The One in KL

As we get up H is already on her way to Japan, and Rod and I get an early morning taxi to the train station.

The train ride is non eventful. We get stamped out of Singapore, but randomly do not get stamped back into Malaysia... and before we know it the 7 hour train ride is over and we're in KL.

Our hotel is the old train station and looks very grand from the outside with it's minarets and towers. Inside it's a bit musty, and very antiquated but at least it has character!

We chill out, have some dinner, and then head off to see the Petronas Towers, which are even more spectacular in real life than in the pictures!

Next day we stumble through multiple methods of public transport and finally get to the Batu Caves just outside of KL.

These are a Hindu temple and have 270 odd steps to get up into it. The caves themselves and the shrines inside them were not that spectacular, but the wild monkeys that roamed the steps were!

It made the climb up about 3 times as long, as you had to negotiate monkeys, and not get too close (boy they're scary when they're angry!) On the way back down a guy started throwing out bananas and a monkey tidal wave (Pied Piper of Hamelin Esque) flew down the stairs! They're very cute!

Back in town we tried to get the monorail which led to walking around in big circles in the humidity (which i am having trouble dealing with) Eventually, we found the station, just in time for the thunder storm.

We headed up the Minara Tower, where we had a 360 degree view of the city (shrouded in cloud) but sat and admired the lightening.