Disjointed nights sleep because of our time difference but ended up with some sleep and woke up around 9.00am. Pottered around whilst planing the day ahead and the set off about 10.30am.
Stopped at Dunkin Donuts for coffee and I had a donut and felt a bit guilty, but not for long.
We walked towards China Town as we were aiming for the botanical garden that were a mile the other side of them and had in mind some buildings and landmarks that we wanted to see along the way.
Went into the oldest mosque in the city and we both had to borrow clothes to cover up and be respectful. Wasn’t too big so weren’t there long, good photo opp though as Tash looked like something out of Harry Potter!
Onwards and we walked towards the Botanical garden which were good, quick drinks break and then back ourselves to the National Monument to the fallen soldiers in the Second World War. Impressive area and imposing statue. Back to walking through the gardens which was peaceful and not at all busy. Gave us a bit of a glimpse of what we can expect in the jungle, just without the city blocks in the background!!
Went to the City museum and looked at a dragon exhibition there and we weren’t very impressed, that was until we walked around the other side and realised we were literally in a side room and the museum itself was massive!! We’re idiots! Didn’t go in and continued up the road to the central mosque that was closed to non-Muslims but that was fine. It was pretty modern and not like the ones in Istanbul it seemed.
Decided to go to the Hindu temple in the middle of china town and got a bit lost trying to use a shortcut, so went to the Central Market and got some food and after we’d left I realised about 10 mins away I’d left my bag of life at the table. I went sprinting back and crossed the road without a care and back to our place and very luckily the rucksack was still there. That was a shock to the system!!
We started our search for the temple again and found it under restoration and closed, so we carried on and stumbled across a Chinese temple here and went it. It was a very different experience to a Muslim one. They have noise, smoke, incense and even a ritual where they went under a table x3 times before putting their prayer paper into a fire. I need to look up the significance of that particular ritual.
We were getting tired now so we went back to the hotel and up to the pool area where Tash had a swim and I had a snooze.
Showered and changed and then out to the bright lights of the City. This area we visited was the richer part, a bit like the City area in London. There is definitely money here. I think it’s called the Golden Triangle. Anyway, we got a taxi to the restaurant I’d found online and it was very lovely. Rooftop dining and looked very exclusive as we were led through to our table, thankfully when we read the menu it was UK prices so we didn’t have to suffer the indignity of leaving…!!
The view as you’d expect from as impressive and it was nice to relax and enjoy good food and the surroundings.
After the meal we walked around and headed towards the Petronas Towers, we passed various malls and rich like but when we got to the towers themselves they were very impressive and it was enjoyable just looking at them and taking them in. They light them up and the colours change and it’s such a tourist attraction but to be fair it wasn’t manically busy. Lots of people trying to make money off the tourists as you’d expect but we avoided them or politely turned down their advances.
Got some decent photos.
We were too far from our hotel now so wandered back and then stopped at an Irish Bar for a couple of beers and use of the internet. Bit expensive when we got the bill, seems that alcohol is a lot more expensive than food.
Back to the hotel and the end of a very full on day, we’ve done a lot of waking but it’s surprising how quickly you recognise places and where to go. The explore yesterday certainly helped with the first part of todays travels.
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