I just returned from the extended weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. What can I say? It's definitely worth it - to visit, to see, to taste and to smell :) Once. And I don't feel coming back there again. At least not in the nearest future. Although the trip was great.
Petronas tower is indeed impressive, and it was worth it to wake up at 6 in the morning to secure the ticket to the sky bridge on the 41st floor of the tower, with a nice view to the city and to the gardens around the tower. And than again, just in less than 2 km from the masterpiece of modern architecture - shabby old houses, chickens in the dusty streets and rubbish on the pavements...
For someone it will be a charming combination of the ancient and raw with new and aspiring, maybe it is... But I didn't feel it this way - it's just disturbing.
Sky bar in the Traders' hotel with a swimming pool in the middle and a fantastic view to the lights of Petronas twins is a must: house music, delicious cocktails, international crowd and just a nice place to spend couple of hours on the weekend eve.
Batu caves, located a bit more than 10 km away from the city, is one of the tourist attractions...But also this place feels like man-made, with claimed to be world tallest goldish statue of Murugan, a Hindu deity (42 smth meters), lots of wild monkeys and smaller Hindu temples. This caves become epicenter of Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia.
Over 60% of population of this country is Muslim, and as white western woman I definitely didn't feel myself comfortable over there. After all, I was happy to come back to Singapore - and I am sure that culture shock would have been much greater (since I am still waiting for it to come here in Singapore), have I decided to go for exchange to Malaysia...
Petronas twin towers - view from our hotel room
Watch out for moose in Finland, and monkey - in Malaysia
