Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This morning Scott and I didn’t get out the door too fast. We ate a leisurely breakfast up in the lounge. We intended to go out and about before switching hotels in the afternoon but we decided it would be more efficient to just leave the Hilton once. We loaded up our stuff and caught a cab to the Grand Hyatt KL around 11:30AM.
The Hyatt has only been open three months. Everything looks and smells brand new. It is also filled with all the modern amenities like push button privacy glass on the shower walls. One inconvenient element of the hotel is that the lobby and room elevators run on completely different banks. The lobby is also located on the 33rd floor which is the highest floor in the building. It has a fantastic view as seen below but it’s somewhat inconvenient. One has to go up to 33, walk around the lobby, get in a different elevator and then go down to his or her room.
Our first real activity of the day was visiting the Sungai Wang Plaza. This local shopping mall had all kinds of wonderful surprises. I bought someone an incredibly amazing Asian t-shirt for Christmas. Scott bought a bunch of shirts and bravely had his hair cut by a little blue haired Asian man. In the hopes of being efficient and prosperous we had lunch at McDonalds. We also enjoyed a Malaysian group of men in kilts playing Christmas songs on bagpipes.
After the mall I drug Scott on another hoop hunting adventure. We found a few hoops but none offered a better picture than what I had taken previously. The most enjoyable part of the hunt was getting to explore a little more of the non-touristy part of KL. Scott claims I received many quizzical looks from older gentlemen during our stroll. Clearly most white girls never venture into this part of town. The picture below shows some typical residences of the those living on the outskirts of downtown.
In the later afternoon I continued my exploration of downtown KL while Scott relaxed and got a massage. During my travels I explored the Petronas Towers, the park outside the towers and the hoop I had visited during the previous evening. The lighting on the hoop shot was still less than I desired. I’ll have to decide later if I want to get up in the AM for one last shot at capturing the hoop with good lighting.
On my walk back to the hotel I cruised through a shopping mall. Many of the buildings in KL are connected by interior walkways. Some of the walkways are over ground, some of them are under ground and many of them go through malls. The Malay people, in general, move at a slowish pace. This is beginning to drive me crazy in confined small walkways. I think the country would be much more prosperous if the people developed at least a small sense of urgency.
I met Scott back at the hotel shortly before 8PM when we left for dinner. We went to a place formally known as Warren’s and now known as 10. For all intents and purposes it was a tapas bar where all things cost $3.33 (10 Ringgits). The food was delicious and I highly recommend a visit for any future KL visitors.
It’s now 10:30PM and we’re back at the hotel after a nice post dinner stroll. I’m thinking I want to try and take one more hoop picture in morning light, so I’ve got to call it a night. We are off to the airport to go to Singapore at 8:45AM. It’s going to be an early morning for me...
Until tomorrow,
Katy
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