Up bright (actually dark, on account of the no windows thing) and early, and ready to embark on my first KL subway journey. The fun thing about getting up early is that you get a bit of hot water (5 to 10 seconds), and you discover that the guy who is always sitting in the stairwell leading up to the hostel (which is about 6 flights of stairs up, then another two flights to the room) actually lives (or at least sleeps) in the hostel stairwell.
Subway took me to KLCC Station, and from there it was a short walk through the mall to the Petronas Towers. Queued up in line and read my book. After a little less than an hour, I’d secured a ticket to the tower. Unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to go up until 2pm, which meant I had to find something to do in the meantime. I had hoped I’d be able to see the tower and then head to the Batu Caves, but alas, it was not meant to be.
I opted instead for the Lake District, and more precisely, the Bird Park – which I’d heard was pretty nice. Took the subway, and managed to find my way to the park pretty easily. Helped that it wasn’t swelteringly warm yet.
The park was quite nice, with loads and loads of birds. I spent an hour and a bit there, before deciding I better head back to the towers. Finding my way back to the subway station was a little less challenging than leaving it, but still not completely easy. It was a nice clear day, but thankfully the sun wasn’t beating down to hard.
Had some time to kill before my 2pm climb, so I grabbed some lunch and headed to the bookstore to figure out the best way out of Kuala Lumpur.
It wasn’t until I walked onto the Skybridge of the tower that I realized it was now pouring rain outside. Visibility was pretty much nil, so I chatted with the tower guide, and watched as the rest of the group tried to take pictures. Who needs a travel companion when you’ve got rain?
Headed to the bookstore again, to kill more time while waiting for the rain to die. After about an hour and a half I gave up and made my way back to the hostel – happy to have packed my raincoat this morning.
Stuck around at the hostel, then headed to KL Sentral to book my train to Thailand for tomorrow night. Looking forward to some train travel. We’ll see if I am singing the same tune this time Monday.
Back at the hostel, the large group of deaf people are watching a movie on mute, and reading lips. Beats the group before them that had it cranked.