Kuala Lumpur (17 Jan 2011)


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March 9th 2011
Published: March 15th 2011
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Monday 17th January 2011

After 1 cancelled train we eventually made our way out to the Batu caves. Climbing the hundreds of stairs to the large opening we were presented with a huge cavity which led through to lots of small places of worship and the obligatory Bhuddas.

On the way down we were almost hit in the head by a flying coconut, courtesy of a hungry monkey who was attempting to smash it open. 2 flights of stairs later it chipped the brickwork and split into 2 followed very quickly by said monkey. After that we hurried down the stairs keeping our wits about us.

At the bottom we encountered a woman slowly rolling to the bottom of the stairs soaked in water that a man was dousing her with as she moved. The trail led at least 20m behind her, not sure if it was some kind of spiritual ritual or punishment for being a naughty girl?

Walking back through the Indian market we bought some sweets that looked very appealing however only half of them tasted ok and quickly became sickly. We kindly gave our half eaten sweets to a man who opportunistically asked us for some money.

Our next destination was the Sky tower, which gave us a view of the city including the caves we had just visited. The signs pointing out monuments and places of interest showed us the netted Bird and Butterly parks, and we decided to seek them out.

A cab later we entered the Bird park and Richard immediately made a tropical friend who kindly perched on his shoulder and affectionately pecked his neck. The environment was very impressive and offered free roaming to all inhabitants only held in by the netting 30m above, which was covered in monkeys trying to get in!

An overpriced cab back into the centre (rife in KL), we took some photos of the Petronas towers using Joanne’s new wide-angle lens to fit them in. We wondered around the most expensive mall in town our only purchase being food.

We took a final cab to the train station. This time, when flagged down, the driver said $20 (at least double the fare), so we said we wanted the meter, and he countered “meter plus $5” - never heard anything like it!

We boarded our second sleeper train in as many nights to Hat Yai in Thailand and were soon at the border. The crossing appeared to be going smoothly until we got our visa’s stamped. The officer asked us how long we were staying in Thailand, to which we replied 3-4 weeks... his response was a 14 day stamp – Hmmm!



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15th March 2011

KL
Didnt get to caves or bird park but checked out the butterfly park and Sky Tower. Splashing out on cabs, what about metro!
16th March 2011

Cabs
We only had 1 day to cram everything in and the Metro didn't link up very well... How was the Butterfly Park?

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