KL comes alive!!

There are objects of natural beauty like Mt Everest or Heidi Klum.

There are objects that are man made that are awe-inspiring such as the Great Wall of China or Pamela Anderson.

Then there are objects that just rise above anything you could imagine..

I'm talking about the Petronas Towers.

When i first laid eyes on them i couldn't believe how big these towers were. I've seen them in books, tv and even in film ('Entrapment' with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones) and here i was looking at these two 452 m high steel and glass giants dominate the Kuala Lumpar skyline. I couldn't take enough pictures.

Following our adventure getting here, the towers were the first thing (and the reason for coming here) that we wanted to see in KL. The sky was a beautiful blue which you cannot get in Hong Kong anymore and the weather though slightly warm, was perfect for exploring the city. After making our way down to the concourse we found out that the limited number of tickets to gain access to the Skybridge (the bridge that connects the towers) were all sold out.

Luckily in the gift shop Sab found a guy who had two spare tickets for the upcoming tour and he was nice enough to give them to us. So we made our way up to the bridge and the view was amazing. This whole building is amazing. Not only are there 2 towers over 450 tall connected by the worlds only skybridge, there is also a 6 level shopping centre at the base of the tower and an 850 concert hall. Sab and i had a little peek inside the hall and wer enjoying a free afternoon organ recital but our hunger pains were calling us to get food.

So we headed to the shopping centre food court whereby we ate the best kebab i have had in a very long time followed by 6 donuts from Dunkin' Donuts (there are no donut shops in Honkers so we had to take advantage of the situation)and followed that up with a quick visit to the PC fair being staged across the park. I'm looking at buying a PC in the next couple of months so there was a little browsing that was being done by i fully knowing i won't be going back to a mac ever again!

We spent most of the afternoon around the Petronas Towers whereby we enjoyed something all to common but all to rare in Hong Kong; sitting under a tree lying on the grass. I had found copies of Wheels and Motor magazines so i purchased all the bookstores copies and started reading in the shade the delights of the new Toyota Aurion V6..oh the bliss of it all! :)

Our journey took us back to the hostel and then onto Little India whereby it started to rain..actually i take that back. It pissed down like no tomorrow and Sab was doing her best not to look like an entrant in a wet t-shirt competition. At Little India we found goods galore ranging from silks to scarves and all things Indian..even Bollywood Films (we picked up a couple). We also had some gorgeous Indian street food ranging from Roti to a very nice vegetable curry.

With the rain still pouring down it was time to go back to the hostel and end what was a very long yet enjoyable first up day in KL. We spent the night watching 'Crash' and then fell into bed.

It was a great day yesterday..everything went right for us.