Touring KL

Here is the post that I wrote up before Samantha and I left for Bangkok. I did not go through and edit it out, so just remember I literally wrote it up the morning before we flew out to Bangkok! Enjoy!

During these past few days since we got back from Sibu, Samantha and I have toured KL. We started by doing a hop on-hop off bus tour of KL. Our first stop was to meet Mr. Piper and one of his coworkers for lunch. We went to get sushi from one of those restaurants that has the sushi moving by on a conveyor belt. If you see one you like, you take it off! It was really cool and the sushi was amazing. I even tried jelly fish...which didn't taste bad but the texture was a bit chewy for my taste. After lunch, Samantha and I went to the Aquarium in KL's convention center. It was the best aquarium I have ever been too! They brag the longest underwater tunnel through a tank measuring at 90 meters! It even had a moving sidewalk to ride through the tunnel on! The glass of the tunnel was so thick that all off the marine life on the other side was actually 30% larger than they appeared (keep that in mind when viewing our pictures!) That was hard to believe because some of the sharks and sting rays were so big! We then hopped back on our tour bus and rode around the city. We didn't make any other stops that day because it started to storm pretty hard and all the stops we wanted to make were outdoors. That night we tried traditional Malaysian food, which Samantha and I were not fans of. We then went to a couple tourist bars to see what night life was like in KL. We then went to the rooftop bar of a fancy hotel that had an amazing view of the Petronas twin towers. At midnight the tower lights turn off, so we stayed just long enough to see the light show. 

The next day, Samantha and I woke up early and Mr. Piper dropped us off on his way to work at the twin towers so we could get tickets to ride up to their crossbridge. Unfortunately, there was a huge line, so we couldn't get tickets until 6:30 PM. We continued our tour of KL by walking to Menara Kuala Lumpur, KL's watch tower. It is 421 meters tall and is located on top of a hill, so it has a breathtaking view of the whole area. We rode to the top and took plenty of pictures! At the base of the tower, there was a zip line ride called the flyingfox, which I declared we were going to do the moment I saw it! The hill that the tower is located on is a nature preserve, so we thought that the zip line would go through there. It didn't, but we still really enjoyed ourselves. It was both of our first times doing a zip line and we had a blast! After the tower we walked back to the bottom of the twin towers to grab lunch in the mall. We then went to the Bird Park, which is the world's largest free-flight walk-in aviary. The whole place is enclosed in a huge net! When we first walked in a peacock with all of his feathers up greeted us. There were many other really cool birds there including many types of eagles, hawks, parrots, hornbills, flamingos, and flightless birds. Later that day, Samantha and I went back to the twin towers to ride up to the crossbridge. It was really neat, but we definitely should have done the KL tower after because the views from the crossbridge were nowhere near as impressive. We then met up with Mr. Piper  and headed to Little India to meet his coworker for dinner. We ate in street-side restaurant and the food was amazing! 

Today we are going to Mr. Piper's office for lunch and then are heading out to Bangkok! I think there will be internet there, so we will try to update ya'll when we can!