Petronas at Night!

In front of KLCC in Kuala Lumpur.

After all of our morning and afternoon activities we headed back to KLCC for dinner at Madame Kwan's for some Malaysian cuisine. Once again I chose the Nasi Lemak! Not only does this make a fine breakfast and lunch, it also makes an incredible dinner. If you have a passion for Indian and Thai cuisine you would absolutely love Malaysian food! It is probably one of my top favorite foods in the world.

It was dusk when we left the restaurant to go back to the hotel. I took a few shots up close of the Petronas Towers. They really look incredible at night.





Here is a photo from the 31st floor of our hotel.

Between the Towers and the Hotel...

Between our hotel and the Petronas Twin Towers there was a huge parkway with a great park for the kids. Even though it was incredibly hot and humid the kids insisted that they had to play on these great structures. Here are some pictures for our quick jaunt to the park.



Of course Angus the boy loved this structure!



King of the mountain!



Coming down the slide on the other side.



Gemma striking a pose! I love her toothless grins!



She was really, really hot!

Jonny and his hot kids!

Playing with a palm leaf.



A park view of the Towers. Could you tell I really enjoyed the Towers???

Beautiful KL and the Incredible Petronas Twin Towers

After our long journey we woke up to this view of the beautiful Towers with a backdrop of blue skies and sunshine. I guess since moving the Chengdu I always like to emphasize my love of blue skies and sunshine! We were so impressed with the Trader's Hotel that I am going to write an extremely positive review on Trip Advisor singing the hotel and staff's praises!

We woke up around 8 am and Jonny volunteered to head over to the Petronas Twin Towers to stand in line to buy tickets to go up in the Twin Towers and walk across the bridge. The kids and I headed down for breakfast and then back to the room to wait for Jonny to return. I was worried whether or not we would get to go up in the Towers as they only sell 800 tickets a day and it is an extremely popular site to see in KL. Jonny return about a 1 1/2 later with tickets in hand!

We had a 1:45 pm appointment to go up and see the Sky Bridge, so I headed over the KLCC to do a little swimsuit and sunglass shopping. The strangest thing about Asia is trying to find swimsuits. I found very few suits in Hong Kong last week and I was surprised again to not find a huge selection of suits in Malaysia.

After my shopping trip I met Jonny and the kids for lunch. We ended up not having enough time for a sit down meal, so we headed to the food court where they had so many Malaysian hawker type foods. I settled for the Nasi Lemak and Jonny and the kids just snacked on Malaysian style potatoes and fruit.

We headed to the Petronas Twin Towers and waited until it was time to go up. There was an informational exhibit and a short film about Petronas we saw before we headed up in the tower. We actually didn't get to go to the top of the tower, but to the Sky Bridge which is located on the 41st floor. The top floor is actually the 84th floor, but I guess it isn't open to the public. Here are some pictures from inside the Sky Bridge.







There is our hotel from the Sky Bridge. I am pretty sure our hotel has the best view of the Towers in the whole city!

Malaysia, Simply Asia, for real!

A view from our room of the Petronas Twin Towers.

We arrived at our hotel last night around 12:00 am and we were all exhausted. Our flights were all on time, but it took a ton of time to get our bags and get a taxi at the airport. The cool thing about the taxis at the airport is that you have to buy a ticket to your destination before hand and you don't have to worry about the taxi driver trying to rip you off.

Even though we were exhausted we were pleasantly surprised to open the curtains in our room and see the amazing Twin Towers. The main reason for coming to KL was to see this monstrosity. At 452 meters high it is the tallest twin towers in the world. I also believe it is the 3rd tallest building in the world next to a building in Taipei and then the Sears Tower in Chicago.

We are on our way up it this afternoon, so we should have some great pictures of the sky bridge which connects the two towers together.

A note about my blog titles....

I have now realized why the slogan for travel to Malaysia is "Malaysia, Simply Asia". It is an incredible combination of Asia. Where else can you have dim sum, curry, noodles, and rice for breakfast! The cultures here seem so intertwined it is quite incredible.

Malaysia, Simply Asia!

We are getting ready to leave for a the May holiday on our trip to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. We have traveled to Penang, Malaysia before, but we have never been to these parts of Malaysia. Our favorite thing about Malaysia is the food and we are looking forward to more of that plus some beautiful beaches.

I hoping to share some pictures during our stay in both places. Stay tuned!