Waterfalls and Batu Temple - Last Day in Malaysia

Today we did an Amazing hike at some waterfalls just outside the city.  It began with just stairs and when we thought it was finished, realized that the rest the hike continued on trails!  The humidity here is Insane and I was sweating like crazy.  But the reward at the top of the hike was a beautiful pool that we had just to ourselves to swim in.

After the temples, we went to Batu caves.  There are a to more pictures, but Ami hasn't sent me hís photos yet (this keyboard thing í REALLY ANNOYING!!! and YES i tried changing Langugage and Keyboard settings on the computer but it didn't help).

It's interesting to sê the mĩx òf cultures here:  Indian, Chinese, Malay, Muslim, Hindu, westerners, etc.... during the hike we'd saw Chinese in swimsuits and then a lady covered head to toe doing the hike.  It's fascinating!

We thought thís was what we were going to get the whole time - man made swimming pôols

still pretty though and thểre were people sưimming

I took thís phôt to show the people Behind Ami... lady in a burka.  I think the cultural diversity hể í awesome 

Sadly, we saw a lot ò trash along the trail

the trail

SWEATY!!

So many waterfalls 

Monkey!!  They were actually pretty aggressive and tried to steal ourstuff at one point

This guy though!

Indian lunch:  Seems like people only eat with their left hand, there are no napkins used, but you get up and go wash your hands in a sink afterwards 

Batu Temples:  In a cave!

Inside the cave.  In reality, it stunk like chicken poop ew

Some day I'm going to learn to take gorgeous pics ò myself .... for nơ I'll settle on the fact that they're Really cool photos haha

For dinner, Ami took me to a local night market.  Apparently, every neighborhood há a night market once a week.  We grabbed a little of everything.  

Our feast!

He wasSuper excited i tried Durian fruit.  It tasted good, but it smells and the texture was very slimy.

Tomorrow, On to Vietnam!!

Days 3 and 4

Yesterday, I slept in and just relaxed until we went to lunch with some of Ami’s friends. We ate on a banana leaf. Most people use their right hand to mix up the food and eat it from the banana leaf. When you’re done, you fold the leaf down from the top. Folding it up from the bottom is apparently offensive.  We went for coffee with the guys too.

The restaurant

After lunch, we went to another friends house for a kids birthday party. It was relaxing and I met a lot of nice people. One lady owns a bar on one of the Thai islands and gave me her contact information. She offered to help me out as much as possible.

Ami watching the clown show lol

We left the party and went to meet some of my friends from Orlando.  Apparently, Andrew and Karen are staying here in KL for a few months!  We went to China Town, had some food and then met them at a Speak Easy called PS150 and then to a rooftop bar with a gorgeous view of the city, called Vertigo.  Both very cool bars, but both Very expensive... like $12 usd a drink, which is a lot for over here

Speak easy

Roof top bar

Karen, Andrew, Me and Ami

KL Day Two

After a very full day of sightseeing yesterday, and amazing food, I woke up around four this morning with jet lag. Which was perfect because Ami wanted to go hiking at 6 AM for sunrise. He kept saying it was a super easy hike. Um, I felt very out of shape. There were times we were climbing with our hands to get up the side of this mountain. I was huffing and puffing the whole time LOL. I’m sure it will get better as I am traveling and hiking more. The view from the top of the mountain was beautiful. Worth all of the effort. We met two other guys who were hiking and they were so sweet to take a bunch of pictures of us. Oh and three little dogs escorted us up most of the mountain haha. Sometimes felt like they were trying to push us off.

We hung out there until about eight or 9 AM and then went to breakfast where I had what some people call Malaysian pancakes. That’s the only name I can remember., I know it’s not correct.  The dipping sauces they serve with the varieties of bread are amazing.
 Malaysia is a Muslim country, so everyone is dressed pretty conservatively.  In my hiking clothes, I was getting a lot of stares at breakfast.

After breakfast, we went to relax some at the flat.  In the evening, we went to meet Ami’s friend for dinner and then saw a movie, Glass. I didn’t really like it, but was still fun getting out.  The decorations for Chinese New Year are everywhere, it’s really pretty.

They serve caramel popcorn at the movies?!?!

Kuala Lumpur day 1

My friend, Ami, Met me at the train station and we went to his house to drop off my stuff. Then we set out exploring the city. People here are so nice and friendly. Everyone is willing to help you with stuff. I think the city is beautiful, and the cultural diversity is incredible.  We went by markets, malls, the Petronas Towers, Chinatown, an Indian temple, and several other things. Also, they drive on the left side of the road here.

Food has been amazing so far!

At the end of the day  we stopped at a Helly pad bar, with a gorgeous view of the entire city. For dinner, we went to a really interesting Indian spot set up under some tents outside where I had amazing naan.

Petronas Towers

The city is really pretty

Food court:  I'll have to make a post about all the delish food I have on this trip

Inside a museum we went to

Hindu Temple

Chinatown market

Street art

Eating Mangos!  They're so good here!

I think they call this the "river of life" they're trying to revitalize the city some.

View from Heli Bar

Heli bar

YUM Naan!

Where we had dinner