I landed in Kuala Lumpur after three long days of travel and as soon as I came down the escalator I was greeted by my favourite tall blonde friend. Shannon had landed about half an hour earlier on her flight from South Korea. We caught a bus that took us to a train that brought us to downtown and then made our way to our hostel. We grabbed some dinner, caught up a bit and then called it a night so we could get up bright and early to start exploring.

Petronas Towers!

We set off first thing in the morning with great intentions to head up the Petronas Towers, but it turns out that you have to be suuuuuuper early to get tickets to go up. It was about 9am, and the only option they had left was to go up at 8pm. We decided we would try again the next morning and decided instead to wander around the park outside to get some pictures of the towers. Bonus for us, cause there was a sweet wading pool that we literally chilled in for a bit before grabbing lunch.

After lunch we hopped on the subway and made our way up to the famous Batu Caves. It was great, because we’d managed to somehow show up when there were hardly any other tourists. We braved the monkeys (they were everywhere) and climbed up the steps to the cave. Unfortunately we also found out that the lack of tourists meant that the caves weren’t lit up in all their glory. Most of the spotlights on the statues were off, so we had to navigate through the shadows to get a good look at them.

Batu Caves!

The next morning we finally got our act together and got up early enough for morning tickets up the Petronas towers. When we got to the top, the wait and early mornings were definitely worth it. The view was spectacular (and we were grateful to have spent the morning in the air conditioned tower). After finally making it up the tower, we decided that we had had enough of the city heat and were going to take off that afternoon for the coast.

Tagged: Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, travel