KL is the last major city on the trip and a great place to celebrate the last week of the trip as many people are flying on home or to further travel from here. We all gathered on the first night in the hotel restaurant to watch a slide show of photos from the trip. Many laughs as some great memories slid by. We then all headed to a Reggae bar where we had great food, drinks, a round of Odyssey Blues, dodgy dancing and a late night/early morning trip to one of the many 24 hour McDonalds!
The next morning some of us headed up the KL tower. This telecom tower has an observation deck at 276m with great views over the city and the Petronas Towers. There was an international base jumping festival on so we had great fun watching the jumpers fly by the windows from the top of the tower.
The Petronas towers were the only things I knew about KL. They were really magnificent (even city hating Lesley was impressed!) as they gleamed in the sun, their design based upon the 5 pillars of Islam, a minaret and a 8 sided star.
The other thing to do in KL is shop and everyone had a mooch. You could get anything you wanted here with most coming away with something- clothes, cameras and more luggage. All so cheap. I settled for a hard drive and a netbook bag.
KL has been a great city. Relaxed, very green with a definite draw to it. We have now headed a few hours south to Melaka on the coast sadly lighter James, Kay, Maggs, Kaye, Kylie and Neill who have all headed on to Australia.
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