Skip to main content

Day 84- Helipads and Tall towers

Today started with a morning flight from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur. I must admit I was very excited to be getting to Malaysia although sad to leave Thailand. Thailand as we are all now aware had become a second home but hey, you have to try new things!


Upon arrival to Kuala Lumpar I was surprised to breeze through immigration without any issues. I picked up my bag and made it to the bus station with ease. 

The bus took about an hour and by this point I was a bit tired and grumpy. 

When arriving at my hostel I met a really nice guy called Daniel who is from Canada. We decided to take a trip to the Eco Forrest which is the only remaining stretch of rainforest within the city limits of KL. There is a total of 9 hectares of forest with a 200m canopy walk above for visitors to use. It is beautiful walking around in the green even if it was raining.



After this we went and had a browse at the outside of the KL tower. It was a bit of a miserable day outside and the visibility was not great so we ended up not going up to the observatory and saving this for tomorrow.


For dinner we decided to try out ‘Lot 10’ which is a food court that has a load of different Malaysian options. The food was incredible! I had a noodle soup variant and some 
duck. Followed up by some crushed ice. I went for a bit of an odd crushed ice combo as it was sweet but had corn, beans and peanuts. It was strange but weirdly delicious. The food court is also extremely reasonably priced with a meal costing about £1-£3.




Come the evening the rain had died down so we ventured up to the Heli Lounge Bar. This is on top of the Menara Hotel on a disused helipad. The bar is set on the 36th floor and provided the most amazing views of the city! The cocktails were also not bad!


Finally to round off a busy afternoon we took a trip to the Petronas Twin towers. These are the tallest twin towers in the world and previously held the record for being the tallest building between 1998-2004. These at night were pretty stunning. It sounds silly but they are just so tall! 



Overall it has been a pretty fantastic half day in Kuala Lumpur and makes me excited to see the rest of Malaysia.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

An Update

Things over the last week have developed and happened really quickly. I am still trying to process how I feel. I will get round to calling everyone and talking to everyone but right now I am selfishly putting myself and my well-being (both mentally and physically first). On Tuesday I was informed I no longer had my job in Australia. This was the start of the collapse of my dream. A lot of people were in the same position and with the job market in Australia becoming more and more dire each day, thousands of people including Australians loosing their jobs, businesses shutting left right and centre as well as the daily reports that flights out of Australia were shutting down I was left with one option. I had to leave. At the time this did not feel like a choice. I knew I didn’t have the financial ability to support myself for the next 6 months, which is potentially how long it would have taken to restore any normality. I had enough money in Australia to buy a ticket home, which...
Post a Comment
Read more

Bikinis, boat parties and first dates! 27.01.20- 02.02.20

In my effort to keep people updated more with my life I am going to try and write at least one post a week. No promises but here is my summary of the last week! Monday was a public holiday here in Australia which could mean only one thing... brunch and a day at the beach! Amanda and I decided to head on the ferry to Watson’s bay! Shamefully this is the first time that I had been on the ferry! It was absolutely beautiful seeing the city from the boat. The Sydney skyline is actually pretty spectacular.  We arrived at Watson bay and headed to the Watson bay hotel for a spot of brunch. It was delicious. Obviously it would not be brunch without cocktails. It was a day of sitting on the beach and soaking up the sun. Whilst we were there I had a hinge message. For those not in the know, hinge is a dating app. I haven’t dated anyone since leaving the UK but thought it would be fun whilst I am relatively settled in sydney. The message was from a guy called Dan, as...
1 comment
Read more

What I gave up when I left home

Someone I met on my travels said to me ‘everyone long term travelling is either running from something or trying to find something’. Since hearing this I have thought a lot about this. I have said this to other people and am yet to find someone who disagrees.  Whilst I hose down pens or do other cleaning jobs which don’t require much thinking I think about home, I think about the reasons I left and I try to figure out why I left to travel. Some people might think it’s obvious, I mean who doesn’t want to see the world and have fun. You may be asking if they are reason enough but the truth is for most control freaks like myself that wasn’t a good enough reason to leave. Before I can even decide why I left I need to consider what I was giving up. Some days it feels like I gave up so much. The most obvious things I gave up were; Being able to see my family everyday Having awesome friends around An awesome career which for my age was something I was really proud of Having my ...
Post a Comment
Read more