Next 3 days in KL

After my first 3 days in KL, I decided to stay another 3 days because of the continued flooding in Thailand and I was inflicted with the so called "Travelers Tummy" to really enjoy KL.  I think during the long plane ride I got dehydrated combined with the oppressive heat in South East Asia it took me a little while to get adjusted but know I feel great.

On day 4 in KL, I took the LRT and spent the day in and around KLCC.  KLCC is where is where the Petronas towers are located along with a shopping mall at the base of the towers, a large park outside the towers, and also convention center next door to the towers.  First off the artistically the Petronas Towers are amazing with it's Moorish Islamic influences that look like minarets  but I couldn't help get the feeling that they looked smaller than some of the skyscrapers in NYC but maybe 10 years ago (or less) they were they tallest towers in the world.

Suria KLCC is an upscale shopping complex with stores like Parda and expensive store/brands with huge posters of semi-nude models, you know... the kind of stores I never go to.  But it did have a lot of nice restaurants and I definitely went to those. Right outside Suria they had a very well maintained and large garden with lots of shaded seating area.  This is where a lot of locals will come during the weekend to shop and relax while it's always a busy tourist area.  In general, KLCC is what Malaysia wants the world to see, that it is a modern country that has a developing economy with a diverse people.

I also explored the surrounding area to KLCC which is basically the financial district with lots of other skyscrapers and they are building new ones.

Day 5 in KL was spent going to the Lake Gardens area which is what it sounds like, it's a large garden/park with a lake in it, it's essentially KL's Central Park.  Within the Lake Gardens area there is an Islamic Arts Museum and a Bird Park.  The museum was ok but I was really impressed with the Bird Park.  It's quit a large park with most of the area netted so as to allow the birds to fly freely with in the park.  They also built a stream that runs through the middle of the park to accommodate birds who's natural habitat are in streams.  In general it was the highlight of Lake Gardens for me.

Lake Gardens area

On day 6 in KL, I needed a rest from all the exploring so I spent the day in Suria KLCC and the garden area catching up on some novels.

My one regret about KL was that I didn't get to go up into the 42nd floor of the Pertronas towers.  They offer a limited number of tickets and you have to get in line and get them at 8:30am.  It wasn't a problem to get up and go to KLCC to pick them up but the wake up call for my room wasn't working so everyday it didn't go off  when I wanted it to so I didn't get up in time to get the tickets, I was really annoyed.  It's off to Ipoh which is 3 hours north of KL.