July 28-29
Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and the site of a very short layover for us. We have a little less than 24 hours in the city. So we nabbed a hotel by the airport, dropped our bags, and took a train into the city. With so little time, we knew we wanted to see the Petronas Twin Towers and eat some good food. So that’s what we did.
Expecto Petronum!!!
The Petronas Twin Towers is what surpassed the Sears Tower as the tallest building in the world in 1998. It remained the tallest building until 2004 when it was surpassed by Taipei 101. Taipei 101 was the tallest until 2010 when the Burj Khalifa surpassed it. A cool thing that I learned about the Petronas Twin Towers is that the walkway that connects the two buildings is only connected on one side. The other side is free to move so there is no issue when the wind blows the two towers in slightly different directions. Michael found this out because he knows one of the main engineers, Clyde Baker, who worked on the building.
After getting a close view, we wanted to see the towers from a different view, so we went across the park to grab a drink and see the view from the Skybar.
Good news – we had less than a full day in Kuala Lumpur, but this advertisement is confirming that our visit was legit because we spent thirty minutes in this bar. Boom!
Our next stop was Chinatown to grab some food.
After so many amazing food stalls in Singapore, the street food just didn’t look that good until we turned a corner and found exactly what we were looking for.
You pick your skewer and they grill it for you. Yes! We had a great selection of meats, seafood and veggies.
The food was delicious and just the ticket for a short trip to Kuala Lumpur.
The next morning we had a little free time before our flight, but not enough time to head back into the city. Michael grabbed a run and then we hung out at the pool for a bit. This should have been our easiest travel day, but with so much time on our hands before our flight, we cut it too close and ended up having to sprint through the airport for the first time in almost nine months. Ugh. Figures. But we made it. Now just a 9 hour flight to Tokyo!