We took the bus at the Central station, and again I realized how brillant the booking worked - starting with the online booking, the organization onsite and the friendliness of the staff. The buses we took so far were in excellent condition, nothing to compare to Thai or even Indian standards i.e..
Only a few 2,5 hrs later we arrived in KL. I am really a big fan a major cities but I have to admit that KL didn't touch me at all. Not dirtier than i.e. Bangkok, not more polluted than Delhi but still by far not as attractive at all. Unstructured, unfinished, somehow incomplete it seemed to me.
Our Hotel Citin at Plaza Rakyat was close to Chinatown and had a wonderful view at the KL Tower but to be honest these were the only positive aspects about it. The breakfast was horrible, the Café was dirty, we had to request everything to be cleaned up.... The room was "ok".
I was happy that I had only booked two nights.
We took a walk on Petaling Street, the known shopping street where you could bargain hard to buy just anything ... fake.
After bargaining hard for a pair of flipflops we went to a food stall where we had just excellent chicken fried rice. I am really happy that also Kjell opens his mind towards these kind of healthy and delicious menues.
We took a taxi for a few ringit to KL's main attraction: The Petronas towers!
If you ever plan to go there then choose the switch from day to night time. This was truely a highlight.
Unfortunately, the platform was closed but even standing in front of the towers was amazing. During daytime, the towers look quite futuristic while during night time the lights evoque a more mystique side. In short: We loved it!
The next full day in KL we spent by sitting in the Hop-on-Hop-Off bus passing by all the touristic, national highlights of KL. We got off for some shopping at the Central Market and were home right in time before a major thunderstorm with heavy rain hit the city.
Everything done right....
The evening we went out on Jalang Alor, a well known street with food stalls and restaurants only. The crowd was incredible and the amount of diverse dishes as well. I loved the fact - as during our whole trip actually - that there not many Western tourists to be seen but locals from all over the country.
We got a quiet table and had some delicious rice with sesame-honey chicken.
We took the monorail back home and decided: Time to move on!
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