves a climb up many steps. Its a little out of the city so we got the tube. We then walked from Putra to the twin (petronas) towers. Was a longer a walk then we thought so our feet were aching.
At the petronas towers we looked a bit out of place in our backpacker fashion but decided to embrace it and go into the posh shopping mall underneath the towers.
For the sunset, we paid to go up the telecom viewing tower (9th tallest in the world). It was nice seeing the sun set over KL and the lights turn on.
After this, we cheated again (Cj's idea) and had dinner in Chillies (Cj's fav restaurant). We decided to have a biiggg dinner, and we did, but in the end the bill only came to £24. Unexpected as Cj had a beer and in Malaysia beer is very expensive.
Day 3 was a nostalgic day for me. When i was 18, before uni, i travelled to Malaysia to volunteer in an Orangutang enrichment program. I stayed in Zoo negara for 3 weeks with 4 other volunteers. I volunteered at the zoo's ape centre. Cj and i went back to zoo negara so i could see the ape centre again and show Cj what i got up to. I saw my fav chimp Max, when i was volunteering he had a partner in crime called Joe, unfortunately Joe died about a year ago. I got Cj and i to clap our hands at Max as he used to react and join in. He still does this. He used to also back flip when you did this but i don't think he does this as much anymore. As part of the program i also went to Borneo rainforest and stayed with the Iban tribe, i would love to re-live this part of my travel but unfortunately we are not going to Borneo.
Our last day was spent shopping, buying all our crimbo presents for family.
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