Kuala Lumpur

We reached Malaysia in the morning, checked in to the hotel and headed to the iconic Petronas Towers for our trip to the "Sky Bridge" and observation deck. 

Then we had lunch in the food court in the mall beneath the towers where we met a Hungarian cellist who had lived here for a year while working in the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. They were performing a combination of classical and twenty Beatles songs that night but we couldn't make it fit in our brief stay. 

Food courts are big in Malaysia but not as big as Singapore's hawker centers. After lunch we headed back to the hotel where we could see the towers from the lounge floor. 

Then back to the towers for dinner in the food center and pictures...

...of the towers...

...from all angles...

...including the back.

I saw a man and his wife in a burka stop to take pictures here too. Most women here just wear shawls but if you go to a crowded area you are sure to see some burkas too. There was a park in the back with a fountain.

After dinner we could hear the orchestra playing Something in the Way She Moves. The auditorium is in the base of the towers. But there is more to this city than the Towers so the next day we did a Hop On Hop Off tour. First stop, local handicraft. Second stop, Chinatown where we got a coconut pancake that was a little sweeter and less savory than the old school Thai variety. 

We walked through Chinatown to the Central Market. Ali like these houses.

Then my favorite, Little India. 

I was ready for lunch two hours before we got to Little India so can you really blame me for eating a lunch and a half? The lunch was a thali set and the half was a roti set. 

We picked the busiest restaurant and ordered what we saw on a lot of other tables. It was a veggie restaurant which made me a very lucky boy. A lot of the Restaurants in Little India were vegetarian and almost all were southern Indian style. Ali had an aloo paratha set and it all came to five delicious dollars. I ate some of Ali's too. OK I ate most of it. But we did make it back on the bus, the air conditioned bus with seats and soothing commentary on the city. We both decided staying on the bus was the way to go. We made it back at five. Relaxed and went to... the Towers for dinner. But first Ali took a picture of me in front of a tree.

Wow what a shot Ali. All together now!

Ok now back to the towers for a lovely dinner. And by lovely dinner I mean I will eat a chappati set (yes more Indian) in the food court while Ali goes to the spa. 

For the record we did eat some nasi lemak dishes (non-Indian Malay food) but we had already tried some in Singapore. The hotel had donuts and precariously close to a chocolate fondue fountain on the first morning. As you know I don't eat that stuff. But they had it again on the second morning and I'm neither superman nor a masochist. 

This one's for Homer.