Kuala Lumpur 2 and Ipoh

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So after one night in Singapore, staying at probably one of the worst hostels we've ever stayed in..., we got the bus up to Kuala Lumpur again for a few more days in one of our favourite cities. We booked in to stay in the heart of the city and joined up on one of the pub crawls we went to the first time we were here and bumped into some of the friends we made the first time round which was nice. Even better, as they work in property, they allowed us to stay in one of the apartments they'd just bought for the rest of our stay which we were really grateful for! So we ended up staying there for a week after we'd checked out of the hostel we'd booked to stay in originally. We spent the rest of our time back in Kuala Lumpur relaxing by one of the two pools owned by the apartment, using their PCs and gym and enjoying the area we were in - KLCC - right in the centre of the business district, full of malls and bars! We also got the opportunity to cook for the first time, as we had our own kitchen! I also went to visit the Batu caves which is on the edge of KL, a half an hour journey on one of the trains that link the city with the outskirts. As there were 300 steps, MJ gave it a miss as her knees were feeling weak and didn't want them to dislocate like they do when they feel weak. A Hindu temple dedicated to the god Murugan has been built into the cliff caves here and is reached by walking up a long path of steps to the top, full of monkeys. The cave is quite large and has two separate temples which people come to worship at daily - the priest even put a little blessing on my forehead! So I enjoyed that little afternoon out of KL. On the 22nd of March, after a week staying here, we said goodbye to our very generous friends and planned to go and have a look around Ipoh, the capital city of Perak, two hours north of KL. Another friend we'd made in KL, Kevin, lives here and he agreed to take us around, showing us a couple of very brightly coloured Chinese temples, built into limestone cave cliffs in the Kinta valley beside the small city - Sam Po Tong and Perak Tong. He showed us how he and his family worship in these temples which was interesting as although we'd been to many Chinese temples before, it was the first time in which we'd been able to communicate with anyone actually using them. So lots of questions were asked! He also showed us Kellie's Castle, a mansion which had began to be built in 1915 by a Scotsman named William Kellie Smith. However due to his death in 1926 it never was completed and now stands ruined and is believed to be haunted with hidden rooms and secret underground passages. After a lovely weekend in Ipoh, we continued heading northwards to Penang....<br style="color:� font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.8599996566772px;" /><br style="color:� font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.8599996566772px;" />

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