Oompa Lumpur

30th May - 4th June

We spent 6 days in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Obviously our first meal was a Portuguese meal at Nando's. We were super excited to eat food we eat at home after so much rice in Thailand! Plus it was ridiculously cheap - £13.90 for 2 meals, sides and drinks - winner winner!

The Petronas Towers were an obvious highlight of our time here. They make you stop in your tracks; intimidating, perfectly symmetrical and mesmerisingly shiny!

KL wins for the most awesome malls. Buying anything here was a laughable matter though, every store is designer, but the impressive displays and sheer number of floors made it a worthwhile walkabout.

My go-to meal when I'm either unsure of the menu or not that hungry. Granola fruit bowl and juice! Yum.

The Kuala Lumpur Tower is a communications tower but also has a SkyDeck and 360 restaurant for those pesky tourists. After going up the Burj Khalifa in Dubai we had already satisfied our height-needs (not that I had any in the first place) so decided not to go up. It's coloured lights at night made for a pretty show though.

Below is the Lord Murugan Statue just outside the Batu Caves. The statue is the tallest Hindu deity in Malaysia and second tallest statue of a Hindu deity in the world. The Batu caves is a very important place of Hindu worship.

You have to climb the 272 steps to reach the caves at the top!

We visited the KL Bird Park. A 20 acre gated aviary housing 3,000 birds of which 90% are local.

Camera shy!

Taking a break from walking round the malls!

What we have noticed:

- There is a strict and notable approach to drugs and human trafficking. Announcements on the plane and banners throughout the airport.

- First time we had to have our fingerprints scanned at passport control.

- Tiger Woods and F1 Racing are big here, used in a lot of product adverts!

- A very multicultural country. Chinese and Indian people make up 31% of the Malaysian population.

- It was REALLY hot whilst we were here, in the late 30s degrees C. Sweaty weather.

Love,

B&D x

Prices:

- Groceries are pricey! We accidentally spent £40 on a shop to last us a few days!

- The cinema was cheap though - £5.27 for both of us (we saw 'Avengers: Infinity War', thumbs up from us!)

- KL Bird Park Entry with Car Transfer to the park - £22 for both of us

- Train is very cheap - £0.93 to get to the Batu Caves for both of us