Day 40 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (City Center Aquarium and KL Tower)

 We headed to the main mall by the Petronas Towers to go the Aquarium that actually was pretty awesome for just 10 bucks.  They have Southeast Asia's longest underwater tunnel at 90 meters long.  It was beautiful and so cool to see the creatures up close for a long time before you got to the end.

 That guy was just chilling right above us so we could see right in.  lol  

And they had multiple large sharks. 

 

 My favorite part was feeding time!  This blue-spotted sting ray (manta ray?) was hungry!  He kept splashing right up the side of the tank to tell the feeder "ME ME ME ME ME MY TURN!!!"

 It was so funny!! 

And then of course there is my usual favorite; jellyfish! 

Then we headed to the Petronas Towers, but found out they are closed on Mondays. So we headed to KL Tower to try to catch the sunset which was harder than we thought.  You had to walk up this long hill, and catch a van at the top to take you even further and right to the base.  This is where we met some awesome young Swedish guys on a three month world trek, and a girl from New York who I eventually found out is studying in Japan for a year (rock on!!) who all also tried the other Towers first only to learn they were closed so now here we all were going to the KL tower instead. :)

You have two options at 'top', you can pay to go up just a little higher and look out from the glass-enclosed level, or pay even more and go to the top top to see out with no obstructions.  We chose the top top and so did the Sweeds.  We paid and got a fancy water in the shape of the tower and proceeded to the special elevator where we waited nearly 20 minutes for the "dignitaries" to have their go at the top.  We were none too happy to be kept waiting after being upsold our tickets, and kept asking the guy who was helping us what was taking so long and if we could just take the stairs.  

 We were starting to get real antsy when finally!  The elevator stopped for us!  We had been watching it go up and down to the ground over and over just teasing us.  But the view truly was spectacular from the top top.  We guessed it was all worth it in the end.

 After that, us and the Sweeds parted ways but then ended up at the same Japanese restaurant afterwards!  They made a joke about us stalking them.  The food was pretty awesome and you ordered everything from a tablet. So the food just kept coming every time we pressed "order now."  I liked the fanciness of it, but I don't like this trend of technology in restaurants.  I guess it works well in Asia because their level of service at food places is not anywhere near what Americans are used to, but I don't think it should become a thing in America.  Just my thoughts.  

Tomorrow, Petronas Towers!