The plan was to lounge all day and soak in the tub. That was because after a tiring day, we did not really look up much about things to do and places to go in the city center of Kuala Lumpur. Not until the morning anyway.
We deposited our bags in one of the luggage drops at KL Central, our flight not until 6 more hours, we figured that we had time to kill. If only it wasn't so hot.
Central was your typical metropolitan city. Buildings everywhere, buses, cars, chaos. Well, not as chaotic as some places I've seen, but chaotic enough to be near annoying. In order to get to the mall (shopping, window shopping), we needed to take a train further in to the city. What we have in Singapore, is leagues better compared to KL, but it's decent public transportation. Unfortunately, there aren't that many english translations on the signage and it becomes a guessing game. Yep, another great day to get lost.
Our exploration this time was urban. Nothing really spectacular where we walked to, but this place is definitely bustling compared to Penang. The malls were clean and plenty. We managed to walk through 3 interlinked malls that offered food, shopping and shelter during our waiting time. Prices were decent, it was slightly cheaper here than in Singapore, but only just. There were more toys (variety) here as well, which was all me and Jakjak needed to know. However, traveling light meant no excess baggage. So we had to manage our hand carry bags.
Buses, or what they call coaches here are a good way to travel. They have enough room for weary passengers and their luggage. Even loud kids. It was also comfortable enough to catch a cat-nap on the way to the airport. We finally landed in Singapore by 10PM and the rest is history. It was tiring, but I have to ask, is there any trip that isn't?
This was going to be a tightly packed day. We had half a day left for Penang and the rest of the day has been marked for travel from Penang to Kuala Lumpur, road trip! No, not really.
We headed off to have breakfast at Ai Koh as early as we were able to (all things considered, we managed pretty good). I'm not familiar with history or old Chinese traditional eateries, but if I was adept, I would say that this place was it. It not only had the ambience, but it had great tasting food as well. Best dimsum I've had so far. Jakjak wasn't all that impressed nor happy about it, but I take it because we had to wake him up way before his usual call time (which is 10AM).
The time we consumed for transit between Penang and KL was an un-godly 4 hours. This included land transfers, air travel, airport waiting time and wading time (those odd moments that we had to stop for absolutely no reason). Somehow, we survived without getting too mashed up with each other (don't ask me how, I was surprised myself). So we arrived at our KL hotel (Pacific Regency, Kulala Lumpur) just within supper time, and what a relief that hotel room was. After the slight chaos with travel, the punishing hot weather and Manila-reminding traffic, our suite was paradise.
Not wanting to waste any more time than necessary, we made our way to KL's Petronas Towers. It, thankfully was just a few blocks from our hotel, it had restaurants and malls and was just right to end our day. Dinner at Nando's was good, and Jakjak made it his goal to arrange and re-arrange the four spice bottles in that fancy looking rack while waiting for our food. And even with a little bit of resistance, supper ended up better than expected. Of course, Jakjak had motivation as the restaurant was situated inside KLCC and the mall was just above us, perfect for hunting toys. And hunt he did, because by the time we got home, he managed to snag a good number of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars (and so did dad). I was not really that impressed with the towers. I don't know if I was just tired or if we just didn't have the right angle of view. But my short time there did not get any of my juices flowing. It's a great piece of architecture, yes, but I did not find it very inviting nor grand. Maybe I was just tired.
We retired to a great king sized bed that fit the 3 of us comfortably and Jakjak retired to a bath tub soaked warm bath.
