Today was the day I've been waiting six years for. I didn't get a chance to go up the Petronas Twin Towers in 2007, so today was very exciting for me. I purchased my tickets online a few weeks ago for RM80 ($27 AUD) which I thought was pretty bloody pricey at the time. I had no idea I'd get 45 minutes of staring at KL from the 41st and 86th floors!
With a canned iced coffee smashed down, it was time to catch the Monorail and then take a short walk past the Malaysia Tourist Information Centre (MATIC) on the walk to KLCC. I arrived, flashed my iphone screen, got my ticket and went off to find some breakfast.
Suria KLCC is just as pathetic as I remembered from seven years ago. Two food courts, only high end shops, a supermarkety-thing and a big waste of time. I ended up with another iced coffee but no food lah. The only places open before 10am upsize you a heart attack with your combo, if you know what I mean.
Back to the Towers and it was time to ride the first of many elevators to get up the towers. First stop was the 41st floor skybridge. The skybridge is actually double-decked. The lower level is for tourists and the upper deck for people that work in the towers. We had 15 or 20 minutes here to gaze, gawk and take photos in our own time, which was great.
We were then ushered into the second elevator ride to the 80th floor (I think) before disembarking then getting into yet another elevator to ride to the 86th flloor of the left hand tower (if you're looking at them from the main road near MATIC). The views were awesome, the scenery stunning, the volunteer staff fantastically friendly and helpful (took lots of photos for me) and on the whole, it was a fab experience!
In the gift shop on the ground floor I bought a Lonely Planet Malay phrase book. I hadn't seen one the whole time I was away, so this was a great find before I head to Ipoh next week. I had a look around Suria KLCC before walking and catching the monorel back to Medan Tuanku for a look around Maju Junction, whcih is the mall across the road from my hotel. It has a Giant supermarket, where I bought a few more RM1 ($0.35c AUD) pairs of socks and some essentials like bottled water.
After returning to the hotel and chilling out for a bit, I was picked up by the cutest Uncle ever in a white van for my half day city tour. Again, I'd had to book for two people and again I had Uncle all to myself. He was so cute, we drove past some sights and stopped at others sights including the National Palace (Istana Negara), the National Monument, The Lake Gardens, The KL Gallery, Merdeka Square and the Padang, Kampongs, a few freeways plus we stopped at Jadi Batek where I confirmed my Batik Painting workshop for next week, then hit the chocolate, coffee and cookie factory across the road.
As I'd already done the twin towers, Uncle dropped me off at Sungei Wang plaza. He was really cute, he picked me a hibiscus at the National Monument and took quite a few photos of me. Sungei Wang was pretty good, I bought some bikinis and Singlets at Cotton On for under $5 AUD and then found my very expensive but essential Loreal Lactic Acid shampoo and conditioner in Sims for about 1/4 the price I would pay in Aussie if I hadn't got it for free previously.
BBQ plaza was my venue of choice for dinner and after BBQing some pork and lamb, I walked over to Berjaya Times Square where I did some light shopping, had supper and found the nicest lady ever selling sunnies for just RM10 each. I'm going back to see her next week - she had some awesome glasses!
I caught the Monorail back to the hotel and am now chilling out in case I magically find my bus ticket to Malacca which I'm meant to be visiting tomorrow. So far it's not looking good!
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