Day 39 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Fraser Place Residences, dignitaries, and free concert)

 We had an early afternoon flight to KL from Singapore so we just went to the mall that had a train stop in it and had some good Korean food that they cooked right in front you. (chicken, cabbage, rice stick thingies, and more)  They even give you aprons to wear.  :)

 One thing I appreciate is they don't mess around with cigarette warnings.  These are cartons sold in the airport duty free shop and you can see sad tiny babies, super gross mouth cancer and more in huge photos on every box.  Way to go!

 KL tower from the taxi.

 Upon arrival to our hotel it started hardcore raining.  I couldn't even see the hills in the near distance anymore it was coming down so thick.  Our place was actually an apartment building-Fraser Place Residences-that I got for the same price as the same brand's normal hotel rooms due to a special because of the F1 race going on in town--that if we had known about we SO would have attended, but oh well.

  It also happened to be right next to a grave yard which creeped Chris out a little.  lol

 Fully furnished apartment.  It was much nicer than where we are staying in the Philippines and cheaper too.

A tub!!!  I used it every night!  I miss having a tub...

 The top of the hotel had great views!

  We ventured out after having dinner at the hotel and stayed a while at one of the train stations because about every 2 or 3 minutes a huge cavalry of police cars and motorcycles would go by to clear traffic for dignitaries in nice cars with flags on them.  We couldn't really tell who or what they were representing, but later on we guessed they were with some APEC group (something about Asia and economics) so they got priority treatment everywhere they went (including cutting the line before us at Petronas towers).  I don't know how many cops KL has, but they all seemed to be on traffic duty that night. 

 We kept walking around with no real goal but in the general direction of the Petronas towers which were gorgeous. 

  We stumbled upon an outdoor concert and marketplace with handmade trinkets and shirts.  The music was pretty good (didn't understand a word of it) and the artwork in many of the stalls was dark or had skulls and guts incorporated into them.  Very talented, but I didn't see anything I would want to decorate my house or body in, so we moved on.

 You can buy Hello Kitty things out of vending machines!!!  Things aren't as cheap here as the Philippines so I declined to purchase anything, but the cuteness!!

 We came pretty close to the towers, but our plan was to buy tickets to the top the next day so we turned around and went back to the apt.  We needed to be well rested if we were going to climb all the stairs to the Batu caves the next morning.

 Goodnight KL!